I went from a dual cab Ute to a 2014 Hiace. I am never going back to a Ute. I had the same theory as Richard about going 4wding on weekends, but it took so much to empty & repack, it rarely ever happened. Now I have a dedicated 4wd as the escape machine. Vans are leagues in front of Ute's.

@mattymattffs

3 ай бұрын

It's funny how all of North America disagrees and sticks with the loser boy death machine that is the f150

"These are not the posts I'm looking for" - Scott Kenobi

Always great to see Richard back on the channel.

SERVICE YOUR CAR. Seriously oil is so cheap compared to a new engine. All you need is oil and a filter and the engine will last many times longer than the body. You can do it yourself for $50 and 15min. Pour the old oil back in the container and take it to the free oil disposal point.

@thegodemperorofmankind7yea704

2 жыл бұрын

And often new engine means scrap it

love how you effortlessly combine two topics in one video, and give the local flavor, meet someone else, a bit of technique too - cheers and thanks

Scott: You must have learned a lot building this garage. Richard: Nah, I don't think so. You've got such great characters in your stories! The van is the coolest character.

@granaff

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@MsElijah16

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@Exodus_Johnson

3 жыл бұрын

Follow Rich's Instagram, it's worth it.

The lack of timber in Australia has more to do with what Europe and America are paying per cube its around double of what we pay and then they have to ship it here cause despite the size of our plantations we import something like 80% of our timber, pine framing mouldings and ewp.

When owning a work vehicle, it is rarely a bad idea to own the most popular model you can. The larger the cohort you are in for parts & service the better.

@chrisestill8825

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I bought a white chevrolet truck for work here in the US. Parts at every corner store and junkyards full of body panels

I just removed my front passenger seat in the ute. It gives me a huge space. I used the seat mounting points and welded a custom frame that in the future can take a storage unit. Right now I will use the long space to sleep between jobs.

I’m a plasterer in Northern Ireland! Just take that in and realise how far your videos are getting, AND I LOVE THEM 👍 keep it going Scott

Get your van serviced!! they only last long if you look after them. It'll easily do 500,000kms if its serviced regularly. Change your oil ever 10,00ks or less and your engine will go forever

@edwardhunt4883

3 жыл бұрын

I have a 2003 diesel Hiace with 700,000 on the clock and still going strong

@HotForgeChaos

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardhunt4883 Let me guess, with a 5L-E diesel? Mine's at 331000ks and the body will fall off it before it gets to half a million

I've got a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, double cab, 6' bed with 165,000 miles or 265 ,000 KM on it. It's appreciated by about $4000 USD since COVID hit. Crazy.

Welcome back Scott, missed you! Glad your feeling better

Great work Scott, love watching your channel. Just so that you know I’m watching from the uk and I’m pleased to say that I don’t have a Bentley but I can hang a door. All the best and keep them coming.

Would love to see SBC rolling around with 18” lensos on the hiace

Glad to have you back SBC…it will be sad to see the Van go, however for now it is a great workhorse. 🚚😎

Yep, I'm sticking with my dirty old 2003 Hiace, 3 litre non turbo powerhouse (not really), at least until the body rots off it. When I tore apart the old setup to do a setup similar to Scott's, I found an ungodly amount of rust where all the bolt holes that mounted the seats to the floor weren't plugged up. So had to dust off the old rust repair skills to address those areas. The old H100 series Hiace were pretty prone to rust just about everywhere, and mine and the other LH113 in the fleet is no exception. The vans have roughly the same sort of K's on it (around 330,000) and they're both poxing out around the windscreen, but mine is blowing out around the internal D-pillar seams as well for some reason. I can't imagine I'd get more than a couple of years out of it even with extensive rust repairs, but even these older models are still worth decent money. I'm not sure what my employer will replace it with when that time comes, we do have a couple of H200 series vans in the fleet as well as a Nissan NV350 but that particular one has been a bit troublesome recently (water pump failure, injector failure, gotta love those ZD30s, not...).

I like putting a paver at the bottom of the hole for the post to sit on. Helps prevent the post height dropping and sinking into the dirt.

Hey Scotty, just done my back fence with rapid set the same way! So easy. In Australia we have utes and trailers. My trailer will be here soon so I’ll do a video on my setup! 🤘🏻😎

Revenge is sweet Scott,think the Toyota is a brilliant vehicle especially with the way you’ve fitted it out. Thanks for the video.👍👍

Nice one dude, good to see Rich back too. One of the drivers for van prices being high in the UK is both increased demand for the trades but also lots more parcel delivery drivers needed (hearing both from leasing contacts and second hand traders).

i recently upgraded to packout from assorted bins and sacks and its been absolutely wonderful!

Missed the vids Scott!! Glad to see you're back to work and feeling good. Cheers from Canada!

