Staying in a DIY Cardboard Bike Camper in the Winter -10°

Video Description

I made this bike camper from cardboard and other free materials. Can I stay in the trailer for the night in temperatures below -10 degrees in February? The trailer's outside layer of cardboard is fairly thick from boxed mattresses and then I used packing foam for insulation and regular cardboard for the inside layer. I built the trailer in the fall of 2024, I used all free and recyclable packing materials from deliveries, staples, screws, nails and lots of hot-glue! I'm not new to bike-style trailers, I built a flatbed trailer using bicycle wheels when I was a kid before I ever even saw them online. The idea for this camper came to me because I was wondering if cardboard would work for a survival space, and how could I build the easiest camper that would work and cost basically nothing to build or maybe just a couple of dollars for fasteners. The framing and the floor of the trailer are made from cut-offs from slabs, the leftover pieces from the sawmill. To heat the trailer I used a power station with a 400-watt heater which provided way more heat than necessary. I have other ways of heating this and will maybe post some videos on this topic. This was a fun project to build and I have lots of other footage plus the build of this camper that I will try and post soon. This was just an experiment, but it does work as long as the cardboard is protected with plastic or another waterproof layer. I've been noticing a lot of homeless people, they are always either in tents or just lying on a park bench with a blanket over them. I live in the coldest country and figure, why can't the homeless have a more reasonable place to sleep where they can move around without being heavy or expensive to build? I'm not saying anyone should live in a space like this but I understand large e-bike trailers or heavy-wheeled structures will never work due to safety and other reasons. I've seen many really nice bike campers online, some homemade and others factory-made. I know my trailer could be made way better, but my idea of mine was to build something from easy-to-find free materials that would work. As for homeless campers in the city I have seen some of the concepts and proposals, but they range in price from around 5-10k dollars which is unrealistic also they are way too large and would pose issues especially if someone has had too many before riding etc. The bike trailer / camper in this video was just an experiment, and the entire trailer weighs under 100lbs which is pretty good and fairly easy to tow or push. If you are new to the channel @kurtscottage Thanks for Watching and Please Subscribe if you like my content and want to see more videos like these. To my Subscribers Thank You so much for your time, comments and support, if you want me to try and build something feel free to leave in the comments. I know I haven't posted or logged on in some time, but I am still making projects and have built a few more Electric bikes, I am planning on posting them soon. For the past year, I've been working on many other ventures which will help me to eventually make more and better videos on this channel. Thanks again and Take Care!