Class C Construction Hackery

DrewE wrote:
IMHO you would be better off constructing a chicken coop separately. You would certainly need to strip the RV chassis interior fairly well before the chickens could use it (you definitely don't want a carpeted chicken coop, for instance, and probably not many of the other interior furnishings). Given how lightly most RVs are constructed, I doubt it would last all that well with ready access to the ground and the elements. You'd have to go up and reseal the roof of your coop every year or two.

The main thing I can think of to look out for in making a box truck is the cutaway-ness of the cab. Many RV makers, at least presently, cut a good portion of the roof away, besides having the open back of the cab. You'd have to fabricate some sort of something to enclose that. It's not an exotic problem, of course, but is additional work when compared to some other sources of a chassis.

The inside of the rv is already almost entirely stripped (from what I understand most of the interior was put into the 78 dodge Sportsman)and as part of pulling the house off the chassis I was going to build up a pressure treated wood frame underneath the house which should keep it a good distance from the ground. If the weather proves to be an issue, the rv's been stored outside most of its life and hasn't run into any issues besides some minor leaks so far, I can probably built some sort of metal roof over the top of it to help rain and snow slide off.

I never really considered the cab situation, but hopefully the overhang and front sliding door on the box I have should be able to be grafted onto the cab with a bit of sheet metal and tar.