G,day Scott Brown Carpentry from Sydney Australia. * When running electrical cables, 1. Tape it to sheet flooring togue 2. Sinker on cord gravity feed though. Then tape cable to cord, pull. 🌏🇦🇺

Just ordered my Scott Brown carpentry cucumber van premium T-shirt. Can’t wait.

Good to have you back!!

That ute set up with the rollers is genius!

Cheers bra good to see you back so soon!

just recently read an article on a courier driver in South island who clocked up a million kms in his hiace and had to get the odometer replaced as it was no longer working....his secret was getting her serviced every 10 -12000 kns, look after your chariot and she'll look after you.

Always love the banter with Richard! And nice use of the AeroPress!

Don’t quit on you’re Toyota. She’s never quit on you.

@OscarLagerstrom

3 жыл бұрын

No, you're a Toyota!

Im currently upgrading my truck/yute here in canada and alot of what you said holds true here. I got lucky and found what i was looking for locally and am in the process of installing my slide out and cleaning it up for her first day on site! Lots of fun lol

That’s a great set up with the Ute. Being able to just roll the whole lot off onto a pair of saw horses is genius… Great vid….again.

I'm hoping you do keep the van for as long as you can. I like your van. It's you. I live in Australia and I have all sorts of Company shirts that I've worked for over the past 2 decades, but I want to buy your shirt with the van on it. I also want to buy a 'Smoko Time' shirt too. Love the website and your meticulous dedication. I hope 'Occidental Leather' looks after you at some point because of your dedication to that belt and making it popular through your videos.

Welcome back! So go to see you again!

Commercial vans have gone up a lot in Ireland too its a mixture of building being busy but also quite a lot of them were turned into campervans during our lockdowns

The auto makers are having a hard time getting various chips for the vehicles, so the supply is scarce. Here in the U.S., the price of new vehicles has gone way up, if you can find a new vehicle for sale. Because of the low supply, the price for used vehicles has also gone way up. There are dealerships here in Southern California with hundreds of new vehicles that are on hold until the parts come in. The dealerships will then have to install the parts before the vehicle can be sold.

I’m a 19 year old dry liner from the uk and I’m already like abit bored of my job then I watch your vids and think F**k it I’m gonna get that ceiling smashed up tomorrow 😂

@freddieleethompson3536

3 жыл бұрын

I did that for 20yrs (and ceilings) Now I spend my days doing up peoples houses. It’s much more interesting and challenging and no site rules! Get out whilst you can.

@alexfletcher1924

3 жыл бұрын

@@freddieleethompson3536 init can’t even have tunes on my screwgun is starting sound good 😂

@freddieleethompson3536

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexfletcher1924 Ahh mate. Back when I first started you could wear trainers, shorts, smoke and have tunes blasting. It was a great and I enjoyed it. Now it’s like working in a mortuary! Now I do domestic work and I’m back doing all those things (except smoking haha)

@mattsteel8583

3 жыл бұрын

I use to be a tacker was good but fucking hated it lol . Quit a year ago started a cleaning buisiness and I'm on more now than I was before . My main issue was my shoulder was fucked now it's fine and my days are alot less stressful lol .No more loading out 15mm blue all day up 3 stories etc I think I would die now .

Thanks for the code I just ordered a van shirt and smoko mug. I think the van is the way to go. I'm a plumber in the US and have had both and for me the van is #1

I love my work van, which isn't currently running. My SUV also developed issues not worth investing the time and money into, so I 'replaced' both 18 months ago with a 2nd hand 4WD dual cab ute, for the same reasons Richard said. Work, family, access to places. I definitely miss the long cargo bay of the van though. Good to hear you're healing

Once when I was a builder's labourer I got tendonitis in my forearm from mixing concrete all day > four weeks off work. First day back: digging 36 pile holes > it flared up again, another two weeks off.

Full size trucks are everywhere in the US and they are tremendously useful to have for work. But my favorite is the Ford Transit Connect (European style van). Huge storage volume, keeps all the tools and materials dry and also gets decent gas mileage.

Great video…love the Staffys

Your van is iconic you can’t change it !

I once got my KY mixed up with my window putty. All my dam windows fell out!

It's always kind of therapeutically for me ever since I came randomly across your channel and I do not mean to see other people work. 😉

Those vans are extremely practical, as you can put a full sheet of plywood inside of them. I think they were designed for that if I'm correct. Same with the Ford Transit. Love the dogs!

