I am still new to this and at present I want to limit making holes in the trailer as much as possible. From the box on the tongue I would make one hole and hopefully caulk it up really good, then run everything inside the tear. I think one can get very small molding to cover wires in the corner between the wall and the floor and between a wall and another wall. I saw some of these at Lowes. Basically very small with a hollow area in back that might cover a wire. Another type might cover a wire that traverses a flat wall. Small nails would secure the molding through the carpet to the plywood wall. Bill
[quote="wlooper89"]Hello Dave, my Little Guy is the 6 Wide Platform model. I think the smaller Delta keystone box will fit on the 16 1/2" deep platform since the front of the trailer it is squared off there. I do have a spare tire which fits in front of the platform. I really like the rounded look of your tear. Wish I had gotten the 5 wide. That would be plenty big.
I was told that when Little Guy adds the 120V package for use with shore power they put a recepticle in the back on the side. I am not sure exactly where, but in the galley area. This would run AC things and if you wanted you could add a converter, probably put it in a cabinet above the galley to run 12V lights and other 12V items. This might be one way to get around not having room for a box on the tongue. I am not sure where a battery might go if one wants to add that. I would prefer not to have a battery inside the tear, but we usually camp where there is shore power and in that case the battery would not be needed.
Bill
[quote="DaveandDebbie"][quote="wlooper89"]Hi Kens,
Appreciate your advice. Good to keep the batteries outside the sleeping area. Your tear is beautiful. I found a trailer tongue box that should look good with my Little Guy. The metal stone guard on the front of the tear has a similar pattern. The box is by Delta Industries and a picture is in the link below. It should hold the battery, converter and inverter and maybe some other stuff as well. If I add an inlet on the side of the box it might be a good place to plug in shore power. I am still wondering what a "paddle handle" is, in the product description.
It might not be good to mix batteries with ignition sources in the same box. Anyone have thoughts on this? The tongue box is 4.5 cubic feet and I plan to use an Optima deep cycle battery, probably in its own box inside the larger one.
Many thanks! Bill
PS The trailer is supposed to be delivered Saturday. I know this is not the same as building one, but the wife and I are very excited.
http://www.deltastorage.com/configurato ... oductid=43
[quote="Kens"]I would start with a battery box on the tongue. Best I think is to run the wires under the floor. Just my 2c[/quote][/quote]
Wlooper89 Hello and welcome you are in the wright place a lot of
knowledge in this forum
Question what model did you buy?
Did you get the spare?
If so do you plan to extend the tongue to install the box?
I have the Lil Guy Deluxe and have been wanting to do the same thing
except the tongue is just to short I don't see any way around it with my Lil Guy Just my 2 cents worth Dave[/quote][/quote]
