Finally drew up some rough plans for the trailer. Sticking with the bare bone shelves for the time being and still looking at the possibility of Three bunks in the front vs one double bunk. Over all I think this will get the job done. As far as materials go, I’m leaning towards a 2x2” frame with some foam insulation, 1/8” birch skinning interior and filling exterior gaps with great stuff, sanding, smoothing and doing a poor mans fiberglass exterior. I’m playing with the idea of painting the lower 2 ish feet with chalkboard paint and letting the kids decorate it before and during trips. The camper will be garaged except while on trips so I’m not worried about it getting weathered.
I have a whole 100watt solar setup I’be been camping with for a couple years now and it works great and will be an easy transfer to the trailer.
Still considering an AC unit. Wall units are cheap, but Phillips makes a nice AC/Heat pump split unit that’s very attractive, whisper quite interior unit with a low dB external unit, but a steep $700 price tag. I might save that for the next build. We’ve never camped where we really needed heat or AC and I’d hope the insulation and a good fan will keep us covered.
I put the final details on the trailer frame this weekend and the order goes in next week. I’ve got a couple buddies I can’t talk out of helping me so looks like I’ll have plenty of hands on the project I hope to be camping by late spring early summer.
Feel free to share any criticism on the design, I’ve been knee deep in google images, tnttt.com, and Pinterest looking for ideas, as much as I’d like to have plans to follow my needs are just unique enough that it needed somewhat custom plans. I’m open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
- Jes