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Any one seen this?

Postby Epbowen » Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:33 pm

My daughter found this photo. Has anyone seen this or built something like this?
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Re: Any one seen this?

Postby mallymal » Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:12 pm

It has been posted before. I think it's stunning, and you get such a big area to sleep, sit etc, from a small or regular trailer.

I had been playing around with something similar for my own design, but in the end I ditched it, because I was just worried that for a home builder, using wood, you would lose so much strength in the frame by having drop down sides x2.

I would imagine the commercially built version has a welded frame with rigid corner posts, which would be hard for an average home builder to emulate in wood.... Well at least on build #1!

Hey, but it you do figure out how to do it, do let me know :thumbsup:
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Re: Any one seen this?

Postby mezmo » Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:09 pm

Here's some more info:

From the Dutch designer's website:
http://www.bohtlingk.nl/index.php/en/pr ... es/53.html

Here's a website with a lot of great pics of it:
http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/201 ... ravan.html

Another link:
http://theownerbuildernetwork.co/house- ... hitectuur/

For more pics do a Google Image search for "De Markies"

Here's something similar from the US. I'm guessing this gentleman is the
inventor: radomarinchev [aka rick marinchev?]

His youtube profile:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs01kUY0y63Z5q6zCBdq9Rw
His youtube Videos on an expanding trailer similar to the Dutch
design but not yet as developed:
Expandable truck and trailer-Patent pending [The original youtube video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRjirVhJdQs
Haiti Modular Building.mpg [A pitch for it as emergency shelter]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sPdvgBbY7s
Expandable Trailer in Boston,MA [Showing a possible business use]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE77k2lnWgQ
Related: Motorcycle shelter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FYk7LMVXNY
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Motorcyc ... 0967968710

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