Green Light: Now which size trailer to get?

[Pyrofish]

Oh yeah, insulation is absolutely needed. I have 2" insulation in my ceiling. With a 13500 BTU roof top unit. With the walls still bare metal, awaiting insulation, the interior was OK. About 78 in there in mid day in August when it 98 outside. Nice and cool at night though. I'm working on doing my walls this weekend. I picked up enough 1" and 2" foil-backed white styro insulation to do all the walls for 3 cases of Budweiser. Heck of a deal. I still need to paint my roof white though...

If you don't get your trailer pre-insulated, you might want to build your structure out to 2" and use the thick stuff. I went to a screen-porch place and they sold me a bunch of 1" and 2" aluminum to screw in as standoffs. Worked great!

[EvenOlder]

I'd planned on insulating everything with simple styro, as thick as will fit stock spacing, with spray in foam to fill everything else. I want an icebox.
I posted in a current AC thread about the roof mount-
but since you're here,
JWhite, how is your wall AC mounted? I'm stymied on layout in a 16 or 18' long trailer, that doesn't have bunks across the back (where i'd put a false back wall to hold the AC unit.)
steve

[jwhite]

I made the rear wall on wheels so I can open or close it.
you can go into my images and see some photos.

[pete42]

pyrofish wrote "BTW, at 60 MPH, a 4 hour trip easily turns into a 6 hour... Still not bad though."

my experience driving at 55 mph vs 65 or 70 my arrival time didn't change all that much,
I drove slower because like you pulling a big nosed travel trailer speed kills the MPG.

example if I drove 65 mph in 4 hours I would cover 260 miles if I drove 60 mph for 6 hours I would cover 360 miles.
but if I drove the 260 miles at 60 mph it would only take me 4 hours and 18 minuits.
18 or 20 minuits more and a lot less gas.

what did kill me was the mountains to and from florida.

[Pyrofish]

I was talking about the difference in driving with no trailer vs with the flat-front sail behind me.

280 miles at 80MPH is 3.5 hours
280 miles at 60 MPH is 4.7 hours plus one a 20 minute fuel stop.

I know that trip, and with nothing, I get there in 3.5 hours. With the trailer, there are additional stops. My girl can make 3.5 hours without a bathroom break, but at 4, the rest area stops begin... it all adds up. Regardless, pulling the Toy Hauler for that drive, takes me right at 6 hours... It's worth it though!