Velislide wrote:
It was unreal how much stuff came out of that trailer to begin with, that water heater alone must have been about 80lbs. I probably went through about 5 truckloads, loaded up to the cab of garbage, mainly all 2x2 and paneling, plus misc crap. I can only imagine how heavy that factory water tank would be, probably around 800lbs.
So just concentrating on the weight of the water tank (when full) and the water heater alone, thats close to 1000 lbs from the 100 gallon tank.
I added 7 sheets of OSB to the subfloor, thats about 350 pounds.
Each 2x4x8 weighs in at around 6lbs. Just to be on the safe side, I'll over estimate how many 2x4s and 2x2s I've used, lets say 50 of each. 50 2x4s will be around 300 lbs, and 50 2x2s will be around 150, so 450lbs there.
About 15 lbs of screws also were used, and around 50lbs of R13 insulation.
Around 40lbs from that interior door and frame. So total I'm around 900-950lbs.
SOOOO, from the weight I'll be saving alone on the water tank and hot water heater, that covers about everything I've done up to now. This is not counting the 5 full truckloads of garbage I've taken out of the thing. So its definitely going to be lighter then factory so far at this point. I'm sure the tongue and groove will add up, being around .8 lbs per linear foot, and considering I'll use around 1000 board feet, thats another 800lbs.
I'm thinking in the end, this will weigh maybe 500lbs - 1000lbs more then factory.
Looks good. I did this a number of years ago. I picked up an older 1977 35' Coachman fifth wheel. Was not quite as tough of shape yours is in, but I gutted the whole back end due to water damage.
I really enjoy doing projects like this, as it makes the winters go by much quicker.