Nice to see you again Scott. Hi to Richard too

Same thing in AUS. People are also buying them for campers to take holidays in

Great to see my namesake Richard...always good value

I grew up in Australia and worked as a contractor for a few years. And from time to time working out of similar sized vans. I now live and work as a contractor in the USA. I must say I would struggle to work Downunder again out of such vans since falling in love with American work vehicles. Vans and Utes downunder are in my opinion undersized and I would find them impractical to work out off. My work vehicles are a Chevy 2500 express van and a GM 1500 pickup. The express has floor to roof tool boxes on each side and I can load multiple sheets of 1/2 drywall on there edge between the tool boxes. Also load 10ft material up to the cargo barrier and if needed open the cargo barrier and 12 footers will slide in. The GM pick up can take 4x8 sheets between the wheel wells also, very practical. As an apprentice in Australia my boss had a 2.0 LTR Ford econvan and that thing "wouldn't pull the skin of a rice pudding" and had limited cargo space. My Chevy 2500 express is powered by 6.0 LTRS of raw fury. Downunder is sadly still limited to undersized trade vehicles. In saying you can only work with the tools on hand and undersized trade vehicles are what's on offer unless you buy and overpriced EURO work van or a coverted US pickup.

Who would have thought that a random shot of a lemon tree would make me homesick.

The whole van life movement has helped increase value

@redwakafan619

3 жыл бұрын

yes it played a big part in it

same over here (us) - i am actually considering putting a new engine in my 97 chevy van for 6k dollars. if i get rid of it i’d have to replace it ,and for much more than that-

If you look closely at the "spade of revenge" it has a motor on it, and says Kubota on the side.

Richard always cracks me up, lol. Great camaraderie!

0:32 These are not the Droids You are looking for”….😂 couldn’t resist. Also YA GOTTA lot of WOOD THERE👍🏻👍🏻

I start a new business in Feb and joined the Hiace gang in April, it's a used van, TD 4wd, a great working horse, a bit thirsty, but she carries all my gears and materials in one go. Heard someone said flat nose Hiace price will keep going up.

In AU the classic “UTE” really refers to the Ford Falcon type car/trucks. Also know as the infamous El Comino in the States & Canada. Now that those are no longer made here we have many imported pickup trucks like Ford & VW. We have always had the Toyota Hilux (Tacoma) as well as Toyota Landcruiser tray tops. All of those vehicles are referred to as my “UTE. The carpenters typically tow tradie trailers. They are typically custom 4’ x 6’ heavy trailer with a rigid steel cap with gull wing doors. They are towed by anything. Electricians & Plumbers used to drive the Hiace. It was the only van available here until about 20 years ago when they introduced the Ford Transit type Eurovan. Now the majority of the plumbers & electricians use those, just like what’s happened in the States.

Here in Sydney ..more and more you see tradies with Isuzu npr 45-155 trucks... just bought one myself for carpentry and building, bigger than hilux and trailer but loving the space availability 😎 good luck for getting work healthy again

SBC AAAAND puppies! Didn’t think your channel could get any better. I stand corrected.

I saw that cheeky masking on the promo code! 👍

Love the channel Scott, but surely if you have solid concrete at the bottom and the sides of the posts, no moisture, ie rain/snow etc can’t run out/escape. Pea rock for the bottom 100mm at least is the way to go.

Sorry Richard, but my 2013 VW Multivan 4Motion with factory diff lock can do family, work, camping, off-road, tow and long length anything and all black as well 😜

@livingimprovements4382

3 жыл бұрын

Mint. Yeah if I needed to carry more that’s definitely an option. I doubt it would go some of the places I go sometimes, but it’s more that because I’m not a full on builder I don’t need as much stuff (at this stage). I’m gonna look it up though.

love richard he seems like a good lad

I was taught to put a coat of tar or bitumen on the bottom of the post as concrete/cement is porous enough to let moisture through and get to the end grain of the post.

@TheOneWhoMightBe

3 жыл бұрын

On the rare occasion I have to sink a post into the ground I line the bottom of the hole with some sand or aggregate, then put a broken brick or similar on top of that, then the post. It gives groundwater somewhere to go and keeps the post off the bottom of the hole so it's not sitting in any water which does pool there after rain or during wet spells.

Toyota was the only auto maker to critically plan after the 2008 crash; they maintained a stockpile of critical components ( like logic chips) to ensure continued production, contrary to the misunderstood just-in-time methodology.

I guess Richard is a fan of Milwaukie tools? Pick ups are the vehicle of choice here in Canada although the "White Van" market is picking up as they do make a versatile work vehicle for building contractors. When you factor in a large work trailer for storage and hauling, a van does make sense for a new guy starting out.

Over here in the us we pour the concrete in a sonotube and use a tie to secure the post

My old boss started his construction business with a Volkwagen Type 3 wagon. I worked for several years out of an 89 RX-7. You can make things work if you try. I could fit 10' of trim or 8' of framing material in the RX-7 when I had to.

