My hunting deadline has hit me. I leave for the George Washington National Forest (west of Churchville, VA) for my 1-2 week hunting trip with my trailer having 1 slow year's worth of improvements made to it since my basic (means just the trailer with no inside work other then insulation added to it) experience one year ago.
I will come back to the forum with new photos and stories to tell. I have no internet out there, so I will be absent starting tomorrow AM unless we get rained out and head to the local diner for some eats.
Here are many shots of my latest work. Much is unstained or unpainted as I just did not have enough time and my very irritating back pain and my stupid cutting of my thumb on my table saw just plan old held me back. Do a little work, rest, do a little more chores and then work on the trailer. I see a new back surgeon from UVA immediately after the hunt. I pray for him to say, "I can fix you".
These are my fold up bed results. I will make another for the other side after hunting.
The outer leg supports in the back are temporary. I will make hinged ones for it later.
BED FOLDED UP
BED DOWN
My wife wanted to be able to easily get up in the middle of the night for pee trips. Twin bed set gives us a very narrow walkway for her in the middle of the night.
We purchased two extra large 6" memory foam mattresses from Bed, Bath and Beyond and I cut 8 inches off the side and about the same off the end with an old electric cutting knife. It was very easy to do. We will custom secure the covers after the hunting trip.
ELECTRICAL WORK STARTED SO FAR
One major issues. I cannot find the connection leads for several lamps. I know I ran them to my front section for the control panel, but I cannot locate them. What a bummer.
It will have to wait til December after hunting.
BATTERY BOX
Yes these are low cost Duracel's from Sam's Club. They will work just fine til LI ones are priced right for me. 220 amps or something like that. The lid top has a vent to the outside.
HEATER WORK FROM WATER HEATER
AMP AND THERMOSTAT FOR HEATER (In Centigrade by mistake). I have to find a permanet home for them. Not an easy solution given the way I built this setup.
CABINETS Counter Tops are plywood for this trip. Still playing with ideas for permanence ones. Once thing for sure. They will be hinged to some sort so I can get all the electrical and heater components. The large opening with the Coke boxes is where my refrigerator was. Unfortunatly it bit the dust and now I think I replace it with a 12V TruckFridge LF-130 (I think that is the correct model) in January.
I have Allure vinyl flooring to install, but I chose to delay it's installation til after my hunting trip. You know....muddy boots and all that.
UNMOUNTED CABINET DOORS. I tried screen in front of the heaters for air flow, but I really need some fancy sheet metal stamping here.
I also tried burlap in from of the water tank but it will not work out. So again, I am looking for sheet metal stampings.
The last one shows one insert I made for the electrical section.
BACK GALLEY
Ouch that hurts ( pun intended).