Featherlite Project - Ideas & Opinions Welcome!!

fly-boy wrote:
Outstanding! Really looks great!
Did you give any thought to insulation? Also, I added a hay pod/rack to my LQ and installed a 40 gallon water tank. It made a world of difference in how long we could dry camp.

Wish I had the time and know how to undertake a project like this- I really admire your effort and ability.

Sorry for the slow reply! Since I pulled it in the shop and waxed it - I honestly haven't touched it since! Just haven't had time to lately. Now that the weather has cooled off I plan on getting it out soon.

I've insulated them in the past with foam insulation, it's fairly easy. With this, though, I figured since the LQ was fairly small that I wouldn't worry about it too much. The AC unit is easily capable of freezing that little area. If I do camp in it in the winter, a space heater should do the job along with the heat strip in the roof unit... But I doubt it'll see much cold weather camping.

A considered a hay rack but as little as I would use it I just couldn't justify the money on one at the moment. I would eventually love to have one! I'd build an enclosure for the generator and some extra H20 storage!

Outstanding! Really looks great!
Did you give any thought to insulation? Also, I added a hay pod/rack to my LQ and installed a 40 gallon water tank. It made a world of difference in how long we could dry camp.

Wish I had the time and know how to undertake a project like this- I really admire your effort and ability.

Haven't updated this in a while... Pretty much tied up the loose ends with the camper.
Got the vents installed for the refrigerator finally. I was really hesitant to cut through one of the wall supports for this, but went ahead anyway. I figured I'd be having something welded around the vent to make it solid - but so far it doesn't appear to be too bad. I may have a frame welded in sometime in the future though.

Washed it, pulled it into the shop and put 2 coats of wax over the entire thing with a polisher. :) Sometime soon when it cools off I'm going to polish all of the aluminum.



Ordered some blinds from Lowe's last month and put them in. They're 2 layer shades - one of them nearly blacks out the window, the other lets some light through. Good Lord they were not cheap.


I plan on pulling it out of the shop this weekend - maybe even taking it camping for the first time! That is if I have a little help... I broke fingers on both of my hands so I can't do much but stand around with splints on my fingers looking like Edward Scissorhands. :(

Not the best pictures... I will take several of everything when it is completely finished with a real camera.
Installed some LED lights in the light fixtures.

Small cabinets and steps up to bunk complete.






Bunk area and nose finally finished.

Finally coming together and I'm almost done...
So last week we had a crazy storm - and I found out that my A/C unit had a leak. Had to cut out every inch of the laminate flooring and one section of the ceiling. All of it was ruined. Luckily that was the only thing that was damaged.

Exterior shower and water fill in..


Cabinets, walls, backsplash, lighting... DONE!

How's the progress coming along? Any new build pics to share? Looks great so far

Last weekend I tackled the lower cabinets. The small cabinet against the front of the trailer I had a hard time deciding on... I wanted to incorporate some sort of steps into it along with the converter box but couldn't really think of anything unique. I ended up going this route and just building a couple of steps in the center for the bunk.


The upper cabinet was a real pain because I really couldn't figure out how I wanted to build & attach it to the trailer... So I kinda built it as I went along. Turned out a heck of a lot better than I thought it would.


I also got the laminate tile backsplash up. I didn't want any holes in it so I just used some liquid nails.

So the past few weeks have been a little crazy - I've only been able to work on this thing about one day a week... But I have made some progress! :)

This is the start of the ceiling. In the other pictures it looks awful at the moment... But once I get the trim over the seams it'll look good. I had to screw lathe to the beams across the ceiling to fasten everything to.


Copper sink I picked up



The beginning of the nose... I framed up each side and installed the lights along with a 6x9 speaker on either side. I honestly don't like the way the speakers look - so those may get changed sometime in the future. Also got all my puck lights in!


I removed the window frames and cut out paneling to go around the edges before I framed up the wall to go on either side of the nose area... Then framed up a little 2x wall that I covered with the leather.. Then framed around the window with some cedar.

Sorry for the slow reply - work has been crazy lately.

I was actually found these scones (Online only) through Home Depot.

The fabric pins I found at a local rustic furniture store (R&D Furniture) in Magnolia, TX. They have a huge selection.