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Royal blue 6x12 / diamond plate accent & bare bones

PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:09 pm
by mdvaden
Went ahead and made a quick image album for my 6 x 12. Nothing fancy. Basically, I did not alter it at all except to mount stuff. Just in case I decide to go with a popup in a couple of years or something like a T@B (although they are way to short, I like to stand to change).

http://imageevent.com/mdvaden/trailer

The album shows what I have now, the blue cargo, and what I had, which was really a decent deal. Traded 2 six hour days for the 17' Komfort with just moderate wear. Fairly clean, just a bit heavier than I wanted to pull.

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With the new trailer, shelves is what makes my day. One with the TV and DVD with lots more room on it. Another above and longer so I can stack jeans, food or towels up there. And another across the back.

My choice is the 2 thin single mattresses and 3 foam pads. Because there is a big tent under the bed, with a Quick Canopy too. When we use the trailer and tent, I can send three pads to the tent and move the matresses side by side.

There are 2 sleeping bags stored flat on the bed, and 3 more underneath.

One more shelf over the cabinets, and the corner shelf unit next to it. The 2 nice oak cabinets are stacked, screwed to the floor and braced to top area ribs since I found little else of meatiness behind them.

In 2007, a Portland company wanted a landscape design at Seaside Oregon, so I drove down, met them and measured for an hour at the single large shrub bed, then drove 1/2 hour south to Nehalem Bay and did the design at my site. Brought the laptop, portable draft board and printer. Only took 5 hours on two mornings, leaving the rest of those first two days, and two more. I love jobs like that.

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Anchored the fridge with aircraft cable I use for cabling big shrubs and small trees, using a single pass over the top and using clear vinyl tube around the top corners. Keep a cooler and a Mr. Heater for non-electric areas. The table is our old kitchen table cut in half. Recently removed a medicinc cabinet with mirrors that was getting thrashed from above the table and just mounted the $15 mirror.

Since the oak cabinets with food and stuff are the heaviest single item, having the bed in the back with stuff stored really does the trick to get the toungue weight down to just about 160 lbs.

About all I want to do, is mount leveling jacks under, or find a couple of scissor jacks, although I can't seem to find the scissor jacks separate.

Often, it's me camping to hike alone, but often me & my wife, or me & my son. But we get our mileage out of this.

Like I said - it's bare bones, but it's comfortable and dry.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:25 am
by S. Heisley
It looks like you've been pretty inventive! Your set up looks really homey! That stack of mattresses reminded me of the story of the Princess and the Pea. :lol: I'll bet those beds are really comfortable and you've even got wall-to-wall carpeting in there! Loved the pic. of you, working at the picnic table with the old Sunset Western Garden Book at your side! What could be more blissful!

Thanks for sharing. :applause:

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:44 pm
by Prem
I love it! A design studio at a campsite with a campfire going in the background.

Great photo.

Prem

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:25 pm
by mdvaden
Guess I'm a real change and design it as I use it kind of person.

Was using the trailer the other night to watch an action movie and let the others sleep. Had a brainstorm to get my bottled water off the floor, and I wanted a few more pounds behind the axle.

So I built a wooden shelf / box tray across the back, above the pillows and just under the big shelf.

It holds a case of bottled water, some 1 pound propane bottles and a few other things.

Still pretty much using un-stained pine.

Am thinking of drilling through the floor to run a hose from a bigger propane bottle on the outside, for the Mr. Heater I use on the inside.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:22 pm
by Prem
MD,

Yeah...the dad's dog house. Been there. Done that. My daughter calls my trailer "a man cave."

Why not run a cord for a small electric heater? (No fumes from propane!)

Raw pine, eh? I made this non-toxic wood preservative/varnish that I just love and put it on all the paneling in my trailer:

1 part melted bees wax
1 part orange peel oil
Heat and shake to homogenize
Apply with clean rag and rub into wood

Oh my nose! It smells SOOOOOOOH good. And the stuff makes it so that you can just wipe off any scuffs or marks. Just don't ever plan of putting a sticker or tape on such a surface ever again.

Prem

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:14 pm
by mdvaden
Prem wrote:MD,

Yeah...the dad's dog house. Been there. Done that. My daughter calls my trailer "a man cave."

Why not run a cord for a small electric heater? (No fumes from propane!)

