A 12 ft. FEATHERLITE conversion

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[revorunner]

Exploregirl, The harder the challenge the greater the satisfaction of a job well done.In my books that's PRICELESS!!

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No insulation. No condensation. All skylight. Needs a lot of firewood.

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

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Is this what you do in the woods ? to make that big money


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/faded-dreams-of-riches-drive-pursuit-of-a-celebrated-fungus.html?_r=0



P.S. the above wagon is just to cook your food, if you need to keep warm sleep with the sheep

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Jerry,

No. I don't make big bucks anymore.

Morels. I only gather and eat morels, the springtime mushroom in the woods around here. I give them to my daughter. She sautes them in butter or olive oil.

All sheepherder wagons had a bed inside.

I want to build another wild-n-unusual trailer. Don't know what it will be yet, but it will be light and narrow.

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HDEGirl,

I built this trailer (the Round Tail) with aluminum skin over 3/8" MDO plywood then 1" sheet foam, then thin luan plywood on the interior. It never got condensation, so your plywood-aluminum idea will be a good one. No mold.
http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=32742&hilit=round+tail

[Rainier70]

Timberline Sheep Camp Campers for high class sheep herders!
http://sheepcamps.com/camp-types/legacy/

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

Nice wagon , where do I apply , I can watch a few sheep

[hikediveexploregirl]

Prem,

Well I stole the idea from OTT and so I can't take credit. Just hoping to enjoy it and that the mold free with hold up!!

Thanks!

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

Just found this story

Cooking tips for road kill This guy has been eating road kill since 1960.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/british-roadkill-connoisseur-arthur-boyt-gives-cooking-tips-a-925479.html

[hikediveexploregirl]

I believe I just lost my appetite...

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Jerry - Range-fed meat. We pay extra for that at the store.


Rainer - Love those Legacy trailers!


Girl - Spray foam is the ultimate good thing to use. Then you don't need the extra plywood layer. (Weight reduction.) The only reason I used plywood on the Round Tail is because the trailer was built monocoque (exoskeleton). The plywood *was* the load-carrying structure, bolted to angle iron around the bottom. There were no ribs. I merely glued on 1" x 1" nailers (light-weight cedar) to have something to add an insulation gap (which also allowed room to run wires) and to attach the inner skin. The aluminum skin was just to make it maintenance-free and marketable/desirable. It turned out well, but I can positively say that a factory-built cargo trailer (especially an all-aluminum one) is better (more durable & probably less expensive) than anything I could build from scratch one off.

[Rainier70]

I looked at several of the Timberline trailers for ideas. They have some very nice features including a small wood stove that they build.

I really like the pull outs under the bed. One pullout is a table and right under it is another pullout that is a trundle bed. Under that is still more storage. Cool design! If I had a 7 wide trailer, I would do my bed area that way.

[hikediveexploregirl]

Prem,

Well, I am one of those paranoid engineers. You can be sure if I build it....it is solid and redundantly redundant. Hehe. This can be good and bad.

I will likely put bead board and chair rail on the interior to make it classy...and I am liking the spray foam. Did you purchase it and DIY or pay a pro?

Rainer,
I am contemplating doing a daybed/trundle style for a couch. I am also going to do a Queen bed that raises to the ceiling during the day (to use the couch/table) and lowers at night. I have a 10 year old who would think the trundle in the "cave" under the bed is THE BOMB!!

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HikeDiveExploreEngineerGirl,

I paid an insulation company to do. I drove it to their huge shop. They put a 18-20ish kid with an attitude on the job. He had no concept of even application and thought he was the boss. I made him redo areas where bare metal was still showing. As a result, it was extra thick in some areas, which required me to do a lot of shaving on it when it hardened/set up. Other areas were too shallow. I had to use Tuff Stuff in a can to bring some areas up.

Real pros do it right, evenly and treat their customers with respect.

I'd do it myself if I were to do it again, now that the commercial tanks are available directly to consumers, not just to insulation companies.

(Wear a disposable Tyvek suit and gloves. The kid that did mine wore old Levies and a plaid cotton shirt with logger boots. He ended up wearing some foam on his boots, pants, hair and shirt. He wasn't very accurate with the applicator gun.)