Thrifty Alternatives ..Building Foam Campers

[GPW]

That’s how they train them (and Lions, Tigers, and dancing Bears too ) ... Actually a Cookie is a dog’s best friend ... They’re just friendly to you because you dispense the treats ... True Dat!! After a while they will respond without a treat ( but still expect one ) ... Intermittent reinforcement ... works on dogs and children ... Seems Nothing works for Cats ... and that’s if they’re awake ...

Oops !!! OT again !!!

[atahoekid]

I get up at 4am.

Mike...

I didn't know there were two 4 oclocks in one day...

The only one I knew about is the 4 o'clock that starts Happy Hour.

Just kidding... my body can't handle that kind of happy any more

[pete42]

Louella: maybe I spoke with out thinking (again)
I would hate to see you set your trailer on fire by using a heat gun.
boiling water already proved to have work may be the best solution.
weather here has been nice last couple of days hate to see it change.
pete

[GPW]

Pete , I really think the common household iron to be the Simple cure for Eagle’s bubbles ...but that has yet to be found ...

[eaglesdare]

now how can i put this nicely i haven't found the iron. everyone is going to have to wait. it took gpw from aug 10 til what oct/nov 11 to do his foamie. so please while i promise not to take a year, but it will be a while before i go iron the foamie.

the good news is that i am working on the old man. he is coming round to my way of thinking. i know he likes to think he wears the pants around here, but sooner or later he realizes he's a happier person when he just lets me do whatever i want.

we are working on plans for a trip west. i have pretty much committed to going to wy for slowcowboys gathering there. i will be taking the foamie to a gathering about 2 hours south of us here in april, then saving money for the trip west.

so we are either going to work more on the foamie, or a new one will be built. hubby also doesn't much care for the tiny campers, so he wants to start working on that rv we got back 2 yrs ago. i am going to alot him money so he can work on that and he will be happy. he is one of those that wants his home on wheels. i doubt he will ever get that thing on the road, but he can have his dream while i have my reality.

[GPW]

RV , what kind ???

[eaglesdare]

we have an old dodge out back there. i posted when i bought it and added a few pics. i was going to redue it and rebuild it, but the destruction phase ended up being a real pita.
hubby and i started clashing over our rebuild ideas. then i read a thread about foam covered in canvas? and the rest is history. i then gave hubby that old rv.
i laugh everytime i read a post from you about the way the rv's are made, because i know you are right. that one out back i am surprised it just doesn't fall apart. and i can see where the water damage comes in. it is so cheaply made.
i have more confidence in my foamie than that rv.

[eaglesdare]

i found the old thread about it. makes me laugh reading it now.

http://tnttt.com/viewto ... sc&start=0

i did not even know how to use a drill !

[atahoekid]

i know he likes to think he wears the pants around here, but sooner or later he realizes he's a happier person when he just lets me do whatever i want.

Truer words have never been spoken Applies at my house too!

[Tiredoldwhiteman]

"...likes to think he wears the pants around here

Applies at my house too!

I wear the pants around my house...My wife lets me...

[GPW]

Eagle , pics or it didn't happen ....

[eaglesdare]

Eagle , pics or it didn't happen ....

pics of what?

[wagondude]

Dang it Eagle, just run down to the thrift store and buy a cheap iron already. You don't want to goop up your good one anyway.

Bill

[GPW]

It came to me in a Dream .... 20 minutes before Eagle leaves for her first camping trip of the season , Eagle will be out there ironing the TD ....

I Like that RV !!! Having done many Van conversions in the past (as a business) .. It would be Easy to re do that ... Tell Hubby to bring it on down , I have the shop and tools and we’ll knock it out in a couple days ...

[eaglesdare]

oh now come on, give me some slack. i really do have a life here. i am lucky to get on this computer in the first place. i do this inbetween everything else. i have 8 people now living here, 4 kids i have to get out the door for school, ages, 4 to 12. i also have to get the old man out the door, because he can't find anything, so he needs help also. i have 3 inside dogs that have a routine i must abide by, dishes, laundry, cleaning house, picking up after 8, getting dinner ready, figuring out what is for dinner, buying that stuff, baking cookies, cupcakes, cakes, whatever. you get the picture here.

i was able to spend time last year on the foamie, because i had just had surgery, so i was laid up for at least 6 weeks. and i had lots of help.

it rained yesterday and today its still raining. i promise i will get to it sooner than 20 mins before the first trip.

gpw, i am sure hubby wished he lived closer to you!