John's Silver Bullet

[John Ayers]

Well I'm committed.

I just dropped money today for the custom 5X10 trailer. Not a bad price either... $660 for the turn key. 15" wheels, fenders, leaf springs, lights, 3,500lb axle and 2,000lb tongue. I had to drive an hour and a half for it, but locally people wanted close to a grand for the same thing. It will take 3 weeks to arrive and then I can start construction. I'm SO excited!

I'll post up things as I get them done, and I'll start dropping up my technical diagrams and electrical calculations and diagrams too. I'd love some feed back... especially on the electrical part. I've wired my house, but I got to confess the trailer seems more complicated than my house did.

I'll also post up actual costs too, so if someone out there has a hankering to build one and material prices are crazy you'll know ahead of time.

[Blotto Bros]

Looking forward to seeing it start. Sounds like a great deal on your trailer as well.

[John Ayers]

Technical Sidewall Diagram

[Wright]

I'll hop aboard and watch the process.
Do you have a profile in mind yet?

[John Ayers]

Exterior Drawings and Cabinetry Layout

[John Ayers]

Door Details

[John Ayers]

3-D View

[John Ayers]

Kitchen View

[John Ayers]

Foot Side - Entertainment Center

[John Ayers]

Head Board

[John Ayers]

"Floating" Bed

[Wright]

H'ok, looks like you've got it pretty much plotted out.

One Question: Why have the bunk/cot attached to the floor? Wouldn't attaching the bunk directly to the walls save on space used, and eliminate the upright framework that needs to be hauled to and fro?

[Deryk the Pirate]

Sounds interesting.... lets see some pictures!

[John Ayers]

About the frame work... I thought about that, but I had a few issues bolting it to the wall. 1) It was ugly to have the post support on the finished walls att the time. 2) If I ever removed them I had a finished wood wall to patch 3) I'm not entirely certain how this will work in real life.

So I figured that getting low profile post supports and screwing them to the floor by the walls was the best answer. It's a little more pipe to carry around... (I'm storing it in a PVC pipe strapped to the outside frame) but if my son does not go with us we don;t have to worry about it... as he gets older and wants to camp outside, or he gets too big for it, I don't have a lot of fixing to do... just toss the frame in the dump and unscrew the post supports from the floor.
Hope it works.

[Deryk the Pirate]

Ive got an idea!

Have you seen the movie "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054606/ ?

Well The crew travels in a Horsedrawn wagon, and the midget has a pull out draw on the under side of the wagon.... so you just make the trailer tall enough for your sons very own private sleeping cocoon and when he moves out think of the storage lol