Can my van handle my HIGHTOP? Total weight with van build, finding place to sleep and cooking in van

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Today, I hit the weight scale for the first time after my DIY hightop van is done. I was surprise on my total van weight. #vanlife
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AI GeneratedThe speaker weighs their converted Ford E-150 van at a scale and discovers it weighs 3,000 kg (approximately 6,613 lbs). After researching the vehicle's gross weight limit of 8,060 lbs, they are relieved to find they have 2,000 lbs of capacity remaining. The video also showcases the van's lightweight interior design and a quick meal preparation.
All right they said that the scale is closed but I don't know if I can weight my van here.
That would be cool if I can.
Oh I think it's working.
3,000 kilogram.
Didn't want to stop for what guy was there.
3,000 kilogram is a lot.
I'm gonna have to go check online and see how much weight my van can
can hold. That's something that I wanted to do since my van bill is done. I don't have wi-fi here.
So let's try to find a wi-fi and see if it's heavy or not.
So here on this rest area you can stay eight hours. So I do know some people like spend night
in those kind of place when there is eight hours. So they just you know just to have a sleep and
leave after. It's a beautiful little place. Quiet. So I'm just pulling this down to look for wi-fi
but it's a historical town. It's beautiful. Beautiful little church. For all of you who's
looking for a Volkswagen. There you go guys. I'll go see this guy and give him a good price.
So cute blue like this. Alright so I just pulled on side of the road. I'm gonna show
you the view. It's gorgeous by the way. So I do have wi-fi here.
So first of all kilogram to pound. Let's see what it is. So it was between like it was kind of
moving between 29,000 to 3,000. So I'm gonna put 3,000 just just to see. So it's uh 6,060
a pound. Okay so 6,613. So now let's see how much. 2011 for E-150
because yes it is a 150. Something that you guys didn't know probably. So yeah I don't have a 250.
It's a 150 that I put my high roof in. It's been since like I said since I finished to
build the van that I was kind of like that I'm doing good. That I'm doing really bad.
How much it is you know. How much so so whoa. Seriously I'm doing good. I'm doing very good.
So the gross weight uh for 2011 for E-150 it's 8,060. It's 600 pound and I'm at 6,060.
So I still have 2,000 pound that I can put on a van. That's crazy because I was really wondering
because you know I put the high roof. I know they are quite you know they're not that heavy. It's uh
uh it's a fabric glass but still you know like they are heavy. Plus you know all the bills. I
know I've I try like really hard to make the van bill like light as possible but that's awesome.
I'm so happy. 2,000 pound that I can still put before I get to my max.
That's really good news. I'm really happy. Go I'm show you I'm show you the view first.
So so this is the beautiful lake that I'm parked. I'm going to show you a couple things that I've
done in the back to reduce the weight as much as possible. So sorry it's a little bit noisy.
I'm right beside the highway and I have my window wide open but the uh sorry can you the I don't
know if we're going to be able to see it. Maybe not but this here is just like a quarter a quarter
inch uh wood so very light. Obviously I have section that I don't have any wood. This here
was just like wood padded that I uh that was already painted white by the way but um yeah.
So this is really light obviously. My countertop is really light. It's just a good shelf pine that
I got. So that's light too and obviously in the bottom of my bed it's not it's open so you know
like save some weight there. So yeah overall I am really happy that we are lightweight.
So yeah that's a really good news because like I say I was I had a feeling that I was fine with
the weight but still you know like I was like I hope it's fine. I hope I you know I try my best
to reduce the weight as much as possible which is a great news because obviously if I'm a little bit
lightweight it's easier it's better on gas and things like this. Maybe why sometimes I feel like
in the winter though I my van feel like so light and just like slide a little bit when we had some
snow but um yeah probably gonna get some uh chain and all that and I'm not in the area with a lot of
snow so it's fine for that but yeah good news. A lot of good news. All right I decided to make
dinner. I'm getting hungry so we're gonna have like um fried rice. I use those pouches.
Um I'm gonna put some soy sauce. Right now I'm just cooking all the vegetables.
So I have mushroom, onion, one clove of garlic, red bell pepper and I'm gonna chop some bok choy
and snow peas as well. So the vegetables looking pretty good so I'm gonna put my bok choy. That's
one bok choy and a bunch of snow peas. Those don't take that much time. Just need to warm up.
I like when they are stay crisp. I'm gonna put all the vegetable in the bowl and fry the rice
after. So yeah those are like microwave two minute rice but work perfect and when you want to fry
them. Just need a little bit oil to uh fry the rice. All right I think it's good. Might as well
put it in the plate. There you go. So I'm gonna admit that was a little bit heavy on um the oil
but other than that it's pretty good. So another super quick meal that I probably
I don't know how long that take me. Like I think it was like I don't know 10 minutes 15.
Yeah really good and I put a little bit of chili flakes just to spice it up a little bit. But if
you do have some um spicy sauce that'll be really good with this. All right I'm gonna finish to
upload a video and I think I'm gonna leave you with this guys. With a little recipe at the end.
Um I was just kind of like a day um you know I saw that um Wayscale was wondering oh can
can I go weight my van? Didn't know and I'm really happy. I've been like looking online to make sure
that I was I had the right number. I'm like oh yeah I have the right numbers. So yeah still have
2,000 pounds that we can put. Can eat a lot more. Can gain weight. All right joke aside uh guys I'm
gonna let you with this. Um I hope you enjoyed that little day with me and I will see you soon.
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