 All right, let's have a giveaway. You see this book? You see this name? That is my Aunt Patty She's been working on this book for about 15 years and it's finally done and she has book number two of three Done so there's gonna be a series of three So all you have to do to enter is comment in this video So someone's gonna ask what it's about Let me give you a brief a brief summary The complex tale of a magical realism and adventurous brings the children's voice of the Lakota Sioux to life Okay, that's the first partial sentence now. So Native Americans Mystical and it's a series. All you get to do is comment below So here's what happened Steampunk Steve called me and he said hey you should come down to the desert and I said Steve I've been at five locations with this build if I make it a sixth I'm gonna burn the sink to the ground. So I said thank you, but no, thank you So then badge called and he said Basically, I have to come down here and I told him I said but look if we if I bring it for a sixth time I got a burn to the ground. No, no, no, we got seven guys. We want to help you So we got Neil over here from teardrop travels teardrop camper travels. It's always a tongue twister We got badge over there. We have wander broom right there Bob. You haven't met But there's the bunkie. He gave that trailer to to Bob. We got steampunk Steve over here We got Dean the schoolie right there and then we have Transcendence transcend existence bus over there. Anyways long story short All these dudes are like seven eight dudes. They said get your butt down here. We want to help We want to get you back on the road. I Kind of wanted to do it all by myself the rest of it because it's not a whole lot We're going to finish the bus. Hopefully in a week or two. That's very exciting news So I just want to say thank you guys for getting me down here. Thank you for the kind offer They said this is your Christmas present. So come on down. So I Just want to say thanks. I appreciate each and every one of you and thanks for watching the camera All right, I'm handing the camera over to badge and the crew Okay, how far we have to hold this so it's windy okay As you've probably heard through the grapevine. We're starting high jacks bus So this is what we're going to do today. We're here in Ehrenburg and we got the gang that started out as a magnificent seven and we're almost up to the 30 dozen now, so We're going to show you what we're going to do and how we're going to do it Take us on a tour jacks. Take us on a tour. Here's the bus so far Here's my baby food my toothbrush and my personal belongings. Okay, let's move that stuff off the seat There's my amazing air ride seat I turned my Here to mustache. Yeah, so we got a little bit of work not too much a couple walls here and there And I brought some friends with me, of course, I brought Neil hi and Dean and Steve and Wes And what we're going to do is because you know, we told you that we're going to change it up a bit and give them some content on His channel So we're going to change it up a bit now You know that jacks has had this thing for what two or four months. No longer since I got this thing in May And may and here we are sitting so what we did was we decided that we're going to hijack it and get it done So basically what we're going to do is get it up to where he can live in it It's almost there. It's not quite there jacks. So anyway, this is what we're going to do You hold the camera Okay, sit the seat Because the only way we're going to get this done Jacks doesn't do nothing So what we're going to do is we're going to take jacks to the seat that he can't go anywhere I don't think I signed up for this And that way Okay, he can't go anywhere. See the scary thing is this. No, we take this hand We're getting serious over here. Okay. So there we got that one more I think around And we should be good. I think What did I get myself into out here there? So yeah, we got that all done now we got We'll put up on that so we got them all taped up in the bus now I don't know if this is a good idea Yeah, I can't get my hand off the steering wheel. That's right You're gonna that's way because you're all you want to do is travel, right? So to travel you need a hand on the steering wheel sit in the seat and step on the gas All right, now you can do that Okay, so now all you have to do is sit there while the guys fix your bus All you have to do is you got one hand in the camera and the camera the whole thing Dean's getting a kick out of this So that's where we come we're hijacked the bus we're an iron bird. Where's your knife? Oh wait, what's like? It's over there. Oh the knife's over there I need a couple of fingernails I do have a knife for you Let me find it. Is that really big? No, he's got no he don't need a knife. Oh, yeah Right right here in the hands. No, we'll put it right there. First things first We are emptying out the bus all the guys who give me hand I'm gonna get my gloves on or take all this wood out empty it and then get ready for work. So We'll jump back in at that point. Hey crazy kids. We got the bus kind of cleaned up a bit got lots of my stuff outside in the beautiful desert and It is time to change The vegetable oil filter yet again All right, so we got some things going on with Dean and Steve Look at all these goodies from Victron the energy am solar lifeline batteries I have like more things and I know what to do it This is off of their school you kit at am solar comm jacks 5 and jacks 10 For a discount if that doesn't work. I will have some other Discount, but I know it was an extremely popular discount and a lot of people use the codes You want to make sure they were coming from This video from me from my people Because you know how the internet works. Anyways, we're just trying to figure out where things go back here Meals gonna help out a lot, but look at this badass Thingamajig dings boom if you speak German this thing will allow shore power Charging and inverting all-in-one. It's a very expensive unit. I'm very grateful to Victron energy And lifeline batteries, I'm gonna get up on top with the ZAMP solar panels and I'm gonna put in what he's called a Combiner box that's where all the positives Going one side and then the negatives going the other side Steve I just want to thank you on behalf of all the kids in the world for delivering all the presents to everyone on Christmas Eve my pleasure All right. Well, he's over there Enjoying a time off from Christmas. I'm gonna go up on the roof and play around with the solar panels badge is working on This whole thing here, so I'm gonna put the camera down and I'm gonna get to work We're trying to get this thing done I'm gonna give you guys a status update what I completed today Wow, this is called the combiner box and How you can how you install a combiner box? Is that you? Combine everything in the box Now these little two screw thing majiggies That's where you put the positive wire and then the negative for this one Now this one takes all the energy