Adventure Trailer Covered Wagon

[celadon]

I love the nouveau covered wagon thing you have going on here. Looks like a nice base camp. And your pup is beautiful.

 

[Reubal]

I had one week and weekend in between my test camp and my longer camping trip. I really wanted to get a bed platform made, so that is what I tackled. I also wanted to get my shore power and other power penetrations made, so I did that as well. I won't need the shore power anytime soon, nor the exterior plug for the A/C, but I just wanted to get them in.

Here are two of the three holes:

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I forgot to take a photo of the plugs installed. So that isn't very helpful. There is a third over on the "kitchen side at the rear of the trailer so I can plug something in outside over there... like maybe a coffee maker or... something else. I don't know. Maybe I'll never need or use it.

I took everything out and made a lumber run. The box works really well as a utility trailer. I didn't bother taking the bimini mounts off the side rails, but I'm glad to have that option.

[fimg=400,300]https://i.imgur.com/KSa5l7O.jpg[/fimg]

And here is the 75% finished bed platform. It's a slider, and offers a 26" deep "sofa" base when closed up, and a 48" wide bed when extended. It's 12" high with 10.5" of vertical clearance underneath for my storage bins. It's mounted to the box on two side with french cleats, and for now it has been screwed to the box with general construction screws. That was a quick solution to just get it in and ready in the short time frame. Where those screws are, I will add bolts to be able to easily unbolt/remove the platform. The 1.5" tall french cleat pieces will remain attached on the inside of the box.

[fimg=400,300]https://i.imgur.com/C5XGnYM.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=400,300]https://i.imgur.com/tErv02m.jpg[/fimg]

Everything will need to be stained and finished.

And now the bad news. My wonderfully hyperactive dog tore up her leg, and she has a ton of meds and a maintenance regimen that would make it impossible to take care of in the desert on a 5 day camping trip, so I had to cancel the trip. I'm VERY bummed. So much work and THIS TRIP is what I was working so hard every day to be ready for. So I'm not sure if I'm going to even make it out at all before Spring. Major bummer.

But all the major work is done and I'm no longer in any rush to do anything. I guess that's nice, but I would rather not be in a major rush to finish anything because I had just gotten back from a trip, not because it's all been cancelled. If I had made a thick insulated foamie like I intended a year ago then I wouldn't be concerned about 30F desert nights. Oh well.

I imagine this will be all from me for a while.

 

[Staryder61]

It' been a while since I've been back to this forum,
And just read through your Covered Wagon build, great work
Your tent version can be used and adapted for many scenarios,

 

[Jbyers]

Great write up and I hope your pup is doing better. Dogs sure make life so much better!


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[amorrison96]

October 3; DAY FOUR. Widening the floor.

And with the floor extension installed I could now measure my two floor halves. Starting with the front, I marked and cut the floor and test fit it. Took it back off and and started my waterproofing with The Mix. I did 75/25 on each side, then 50/50 on each side, and then a 25/75 on the bottom only. The underside will eventually get Henry's on it (that will be today), so I'm good with the 3 coats of The Mix.

Quick question regarding "The Mix": is the 1st coat 75% thinner & 25% epoxy?

 

[Reubal]

Quick question regarding "The Mix": is the 1st coat 75% thinner & 25% epoxy?

To be clear, I used polyurethane, not epoxy.

Coat 1: 75/25 thinner/poly;
Coat 2: 50/50;
Coat 3: 25/75.

I only did 3 coats for the floor because I was also planning on the additional waterproofing underneath. The sides of the box, however, are directly in contact with the weather, so I did 5 coats for that wood. Two coats at 75/25, one at 50/50, one at 25/75, and a final coat at 100% poly.

I have a worktable outside that I made just before starting the trailer. It is 2 sheets of 1/2" OSB glued together, and for that I did two coats at 75/25, and a third at 50/50, and it's been outside for 6 months and holding up great through some fairly heavy rains. I don't expect it to last forever, but I'm also kinda using it as a weather test to see how it does. OSB really soaks up water, yet it is holding up great.

 

[bigmanonscene]

I made an account here today just to tell you that this is amazing, I will be stealing some of these ideas for my own project that is similar. Thanks for sharing! Gorgeous dog!