Layout Advice with Big Slumber

[Wood Tick]

Thanks Mike for your help with the stretch.

I have a 13 x 6'4 trailer with the axel placed 7 1/2' back from the front. The deck will be slightly oversized. I'll canteliver the sides 4" and the front and back by 6" leaveing me with a 7x14. At it's peak it is 7'. ( All my hunting buddies are corn feed Minnesota boys !)

I'm thinking interior galley, shower/bathroom, bunks for 4.

I've done a fair amount of carpentry and have learned from building houses that it's wise to learn from others who have preceded you. Any insight, mistakes to avoid, or thoughts are appreciated.

I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday.

Thanks,

[Miriam C.]

Wood Tick,
The best piece of advice I can give you is to get those Minnesota boys to bring their hammers.

If you plan on using this in the summer you might want a small galley. You can always use it to haul game when you are hunting. Something 2 ft deep should do it. You don't even have to use the complete width. You can even put doors between the outside and the inside.

Enjoy

[jdarkoregon]

Tick, That's a grande old box there, Enjoy the build, you and the buddies will have lots of memories with it. I would suggest you have those buddies HELP

John

[angib]

An axle 7-1/2ft from the front of a 13ft frame is 5.5ft from the back (that's how I'm used to measuring it). That's 42% of the trailer's (frame) length, which is a fairly low figure. So you don't want to be adding much weight behind the axle or you risk ending up with a nose-light trailer which will be less stable to tow.

If you're thinking of adding a shower or a stand-up inside galley in an enlarged Slumbercoach profile, then you will be putting it well in front of the axle, in which case you should have no problems with that axle placement. The only thing to watch out for is that the door(s) fit in front of the wheel boxes - though they nearly overlap on an original Slumbercoach.

Andrew

[Laredo]

OOooh, there's room in that for all kinds of goodies.

Take a long hard look at 48Rob's Cabin Car restoration. It'll give you a mouthwatering start.

[fornesto]

Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation...If you're gonna have four stinky fellas in a wood box, you'll need some serious air movement. Think two ceiling vents with fans. I'd also do a linoleum floor and carry it up the walls. I'm assuming all rifle storage would be in the vehicle, which is more secure than a trailer. A great big awning system with bug screen would be awesome, as would an integrated roof rack or mega tongue box.

When do we go huntin'?

[Wood Tick]

Any time fornesto, I've always wanted to hunt in california quail!

Thanks for everyones feed back so far. I appreciate it. I'm thinking I will put the kitchen in the front of the "Big Wood Tick" (since that's what the profile looks like now.) The shower will be put in front of the axel on the left side, and the bunks/dinning will be in the back.

I like the look of the stain and species of wood on the exterior of roly's all wood trailer, does any one know how i can find that out. I'm not very good with the website yet.

thanks in advance.