and takes it all the way the battery these little guys are a lot smaller So they fit right in these small one two three four Five six seven eight, so they just fit over here in these little small ones And they take it all the way the back Let's go check in on the guys because they got way more stuff than I did that's for sure But today was also our first day beginning the steps Water boom and Steve we're working on the entryway here and We got these things put in installed part of the bench. We got this part screwed in and then Dean Rockin low rockin out rockin out in the back. He's been hooking up this whole solar now am solar has this amazing Diagram here so good even I can Well, see I was gonna do this by myself until these guys demanded to come out here, so although this is quite Intermediate to advanced you can do this But they have a picture of every single thing that you use in their kit And then how it should be wired And all that fun stuff and there's a picture of me Somewhere but yeah, there's a you get smart phone compatible bluetooth There's instructions the whole thing, so it's pretty awesome So anyways, I am gonna go to the store Get these guys fed get some marinated Mexican chicken from the market And orange Fanta for Dean although he he is a dr. Pepper addict and I don't really good about Also, we did check the water system we did have a little leak and one of the pecs line So we'll fix that we got a little water in the tank, and then we should be good to go here pretty soon Thanks to the generosity of all these wonderful guys around me Is that pike chick is this chase coming out? Yeah, okay, he's got it. He's got it hardwired into there Okay. Well, we don't have to we could leave it in there Doesn't matter. Okay. All right, Neil. What are we doing right now? we are wiring all The basic 12 volt stuff like your puck lights your you know, whatever you're gonna plug in with a USB So you can charge a camera or whatever else all these wires Coming through we're bringing them out here. We're gonna put your fuse panel, which is over there somewhere Somewhere so I decided yes This little DC fuse panel, so we're gonna take that fuse panel. We're gonna mount it right here and then all these wires these are a hot and grounds for various things and We're going to a wired up to that and then at some later date Wanderboom will box this in so it won't be seen all the time and then this big hole monitor, right? That's for that monitor. Cool. So there's that but right now I'm just I'm just chasing wire down and figuring out what goes where so we can get all the loose wire that has to be done Up and that fuse box running out through here. Excellent Teardrop RV travels. Thank you for giving me a hand. No problem, man All right, I've been up on the roof screwing in the deck. Wanderboom's been up here doing something. What have you been doing today? Oh trimming up they're getting our our panels back on for the bed There are seats Bench bed Things I got the cover back down or the front panel on this one Just getting everything all kind of have redialed in after a little while things need a little bit of adjusting, but Yeah, they're put back together. Awesome. Well, I got Santa Claus stop by I don't know how many how much longer that joke can be funny. It is a holiday season though I just wish the homeless person Merry Christmas leave her a whole bag of chocolate. Oh, that's nice because well It's on sale and I felt guilty buying two Let's check in with the boys back here. We got a Neil playing with 12 volt And trying to figure out what and what our words are what what does that say? That's a bath. I think bath power Wait, let me let me let me get a shot of that now just we tried to make it really easy So that's why we label everything. So that's pretty easy, right? Or not. I don't I don't I don't interpret steampunk very well. So gotcha, but He came back and told me that's what it was. So that's what we're doing right now We're just getting everything lined up The wires will look pretty later. We're just getting everything set where it's supposed to be with your 12 volt That's a 12-volt fuse box. Mm-hmm. Awesome And Dean is back here Dean just went to town yesterday and he basically was like all right Let's throw everything on the wall and then we can connect it afterwards So am solar has this amazing diagram and actually pictures of everything. I think we showed you guys earlier in the video, but You know, this is definitely a little bit beyond what anything I've ever done, but Dean seems to be just going to town back here Yeah, but we are missing one of these Switches there so it could be here might not be these components have traveled about 3000 miles to get here We should have power guys. What is going on back here right now? I'm afraid of you filming this The hallway lights are connected We're doing a power test right now So the hall wires have a switch on yeah, okay, where's the switch? Water boom water boom can turn them on yeah, okay All Yeah, boom Those are nice. Okay We want to hook up. Let's try the bathroom light Six what do you got in the battery switch on that one do you is it this one? Oh, no, that's your bedroom Versus down here switches down there. Oh, okay here. I'll get it Whoops, oh, that's the hallway so three-way works bathroom works awesome Look at that. I got a three-way switch and you're holding on to the bedroom lights, too, right? The bed yeah bedrooms right here. All right my hands on it number five Yep, okay. There you go. That works, too. Yep. Everything works in the kitchen is one with the sconces and that's not Yeah, we don't have a sconce yet. We got a fan, which is what? Fantastic yeah max fan. Okay, so that's that one's next. Yep. He doesn't put it in yet. Yeah, there she goes All right that thing works And The deck is not wired correct with no switches yet. Okay. All right, so we're leaving out the kitchen with the sconces We're leaving out the deck for the moment unless you want to Help that because make sure they work It's guys we got about an hour's worth of daylight left at best. And so if we want to cook Not in the dark So we can we can fire these things on later your voltage jacks 12.84 not too shabby full batteries these batters been sitting for seven months and They're still reading 90% full all you guys see is plug it into the yeah, which I should probably go do that I'm learning kids and they play. I'm learning that jacks hook this goddamn thing up by himself See look at this. It's not bad, right? That's pretty good. Are you for a green horn? Yeah I'm thinking wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Did you say horn? I'm a ship coming to port Wait, but we got a leak here though. Don't step on the horn. Oh, it's it's that part Yeah, I did I cut it too short. That's right. We'll fix that up Wait, hey, wait, hit it all go outside. All right, so if anybody cuts me off, they're getting the horn Man, I never grew That's so loud. Oh my god, that's amazing Yeah, bus built The horn works