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Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:43 pm
by GPW
Won’t be long now , they all come together pretty quickly , and then there’s the little Details …
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Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:14 pm
by TinkerTailor
Thanks GPW,
Got a bit of painting done on the outside today.
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Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:24 pm
by TinkerTailor
Some more work done. Encased the foam wheel well structures in thin plywood, cleaned all the junk that had collected out of the camper base, then painted the interior base walls. I decided to put a coat of primer on the ply floor, which will eventually be covered with vinyl flooring.
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Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:27 am
by GPW
TT, You may want to be careful about your vinyl flooring . On an earlier Trailer build we used Vinyl roll flooring ( HD) and it had a paper like (?) backing that attracted and held moisture …
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Eventually we had to rip it out and have since just used cheap carpet remnants over painted wooden flooring … No problems … only 20 bucks for a scrap big enough for a camper . when it gets worn or ugly , just throw it out … ( recycle ) Just saying …
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:20 am
by TinkerTailor
Good note, GPW - thanks.
Haven't settled on flooring yet. I was going to use use the vinyl sheet style, but maybe I'll spring for some better stuff. I put some pretty solid vinyl plank flooring over concrete slab in my downstairs that is waterproof on both sides, top & bottom. Might go with that. Can't do carpet since I'm planning for it to be a ski mobile...Keep the tips coming!
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:43 am
by RJ Howell
I ended up with a foam mat out of the Big Box store. Soft on the feet, helps insulate and removable. I have box storage under the bed and did not run the mat under there. Actually helps hold those boxes from sliding out (didn't expect that, I was just being frugal).
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:08 pm
by TinkerTailor
That's an interesting idea as well, RJ. Thanks. I'll take it under consideration.
Put in jumper cables to fix the ground problem on the HF trailer today, so now the lights are all working. Got to get in to the DMV now to register before I set about modifying the tongue.
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Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:40 pm
by TinkerTailor
Picked up the 2"x2" square tube (3/16") for the tongue extension from a metal supply shop today. Grade 8 bolts and whatnot coming in the mail tomorrow...
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:10 am
by TinkerTailor
Ok, so I put in the tongue extension/backbone (a la gchoe) today and yesterday. Grade 8 1/2" bolts (2 on the tongue, 1 on the rearmost crossmember) and grade 8 3/8" bolts in all the other crossmembers. Receiver on the back for bike racks just in case.
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Only thing left to do is put the hitch itself on the front of the tongue. I'll be putting the base on pretty soon.
Question: how long do you all think I should make the tongue extension beyond the cabin itself. My cabin is 11 feet long. Relative to the 4'X8' trailer platform, the cabin will sit with 2 feet of overhang in the front and 1 foot in the back. If I leave all of the steel tube extending out front the total trailer length from tail to hitch will be 16', with 5' of tongue beyond the cabin. Is that too much? Should I cut it down a bit? If so, how much? I would like to put some kind of tongue box on as well as a flip-up jack.
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:01 am
by TinkerTailor
Just to add a clarifying detail, the steel tube currently extends about 3 and half feet beyond the original HF tongue
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:45 pm
by TinkerTailor
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:57 am
by GPW
Won’t be long now !!! Looking Good !!!
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Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:18 am
by YJlover63
I have 5 feet of tongue to the hitch, sticking out past the box on the front of the trailer on mine, and tow it with a Jeep Wrangler. Tow vehicle makes a difference (width of the vehicle while turning). And mine just clears when making a tight turn. So, in my opinion, I wouldn't cut any off of the tongue, if anything you might have to add to it.
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:07 am
by TinkerTailor
That is helpful - thanks. I'll leave the tongue as is and see how it handles!
Re: Folding Foamie Camper a la Casita or Esterel in the Work
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Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:51 am
by TinkerTailor