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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Thu Nov 09, 2017 3:42 am

Thanks McDave, haven’t had a mig gun in my hands in a while but it went pretty smooth,


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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby Socal Tom » Thu Nov 09, 2017 8:37 am

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I like the idea of a donor pop-up, but you have to be careful or you will be buying a junk pile. The old school fridges are propane powered and they aren't very efficient on electricity and you would be better off with one of the new 12V compressor models. A water heater would be nice, but an old one might just rust through shortly. The stove would probably be ok, test the furnace before you buy it. They are loud and suck up a lot of power.
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About the fridge idea, I don’t see a issue with using propane for my fridge. Most lengthy time I expect to be out is 4 days maybe.
But I am not opposed to a full on fridge with a freezer, cost is an issue as mcDave says but I don’t like sacrificing quality either. I am mostly concerned with the how to. Plumbing and wiring and so on, I can frame stuff in, welding is easy enough, Electrical wiring is lost on me.


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We worked with that kind for years, the are sensitive to being level and take a while to cool down, but otherwise they work fine. You can also check the RV junk yards for deals.
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:54 am

Merry Christmas folks. Have a safe and happy/productive week


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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:12 am

A few steps closer to having my enclosed emptied.
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby Iconfabul8 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:27 pm

Well, those mountains look familiar! Where in UT did you end up building? I am jealous, we have been wanting to break ground for over a year now. Sure wish we had concrete poured. That's exciting, you should be in for the holidays!
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Sat Apr 21, 2018 2:57 pm

North Ogden area, pulled grade on all of my yard yesterday too

Where are you at?


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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby Iconfabul8 » Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:58 pm

I'm down south in Cedar City.
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:03 am

Do you come up here often? I rarely head south of slc


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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby Iconfabul8 » Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:52 pm

BigDave_185 wrote:Do you come up here often? I rarely head south of slc
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We have kids in Orem and Herriman, so yeah, periodically we get up that way. How is the house coming along?
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:00 pm

How is further than my trailer for sure

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Looking like a two - three month completion time


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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby Iconfabul8 » Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:08 pm

Nice! I see you made the garage door big enough to pull the trailer inside. What is that, 12' high 14' wide?
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Sat Jul 07, 2018 7:34 pm

The small door is 10 wide, 8 tall. Mommas side,
My side is 18 wide and 12 tall, I can push the header up if I ever need to gain another two feet but I don’t see that being the case. The smaller door will get a loft above it in the short future


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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:47 am

Well insulation is in, brick on, next up smartboard and drywall
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby flboy » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:19 am

Really a nice looking homestead there! Enjoy. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: Intro and title, “motobox that my wife would camp in”

Postby BigDave_185 » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:19 pm

flboy wrote:Really a nice looking homestead there! Enjoy. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


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I’ll be bugging you here soon for a shopping list for the plumbing needs of my trailer.


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