Cloud 9 Diner or Rob & Linda's Lil' Haven? Maiden Voyage

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Cloud 9 Diner or Rob & Linda's Lil' Haven? Maiden Voyage

Postby rwelp » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:56 pm

Finally started my tear build about a week ago. Started with a trailer I got off craigslist for $125 back in Nov. '09. It's going to be a 5x10 in the style of Mike's Lil Diner.
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Had my brother in law modify it for me to accomodate a drop down floor. Still need to sand and paint it.
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Postby rwelp » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:20 pm

I ripped down 2x4x10's down to a true 1" thickness, used gorilla glue and pocket hole screws to assemble sub frame, glued and nailed 1/2" ply to the wooden frame and painted with black acrylic paint.
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I then filled in with 1" pink foam insulation.
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Today I added 1/4" luan to the bottom for a sandwiched floor and coated with spar varnish. It will get 2 or 3 more coats of varnish to protect the bttm. I did not want to use the black goo.
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Postby teardrop_focus » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:40 pm

It looks to be an excellent foundation. You're off to a solid start!

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Postby bve » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:12 am

Looking forward to watching your build. The Lil' Diner is a great design.

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Postby rwelp » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:46 am

Thanks Burke,
It won't be exactly like Mike's Lil Diner. I'm using a different profile and incorporating the drop down floor and raised bed design.
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Postby rwelp » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:29 pm

Got some more shop time in today and finished the drop down floor with walls for the raised bed. I built it just like the floor with sandwich wall construction with insulation. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get it bolted to the trailer frame. 8)
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Postby rwelp » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:42 pm

Got the floor mounted to the frame today. :D Image
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Postby rwelp » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:42 am

Just a short note to update my build. I got the outer walls cut out and am in the process of framing. No pics yet. I will post some when the framing is complete. ;)
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Postby Rigsby » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:01 pm

Loving the build, but mite the corner steadies be a bit of a pain when camping? lol
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Postby rwelp » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:06 pm

Rigsby wrote:Loving the build, but mite the corner steadies be a bit of a pain when camping? lol
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I guess they would be if I left them that way, but I'll get around to putting jacks on them eventually, if I can find 'em cheap enough. LOL
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Postby rwelp » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:17 pm

Finished cutting out the side profiles and framing them today. Hoping to get them onto the trailer tomorrow. 8)
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Postby bve » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:13 pm

Nice, I like the profile.

What are your overall dimensions? It looks like you are close to 11'.


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Postby rwelp » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:48 pm

bve wrote:Nice, I like the profile.

What are your overall dimensions? It looks like you are close to 11'.


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4' tall x 10' long.

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Postby rwelp » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:27 pm

Dry fitted the walls tonight. didn't have much time to get them glued permanently. Hopefully I'll have more time tomorrow night.
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Postby starleen2 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:36 pm

Man - you're really comin' along. :thumbsup:
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