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Postby Justin & Katy » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:29 am

It's heavy but it's not from the diamond plate. That's a whole lot lighter than you would think. A 4x10 sheet of the diamond plate can easily be lifted by one person becuase it's really just thin aluminum. What makes it heavy is the one inch ribs we used to give it the shape. We took two half inch ribs and glued them together to make one rib and there are six of them. The rest of it is just lauan.
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Postby Justin & Katy » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:58 am

I got it registered and weighed and it came in at just uder 1400#. We were able to take it to my sister in law's for Christmas and slept in it there. It was really cold outside but we were fine. When we woke up in the morning, the condensation had frozen on the windows. We later found out that it was about 20 degress that night.
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Postby Justin & Katy » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:28 pm

I finally got some pictures of the inside. We're putting the cabinets in this weekend.

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Postby Miriam C. » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:46 pm

:applause: :thumbsup: :woohoo: :beautiful: Nice that you got to sleep in it already. Have you tried the Air? I doubt if I could sleep with it at my head but your Td will allow you to sleep at the other end if you don't have the cabinets in yet. YOu might turn it on for a try out... :thinking:

Really Beautiful inside and out! :thumbsup:
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Postby S. Heisley » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:12 am

Ditto what Miriam said...all of it. :yes: :thumbsup: You've done a beautiful job on your teardrop.
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Postby Justin & Katy » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:21 am

Thanks so much! We have slept in it with the A/C on. It is a little noisy but after all..I could sleep through a tornado. Katy didn't have any problems either. We just got used to it.
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Postby Woodbutcher » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:42 pm

Great job, you did a beautiful job! Now go out and enjoy your work. :thumbsup:
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Postby Classic Finn » Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:34 pm

Justin & Katy wrote:I finally got some pictures of the inside. We're putting the cabinets in this weekend.

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Gosh that looks comfy. Great work. Next time I come to Texas can I rent a room on wheels instead of a budget Motel? :lol: ;) :thumbsup:

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Looks Great

Postby jfba » Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:50 pm

Really nice job looks great :thumbsup:
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Postby Justin & Katy » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:10 pm

Mike and I made some cabinets for the interior. If it goes according to plan, we will put them in this weekend. Pictures coming soon.
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Postby Justin & Katy » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:33 pm

Here are the pictures of the cabinets. I'm really pleased with how they turned out. The cut outs at the top, in the middle are for a radio, 12v outlet and a 110v outlet.

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Postby Classic Finn » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:39 pm

Justin & Katy wrote:Here are the pictures of the cabinets. I'm really pleased with how they turned out. The cut outs at the top, in the middle are for a radio, 12v outlet and a 110v outlet.

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Impressive. Nicely Dunn :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :applause:
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Postby Justin & Katy » Sat May 07, 2011 1:26 pm

I've been working on the galley and I'm about half way done.


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Postby Deryk the Pirate » Sun May 08, 2011 10:07 am

Great Job! I like the pullout mesh drawers which helps keep stuff dry.
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Postby xddorox » Mon May 09, 2011 4:40 pm

Those drawers do look awesome. I might have to go for something similar. Great work all around.
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