I've been lurking in the shadows for quite some time, gathering info and putting it to use. I guess it's time I started sharing.
For a long time I've wanted a mobile moose hunting camp so that my brothers and I can get together once a year for a couple weeks. Last year was my first time actually moose hunting and I bought a "small" 18' Sunlite Koala TT which had been modified and "maintained" with excessive caulking. I bought the trailer knowing full well that I would strip it to the frame and rebuild it.
The koala was a hybrid pop out with the front and back teenage removed and the hatches sealed shut so the only bed was the dinette. There was water damage in the walls but all the equipment was immaculate. I temporarily outfitted it with 300 watts of solar and 2 GC2 batteries as well as 2 30lb propane tanks. After two weeks of hunting and 140km of pothole filled logging roads I knew exactly what needed to be done.
To date I have stripped the trailer to the frame, doubled the crossmembers, added steel fenders to the tandem torsion axles, changed the front jack, painted the frame, rewired with new LED lights and sheeted the floor with 3/4" pressure treated plywood. I have just started building the hybrid foam walls.
The inside dimensions of the livable space will be 5'6" by 13'9" (the exact dimensions of the plywood floor) I will be mounting the walls outside the frame onto an angle iron ledge flush with the bottom of the plywood floor to prevent any chance of water seepage. Walls will be 2" foamular C300 XPS with the framing routed into the foam on the inside to keep the outside mostly solid foam. Studs are 1" x 1 1/2" ripped from 2x6s so even where the studs are there is no thermal bridge, just half insulation. The stud frame is constructed with dowels, glue and screws for durability and it is being bonded to the foam with gorilla glue and screws with plastic washers.
I plan on covering it with PMF on the outside and am currently in the process of testing alternative adhesives to TB2. So far Durapro foamboard adhesive is looking extremely promising, it's a latex adhesive and after 24hrs separating the canvas either ripped out the foam or pulled fibers from the canvas.
I know this was a long winded post but I have a lot to catch you guys up on. Before I post photos I wanted to be sure that tapatalk automatically resizes them for the forum, is that the case?
Looking forward to getting any feedback on my plans. More to follow.
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