Oilguy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4QKHCB34FM
Check that dude out!!

I am building one also but I am starting out with more than a flat bed trailer!...
I gutted one and started over from the floors to the ceiling...
I just installed the AC today.

I am just not looking forward to laminating the exterior!... YUK!

Anyway... I enjoyed it and though ya'll would appreciate it.

Oilguy

haulin-rv

Thats cool, he has to be somehow involved in the rv industry.

mouseguy

How did he build that for $9300 ? What does a goose neck trailer like the one he used cost ?

I noticed he framed it with wood. Will it last ? Aren't most of the new trailers framed with aluminum ?

rustyshakelford

thats a really nice trailer. that looked like alot of hard work!

brett

paroxysym

wow, that is some serious work. i was kind of wondering the same thing about the wooden frame. i would think most rvs are framed out with sluminum, or something along the lines of that... hell of a project and great outcome.

74dart

I was always told the reason for framing RVs with aluminum instead of wood was it was lighter not stronger but i could be wrong.

Oilguy

I found on another site that he was posting on that he is an IT Computer Geek that likes project like that... He bought the trailer from an RV Mfg that went out of business and got the rest of the stuff from RV Surplus & Salvage dealers... I think he did an outstanding job... I hope mine turns out that nice... I have a long way to go.
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Jeff in TD

I have no problem saying that I don't know nearly enough to even consider attempting something like that...

There are still RV's framed in wood. I would say disadvantages would be weight, and potential for rot if a water leak went undetected.

I've seen metal ones with marks from where the frame conducts heat and sweats, and I've also talked to folks who had welds crack from normal flexing going down the road...

Sprinter17

I'd just swing by rvdirectwholesaler.com, it's worth the drive.

ptgarcia

Most of the high end RVs are still made of wood. The main disadvantage to wood is weight.

stealman1

Even shopping at surplus places I dont see how he could do it for that price. The appliances alone are expensive. Wood is the most widely used framing for Rv's. In my opinion it seems like it must get loose after some hard road miles. I have thought about taking a enclosed car hauler and building a toy hauler with it, but the cost of the material and trailer, I think would come out close to the cost of just buying one.

Oilguy

I thought about that too... but if you get a salvage RV for $500-1000 from an auction and a used 32'-36' car hauler..... you have all the parts you need for a toy hauler conversion... I was really close to doing that... I ended up getting an older 30' Fiver with water damage and I am refurbishing it.

tuzlo

He lives in the state where they make most of the RV's. He purchased surplus parts that were odd sizes that manufacturers were not using any more. ie the siding is LUAN and he bought scrap pieces that had been chipped.