Hybrid Foamie: Wild Wanderer in Foam-now with sketches

[GPW]

Mel, same here .... the endless list ... I find hiding helps .... or just looking busy ...

[Ned B]

OK guys... I realize we're famous for veering from topics here in Foamie land...

I forgot to drag it to work, but I have a sketch back home for the trailer. Plan will be a queen sized bed in the front. with low storage beneath it ; think two torsion boxes with a pass through for our EZ up, chairs and what not. 2 home built side doors for access up front, and a counter along the street side wall for cooler and my grandfather's Coleman Stove. I'm planning a gaucho/couch along the curb side wall. I'm going to put in a fold out panel there as well, so that my son can have a 'larger' bed without interfering with the aisle down the center of the back of the trailer. I'll have a center door in the back for easy kitchen/couch access when camped. There will be some shallow cabinets separating the queen bed from the back area... I think they'll be upper only on the street side, but full height on the curb side. I'm going to go with a pivoting roof from fairly far up near the nose with solid fold down/up panels to fill in for bad weather and screen panels for hot weather. I might go winter warrior style and have a double wall, will have to think on that awhile.
I'm going to look for a good boat or snowmobile trailer for a chassis, but my son says he'll weld one up for me in the spring if we have to. Construction will be torsion box floor, foam walls over a wooden skeleton a-la the Foamstream. Plywood for the cabinets and wood frame/foam doors. Exterior will be thrifty canvas /TB2 and paint. No water system, most likely a simple 12v for lighting/device charging, and the classic GFI Plug for AC. Porta Potty in a cabinet for those late night requirements... and a side tent for that.

[GPW]

That sounds NICE !!!

[atahoekid]

Sounds like a good plan. What will be the overall dimensions?

[Ned B]

GPW, Thanks!

Mel,
I'm guessing about 6- 6.5' wide 12-14' long for the cabin, plus tongue... travel height about 5' for the cabin, 7-8' with the roof up at the highest point. My wife is concerned that the cabin feel roomy, and I'm 6'3" tall, so I want ample volume when set up for camping. I'm at the office again, so no sketch at the moment. I'm planning on an aero profile.

[Ned B]

First sketch... bed up front... space for cabinet in the middle, then 'kitchen' shelving. approximate placement of side door, and lifting roof section.
I'll be refining the outline as we go, this is just the start up.

The nose will be tapered a bit towards the center, from the sides as well as the 'point' you see there. The section just below the nose cone will be for battery/charger storage, OR I might make that where the EZ-Up lives. loads of 'planning time' yet to go.

off to do more sketches.

[Ned B]

Looking 'left'...

and from the tail... folding rear wall

[GPW]

Ned, that’s a great start ... I’d suggest taking actual measurements of everything inside , or even better , lay out the actual inside components on the floor arranged like you want ... Try moving around , doing things in that space ... see how you (and the Mrs. ) like it ...think what you’d do differently . Best get all this out of the way before committing to a design ... I didn’t do that on my first Foamie and it ended up being big enough for only me ... (too small)

[GPW]

Just a Camera thing .... how about some bellows ? Lots easier than moving the walls too ...

[Ned B]

I do like the simpler lifting roof section in the tail. think I'll stick with simple panels though, vs the bellows. And I'll be working a lot of things out with Lori long before I get around to doing assembly.

[GPW]

Just an idea ...

[Ned B]

And I appreciate it! I know my limits & that bellows is a bit more than I want to attempt.

[Ned B]

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8 sheets @ $32 ea plus tax

[Ned B]

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[atahoekid]

isn't it nice to know that the stack of foam on your cartop represents the walls and the weight of a large portion of your shell? compare that to the same number of plywood sheets if you're building conventionally.