The Builder
Name - Ryan Redfoot
Home DZ - Skydive Moab
Instagram - flyinryan88
Facebook - ryan.redfoot
The Truck
Make - Ford
Year - 2004
Model - F-150
Mileage - 180k
I smell a photography career
Fun Facts
My name is Ryan Redfoot I am 29 years old and I currently live in my truck. In 2009 when I was 20 years old, I joined the Army and became an Airborne Ranger. I spent the next 7 years of my life at 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in Savannah, Ga. A good portion of my time while in the army was spent in Afghanistan where I Deployed to 6 times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Get Some
In 2012 I made a lifelong goal of mine come true! I went skydiving. I had a little experience with static line from my time in the army but this was my first freefall. I went straight to learning how to become a skydiver. It immediately took over my life! I finished out my time in the Army in June of 2016 to fulfill my dream of becoming a traveling skydiving instructor. This was all I put my mind to for the next year and a half. The majority of my time as a skydiver was spent at The Jumping Place Skydiving Center in Statesboro, Ga. I really began my search for the traveling skydiver life this year (2018).
The plan was to find an RV or a van. But after some thinking I decided to build my home on the bed of my truck. So that's what I did! I packed up everything in my house that I needed and left Savannah just me and my dog. I made a week-long stop in my hometown in Alabama to make the build with my grandfather and other family members that helped. There wasn't much of a plan when we started so we just started putting it together. We bolted the frame down to the bed walls with six 7"x1.5" bolts. Added a scoop to the front for better aerodynamics and extra inside storage and we also left the tailgate down to add an extra 2 feet of space and allow for a full door. The windows came out of my great grandfathers 50-year-old camper shell that we still had laying around in the woods. My bed is my grandparents' old dresser/frame for their waterbed that they had when I was a small child. This tiny home on wheels was built with a lot of character and family history. It is also completely insulated and has solar power. I am currently in Moab, Utah working at Skydive Moab as an instructor and videographer! My dream of becoming a traveling nomad skydiver came true! I am living proof that you want something bad enough you will have it!
The Pics
Step one framing
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Yup I fit
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Water Bed frame from Grandma
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Comfy look at the storage and windows
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That will do
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In the end our possessions will only own us, let go and live