@livingimprovements4382

3 жыл бұрын

Haha RX7 isn’t a typical tardy vehicle. Never late to work though 😉

Great content again bro! You gotta clean that lens or sensor though man, there's an annoying spec that keeps showing up on all your videos

Keep posting Scott videos are awesome come to London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Scott’s always got the best beats to his vids 👌🏽lol

Thanks mate

Electrician here. Haice is definitely the best option for me but I like 4wheel driving so I went with a ute and put a service body on the back. A 4x4 van in Australia is just too expensive

Kids bicycles from an Austrian company called Woom, selling higher 2nd hand than new in Germany. Managed to order one before the cut off time.

Love the guard dogs

Scott! Many exciting episodes back you wore a white t-shirt that said Scott Brown Carpentry across the chest, any chance you’ll have those on tee spring?

Thanks Richard, I have always wondered what the KY in that gel stood for.

@cjlamber

3 жыл бұрын

Isnt that the answer to the question "How is your stock of Lube???".....K....Y????

@livingimprovements4382

3 жыл бұрын

@@cjlamber 😂

You guys are awesome!

Here in Russia the ute (the pickup) mostly used as not so expensive offroad vehicle, not as a work car. Most popular work cars are GAZ Gazelle light commercial vehicles

Heck yeh the aero press is the best way to get top quality coffee on site 👌🏼

Can’t remember the last time I saw a hiace in the UK…. Must be years!!

@jamiesavage4956

3 жыл бұрын

Normally carpet fitters have em! Lol

I've had my hiace for 10 years, approaching 350 000 km, a very popular workvan in Norway aswell

The reason flat nose hiaces have gone up in price is also because they are no longer made nz new anymore. And since may 2020 they are no longer getting imported from japan as they dont meet government regulations anymore . You can still import them but cannot be registered. They were being imported by the hundred or thousand per month prior.

Great video as always, but what’s in the Festool box at the end 🤤👀

Been watching for awhile now never commented just the quiet lurker .I've noticed you use an aeropress and we also have a aeropress ,we recently met someone who pours the water in while it is upside down before putting it onto the cup.To give it a chance to ferment i guess,should give it a try see if it makes a difference. even thou it is already nice :)

Good to see you dressed for Auckland's very cold winter weather

Could you maybe put weight transfer rollers on the side to make the drawer a bit easier.

@livingimprovements4382

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that probably not a bad idea. I’ll look into it.

The AeroPress makes a fine cup of coffee. I drive a 97 GMC Safari...another van that seems to be going up in value. I got mine with very low miles, but I think they were "outback" miles🤣 I have put a lot of money into it, but it's worth it. And in closing, these supply chain issues are starting to become annoying. It's getting difficult to even find tools right about now.

"Coldest week of the year" workin in a t-shirt!! I don't think you know what "cold" is!!! LOL

Coldest day. What was the temperature there? It was 72 here in Lake Stevens, Washington. The week before we had a record setting 2 days of 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mine has too! Unreal. I purchased my hiace for 21k nzd. 150,000kms later and it’s worth $25k! Hahaha. Looking at upgrading to a hilux. Need it for the family now. But hands down the Van is way more practical than a Ute as a builder

yeah your Toyota Hiace Van is your trademark. it very grabbed my interest when I saw you for the first time, somehow you look like a surfer and are so cool. the cars supported Japan and were running everywhere yeah I was also riding on company's one. so cool best cars.

Are those "Smoko Time" clothes available for sale somewhere? Reminds me of my first ever public speaking thing. Asked to thank a bunch of people for supplying a drink and food etc. In my nervous state I referred to it as "Smoko" - hahahahaha . I was 16 at the time. The kids with gave me hell for it forever!!

@blinderGBS

3 жыл бұрын

oops - answered my own question at the end of the vid....

Hi Scott. Interesting conversation. House boom (and the associated construction boom that comes with it) started before COVID here in Canada and even 15 years earlier when I left the UK. There is a different attitude towards Housing from the Baby Booms towards Millennials. I know many people (Baby Boomers) who purchased a home and stayed in it for 40+ years or 3 generations if you count the Grandkids. Owning a home for life was something that newer generations are not necessary embracing. They are happy to rent or live in smaller units with more disposable income, which begs the question, who is buying all these houses? With the advent of property investing (or flipping) and high immigration across the globe, houses are being purchased as an investment rather being a "forever home". The AirBnB, short term rental as well as long term rental is very popular and was previously the mainstay of Vacation Locations in the past. Combine that with population overload where places that previously had low density are being overloaded with new residents drives a very lucrative market.

you should add long sleeve mech scott. its pretty cold now so it would be pretty cool to add for extra layer xD

Hey Scott was wondering you gonna show Paerau Shed in the Rainforest?

Ever tried the Sika post fix? Like a mad expanding foam for posts. Apparently works and is strong but never met anyone whos used it yet!

Rich is such a good laugh. Was he the same guy that randomly won the makita radio?