AC (the cold kind not the electrical kind)

[darkofpeace]

Hey everybody,

Long time lurker, first time poster here with a quick question. I finally got a cargo trailer and am working on the design/floor plan. I don't really like the false wall in the back as it seems to take up a lot of room in a trailer. Has any one mounted the AC into the rear door? I remember seeing something like it, but I can't seem to relocate it. Thank you for your time and inspiration. I hope to be able to start a build thread soon (fingers crossed).

[pete42]

One could mount an airconditioner thru any wall they like.

have you seen how some of the travel-trailers are mounting a "window" style in their trailers?

a box is Incorporated into a cabinet so only 2 inches or so of the AC is exposed outside the trailer.

one builder had a door built up high on the side of her trailer her AC unit is on slides once the top hinged door
is opened she can slide the AC outside I forget if the AC sets on the slide full time or she places it there when needed.

pete

[ilbigredtruck]

The back doors on a cargo trailer really are not built to hold a lot of weight. Most of them are luan on the inside, metal on the outside and foam glued in between. The trim around the door are pretty much just screwed into each other. It could be doable but I would explore different options IMO. Check out how my window unit was done in my thread "Delving into the conversion". I found small TT manufactures were mounting window units through the wall and built into a cabinet as Pete stated. Keep in mind my pics do not show the entire thing trimmed out just yet.

Good Luck.

Jake

P.S. More folks may respond if you would at least sign off with your first name. I forgot on my and it was pointed out to me. These guys/gals on here are great and very helpful. Welcome to the site.

[darkofpeace]

Thanks for the helpful advice. I am trying to keep it dual use, but a cabinet may work.

Mason

[bc toys]

how big is your trailer I've got a 7wx14lx6'6''h hope I don't have to tow it across the country to much 10mpg need to make a V nose for it

[Glenlivet]

I think you'll find that despite it seems to make sense, the V nose actually doesn't create less drag at all.
(now we might hear the rebuttals fly, but ees true.
Makers of large ships once believed the sharp prow was most efficient at cutting through the water too, but now all big vessels have a bulbous prow to lessen drag.

[pete42]

I think you'll find that despite it seems to make sense, the V nose actually doesn't create less drag at all.
(now we might hear the rebuttals fly, but ees true.
Makers of large ships once believed the sharp prow was most efficient at cutting through the water too, but now all big vessels have a bulbous prow to lessen drag.

anything would be better than a big flat area up front.
I was in the Navy stationed aboard a WWII submarine nice pointed bow
the new ones look like a whale which is where "they" got the idea or so I'm told
but the V-nose trailers give you an extra area that is great for kitchen area.

pete

[Glenlivet]

True, the vee front cargo trailers add some great useable interior space, at the expense of useable outside space for such things as battery box and propane storage, but I think the above poster was talking about retrofitting a vee front onto an existing flat (or is it rounded/flat?) trailer in the pursuit of greater fuel economy and I don't think this would be the result for all that the work such a project would involve.
Now if the trailer has a real flat front and a guy were to find and install one of those bulbous things you see on the top front of some freight truck box trailers, that's a different story!
It's the point that people are attracted to the idea that a vee front cargo trailer will knife through the air instead of us pushing a box through it. What a vee front does though is increase the area of the front susceptible to drag via wind from the much more frequently encountered tangental angles, and not just straight on wind resistance.

Not my hill to die on though and the subject is addressed to all opinions quite thoroughly on sites like the huge Woodalls RV site.

My apologies for drifting off the A/C topic so far.

[darkofpeace]

Its a Haulmark 6x12 SA. No v nose. I originally wanted a 7 wide, but got a great deal on this one. I am hoping for a queen bed, so I need to maximize space to make it work.