Raw pine, eh? I made this non-toxic wood preservative/varnish that I just love and put it on all the paneling in my trailer:

1 part melted bees wax
1 part orange peel oil
Heat and shake to homogenize
Apply with clean rag and rub into wood

Oh my nose! It smells SOOOOOOOH good. And the stuff makes it so that you can just wipe off any scuffs or marks. Just don't ever plan of putting a sticker or tape on such a surface ever again.

Prem


Actually, it has an electric heater too. The propane hose idea was for when I'm out on the road. But I also go to some sites with electric.

The orange wax sounds nice.

Who sells Bees Wax? Is that something a craft store sells? Or would I need to contact a bee keeper who sells honey?

Bees' Wax & Orange Oil

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:17 pm
by Prem
Bi-Mart (by the solvents)

Prem

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:25 pm
by Laredo
should be able to find it at a chandler's or even some grocery stores.
is useful for sealing canning jars and/or making candles.
be careful you don't accidentally get "paraffin", though -- it's way cheaper, but not what you want for this application.

Wood finish

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:51 pm
by Prem
To clarify: I found both the beeswax formula (semi-liquid) and the orange oil (liquid) in cans as two separate products at Bi-Mart almost beside each other on the same shelf above the solvents. I heated them in the sun before I mixed them one to one.

Prem ;)

Re: Wood finish

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:08 pm
by mdvaden
Prem wrote:To clarify: I found both the beeswax formula (semi-liquid) and the orange oil (liquid) in cans as two separate products at Bi-Mart almost beside each other on the same shelf above the solvents. I heated them in the sun before I mixed them one to one.

Prem ;)


Thanks.

The Bi-Mart name is one up here.

By the way, is the "State of Jefferson" northern CA? I heard that north CA had a nickname - which I don't remember.

We call it home here in Medford

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:08 pm
by Prem

Re: We call it home here in Medford

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:19 am
by mdvaden
Prem wrote:The State of Jefferson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Jefferson

Prem :roll:


Thanks - so that's it.

What city you in?

I guess I'll be heading to "The State of Jefferson" in about 1 week to 4 weeks. Going to explore the redwoods some more.

Been thinking of possibly looking for the tallest redwood, or revisting other groves.

Sort of like the one below ...

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Coastal Redwoods and Giant Sequoias

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:09 pm
by Prem
:o

NICE tree photo!

Prem

P.S. If you want the biggest tree, you have to go farther south to Sequoia National Park east of Fresno on Hwy 180. Check it out here:

http://tinyurl.com/thebiggesttree

Re: Coastal Redwoods and Giant Sequoias

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:44 pm
by mdvaden
Prem wrote::o

NICE tree photo!

Prem

P.S. If you want the biggest tree, you have to go farther south to Sequoia National Park east of Fresno on Hwy 180. Check it out here:

http://tinyurl.com/thebiggesttree


I was checking the time and distance for the Giant Sequoias on Google Maps yesterday. About 13 hours from our location here. Been thinking about that area for a while.

The redwood in the image above, is only 500 feet or so from the largest coast redwood in the world - about 42,000 cubic feet of wood - called Lost Monarch Only 6 or 7 trees in the world are bigger than it - one being General Sherman. At head level, Lost Monarch and General Sherman are close to the same diameter.

Amazing isn't it - the State of Jefferson has a coast redwood that's virtually in the size league as General Grant and General Sherman - over in Jedediah Smith Redwoods park.

Lost Monarch hides pretty good. It's foliage drapes down to 16 inches from the ground on one side, making it inconspicuous until going through the brush and standing next to it.

The tree below is in the same grove. It's called Screaming Titans:

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Check this tree out

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:48 pm
by Prem
http://www.frappr.com/?a=myphotos&id=5381897

and for the full story:

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tule_tree

First photo is the Tule Tree (TOO-lay) in the little town of Tule, about 14 miles outside of Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. The owner of the little clothing store across the alley from this tree (who I rented a room from upstairs) told me that this was the largest tree in the world. I grew up below Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. I just nodded as he told me that in Spanish. He was so proud of his tree. He was born in the little town. He could tell by the way I nodded that I was withholding information. A day later he asked me what the largest tree in the world was. I told him about the Giant Sequoias. He said he was determined to see the biggest one before he dies.

Second photo I threw in as a fish story. :D