OntheroadRvlife wrote:
Thank you! I'm still in the gotta think of everything stage. I wanted something a little bigger since I will be living in it full time and I wanted to give my animals enough room to be comfortable.
What kind of animals are you talking about and how many?
I took a 8.5 x 24 enclosed cargo trailer and converted mine into a camper. I purchased a brand new 13.5K AC unit and installed it. I purchased a used 18' awning and attached it. I bought a 10 gallon water tank and installed it on the tongue, used RV water lines and fitting along with an RV water pump. Installed RV lighting within the unit and outside the unit, the clear one up front and the amber one next to the door. I even used RV switchs inside the unit. I ran electrical and cable inside and out. The sink came from Habitat for Humanity store and the cabinets came from Lowes along with the counter top. After all was installed with a breaker box so that the AC was on a seperate breaker we used a 30 amp plug from a damaged camper and installed it. We then installed RV windows, insulated the unit and then sheeted the inside with a nice 1/8" sheeting from Lowes.
The trailer was built and designed 6" taller so as to not hit our head inside and gave us enough room to place awning over the door. We used a porta potti for nights. This carried all of our gear and then we removed all the gear once we arrived and we then had an open floor plan. It worked for us for almost 2 years. The only draw back was we were starting to notice that some campgrounds did not allow "box / cargo" trailer in their campground.
Cost - Trailer was 5K
Installed items around $2300 with my labor and a friends.
Sold it for $7500. Sorry no photo's available right now.