Don & Karen's 6 x 12 Deep Vee Front CT

[MtnDon]

I finally connected and leak tested the propane system. That is a high pressure outlet for camp stove use outside.



The Truckfridge with its extra 2" wrap of polyiso insulation. The extra 2" for the bottom is not attached to the fridge but is under the plywood covered base just visible at lower right.



Truckfridge inserted into its place. The bed platform is painted. Still have to make doors for the underneath storage area; water tank, pump etc visible. Some of my parts mess visible too. The A/C with remote control temporarily installed in the door cut out



The view from outside the door. Shower pan and walls in place. Fridge in place. The sink in a mockup installation with faucet.





Closer and different angle view of the shower.

View from the rear. Walls for the shower, pipes visible are hot & cold supply to shower and the waste water tank vent pipe. Vent is still to be hooked up through the roof. Plywood walls finished in Minwax Polycrylic Clear Satin. (water based... love it as there is almost no odor at all. Lasts well too as I have used it on other projects for something like 10 years or more.



Interior nose view. Shelves to be added under counter. Our plan is to use storage boxes under there to hold "stuff".



Outside view of the A/C. I'll explain more later as I finish the mounting, but in brief the two vertical things are steel reinforcements to help spread the weight of the A/C. They are spaced wide enough to permit a platform at the bottom for the Honda EU2000i to be added.

[hankaye]

MtnDon, Howdy;

You be an industrious man Mr. Don ...

Thanks for the pix.

hank

[lrrowe]

Hi MtnDon,

Your progress is looking great.

One question regarding your shower. Is the pan a 2 ft x 2 ft? It looks this small. I am trying to convince myself that I can live with one this small for good space utilization.

Bob

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

Good Job MtnDon

I can see you & bob ice fishing in the yukon already.

[MtnDon]

Hi MtnDon,

Your progress is looking great.

One question regarding your shower. Is the pan a 2 ft x 2 ft? It looks this small. I am trying to convince myself that I can live with one this small for good space utilization.

Bob

24 x 32" from Kinro via Amazon. There are also 24 x 36 versions.

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

MtnDon

There is now a guy who has 3000 watts on his trailer

[MtnDon]

Unless that including the back side only costs 20% more I don't see the point. Maybe I'm missing something.

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

[MtnDon]

The back faced panels might be worth it if I made a tilt up rack on the trailer roof. We'll see. Tilting w/o needing a ladder to access is the issue....

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We have an update.



This is a view looking under the counter space to be. The switch is for the RV water pump. Plumbing is Pex. The shut off above the switch is the valve for recirculating hot water back to the fresh water tank. The idea is conservation of water; It's not a long run from the water heater to the faucet, about 12 feet more or less, but rather than waste the cold slug that comes before the hot, we can send it back to the fresh water tank.

Next...



Counter top sans sink. The door is to the right. The box that shows 14.0 is a junction box. 14.0 is the battery voltage; the switch above shuts off the meter. The doohickey at extreme upper left is the on-off remote for the SW inverter. The communications cable needs to be secured still.




There's a better view of the inverter remote on-off. 120 VAC outlets installed on wall. Sink installed and plumbed. It works although the shut off mentioned above has a leaking gland and will not stop leaking; part was in one of my junk boxes. next place for it may be the trash can. The unfinished ledge shelf is temporarily resting on scraps.


Quiz...



What is this? Hopefully the white metal thingy will be installed tomorrow and an explanatory photo posted. Or the day after....

[hankaye]

MtnDon, Howdy;

The shelf for the shower?

hank

[Rainier70]

Looking good. I especially like the water recirc setup.

[aggie79]

Quiz...



What is this? Hopefully the white metal thingy will be installed tomorrow and an explanatory photo posted. Or the day after....

Is it the cargo door rack for the A/C and generator?

[charchri4]

Quiz...
What is this? Hopefully the white metal thingy will be installed tomorrow and an explanatory photo posted. Or the day after....

Is it the cargo door rack for the A/C and generator?

I thought that too but the generator is mouted on drawer slides a few pages back. I think it is going to stand up and with the beefy angles down from the shelf it's going to hold something pretty heavy.

[MtnDon]

It IS the A/C rack. Someone was paying attention to earlier ramblings of mine.

Perhaps heavier than I needed but it was steel I had on hand, and the smallest I had on hand. Could have pulled enough 2 x 2 x 1/4 from the odds 'n' ends pile, but that would have been gross overkill. In future I will make a generator rack for the bottom, above the trailer plate, but have not taken time to do so now. That will be if I decide we need a place to have it able to run and be fastened to the trailer. Pictures tonight.

[dustboy]

The shut off above the switch is the valve for recirculating hot water back to the fresh water tank.

I like this idea a lot. We just did our first trip with the new Eccotemp and it seems like we wasted a lot of water. With the heater at the front and the galley at the back, it's 10-15 seconds before it gets hot.

I noticed you are using hose clamps with the PEX, didn't realize you didn't have to use the expensive Sharkbite fittings. I used plain old 1/2" flexible poly tubing and had two leaks on this trip. I might have to convert it all to PEX but it's good to know I won't have to run out and buy $150 worth of Sharkbites.