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Keep the progress reports coming. Excellent project!
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Put some kool Seal on the top. Yep, luckily it doesn't leak but the roof was sagging some so holding water, I rebuilt and lifted it to drain and have a new metal vent to install then seal. Kent That’ll work, Kent. Kool Seal is fairly flexible for rougher roads and out of the way places. Have you found most of what you’ve disassembled to be both screwed and glued ? Screwed and nailed no glue. I've mostly used brads and finish nails with some screws in stuff I may want to change out. Kent I helped a friend do what you’re doing years ago and everything was glued and screwed together. It was a major pain ! Whoever gutted it first did most the hard work, what they put back was easy to remove. Kent
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Like RipSnort said, keep us posted.
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I like what you put on the walls.
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Nice job.
How is the weight with the new wood?
Probably better than the particle board that was likely original... I used cedar for the walls, originally I was thinking pallet wood, I have access to unlimited pallets, till I tried taking one apart to save the wood... all the nails and splits was to much work. So I went to HD and looked at cedar... expensive... till I saw their cheap cedar fence slats, I had to cut the crown off the top, but super light weight and less than a buck a sq ft coverage. probably 75lbs of cedar. I used T&G pine for the floor for durability over the softer cedar and it turned out great. maybe 50lbs. I thought I was told the trailers were 1200, I look it up and it was 1500 dry weight, so I bet I lost 400lbs in appliances, cabinets, beds and table. So more like 12 to 1300 lbs now, easy tow. Kent
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Oh, and the wood is 1/2 inch so stronger than the thin plywood, yes.
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I really like this. Putting in A/C?
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A negative is it was only 6' 2" ceiling height and now it's 6' 1". I'm 5' 9" so no biggy but my friend that's 6 4 will have to stoop.
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Nice.
It will smell good too.
I used some cedar from a local mill for a small project.
It worked well.
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I really like this. Putting in A/C? No. I don't plan to use it in the desert in the summer, up in the mountains if needed I can use a small portable swamper, they've got some cool tech now, just run it off the inverter and solar. Kent
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Nice.
It will smell good too.
I used some cedar from a local mill for a small project.
It worked well. I was afraid it would be overwhelming but it hasn't at all, it's white cedar so not as aromatic, yet nice. Kent
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Well done Kent. My wife threatens me with such a project. That or, her dream, a caboose...
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Knew an old codger that had a old 50's Shasta Trailer he did that to a took it every year to Colorado from Kommiefornia for several decades Elk and deer hunting. Past it to his son and as far as I know its still going.
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That should work really well.I have watched folks try to cram a two bedroom house into a trailer.I have never liked the results.A good place to get out of the weather if needed.Outside cooking is for me.I would be sleeping outside if no bugs.
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That's coming out very nice!
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Looking very Nice , keep us posted!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Very nice project, looking good. My wife and I refurbished three vintage trailers. Two 57s and a 58. I know what you are going through. A few thoughts: If you have a storage area access door, which I didn't see on the door side, you can prop up a small window AC unit on the outside and send the cool air through that storage area door opening to cool trailer without altering it. If you have to apply some sort of roof coating my recommendation is Henry's 100% silicone roof coating which is an amazing product with a lifetime guarantee. Don't know about lifetime BUT it blows all the other roof coatings away. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Henry-H...Coating-4-75-Gallon-HE887HS018/205049553If you want an inexpensive way to heat up the trailer and also have light, get a propane light system, which many older trailers came with. They use the mesh coleman globes. We stayed around the Yellowstone area and that tiny light would warm things up nicely. Here is an example: https://www.lehmans.com/product/101...50byp6gIVfz6tBh1x7QvmEAQYAyABEgJSsvD_BwEHope you get it set up to fit your needs. Keep posting.
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Knew an old codger that had a old 50's Shasta Trailer he did that to a took it every year to Colorado from Kommiefornia for several decades Elk and deer hunting. Past it to his son and as far as I know its still going. Without all the foofurah it should last forever keeping the roof dry and axles greased. Kent
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Kent, I have a original sheep camp trailer, From the the Theos, sheep outfit in Colorado, They are called a HOME, by the herder's.
Mine is set up to be pulled by a team of horses, but we can pull it with a pickup if you go slow, it is all as it was built over 90 yrs ago, all I've replaced is the canvas top and a couple of bows. still has small wood stove, table and bunks, and oil lamps that used rendered sheep fat. It's at my place in Colorado, my grand kids love camping in it down by the lake.
The Theos, brother's ran over 100,000 sheep in N.W. Colo. when I was a boy. Rio7
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