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So the wife and I decided it was time to upgrade from tents and borrowing people trailers and get our own. So some searching around led me to this 2017 7x16 $2500
Some things we thought were must haves.
1) Ability to store bikes and sleep at the same time
2) Queen bed
3) Quick drive to race, park, sleep with no movement of any gear placed.
So this led to some creative Microsoft painting
And actual progress. I decided to go the paint route because its cheap, easy to fix and lite. A stop to the local PPG store had me leaving with some decent quality latex for the walls and 4308 for the floor. They recommended the 4308 after i told them "smooth finish, easy to wash, chemical resistant, make non-skid for ramp".
On the agenda next is to finish the floor, and run some wiring for outlets, lights etc... The goals are 4 outlets, 2 lights, 13.5k AC, insulate roof, fold down table, cloths hanger, helmet rack, tie down hanger and the storage/bench in the nose.
Some things we thought were must haves.
1) Ability to store bikes and sleep at the same time
2) Queen bed
3) Quick drive to race, park, sleep with no movement of any gear placed.
So this led to some creative Microsoft painting
And actual progress. I decided to go the paint route because its cheap, easy to fix and lite. A stop to the local PPG store had me leaving with some decent quality latex for the walls and 4308 for the floor. They recommended the 4308 after i told them "smooth finish, easy to wash, chemical resistant, make non-skid for ramp".
On the agenda next is to finish the floor, and run some wiring for outlets, lights etc... The goals are 4 outlets, 2 lights, 13.5k AC, insulate roof, fold down table, cloths hanger, helmet rack, tie down hanger and the storage/bench in the nose.
you can wash the bike when you get home.
Also, I'm no expert but I've always been told not to have the bikes in when sleeping. I leave mine outside and lock them to the trailer/toy hauler...
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More paint went down yesterday, 1st and 2nd coat on the walls, 1st coat of orange thrown down. Doing the floor tonight.
So next project was building the table and shelves in the Vee and insulating and sheeting the ceiling, here's the frame structure going in.
So heres the template I made from scrap stuff, hot glued together and then transferred onto my sheet. I choose 1" MDF for the sheets, I got it free from a friend and waterproofed it with my paint I used on my floor.
Deck in, shelf in. The wife and I decided we both hated the original orange color we picked, quick trip to Lowes and now shes looking proper.
There she is all packed up sans bikes for a race this weekend. We decided to make a shelf above the bench for all our bedding it worked perfectly. Also got tired of our crappy lantern so Walmart had shop lamps for $10 it'll do until $$ comes to finish insulation and sheeting ceiling.
Things to Come: Insulate ceiling, sheet ceiling, real interior light, A/C summer is coming and Florida is no joke.
I was looking into getting some sort bed system that lowers from the roof or Murphy bed style. Looking forward to seeing how your trailer progresses.
I would LOVE to have a window or two, but after talking to a friend who did it in his it doesn't sound worth the effort. Seems to me like that's an option that should be ordered from the factory, I mean if your motivated then sure. Same kind of deal for the bracing for an A/C, mine was an off the lot model so I got what I got luckily it has the roof bracing.
So far its lives very well, Wife and I just did 3 nights in it with no complaints.
Sorry for the crap photo but heres a look at what she looks like ready to go. There is enough room with the bikes set staggered to leave them in there and lay down the bed, which was a requirement of mine.
Pit Row
Like what you have done so far!
In Florida, you need AC, which means you need a generator. We had installed a fence lock outside that aligned with the door handle and it clicked in and we could padlock it so nobody could lock us in. We put only one small fixed window in the side camper door, to make it secure, and so the light would wake us up.
Most important feature was the Sunsetter we installed outside, it was a life saver.
Had good times in it, but decided to get a Keystone Raptor 5th wheel toy hauler, so I an camp with family and friends instead just having a riding trailer.
The Keystone has been very good to me and I am super happy with it.
BTW I was able to sell the cargo trailer for a fair price when I was ready to upgrade. People with motorcoaches haul them behind their rigs.
There was a site that was dedicated to building these things and it was very useful, they a ton of builds and ideas. I cant remember it, there was one called tiny travel trailers or something to, very useful.
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