Replaceing Siding With wood?

If you want it on wheels, look at park models. If wheels aren't needed, custom building on a lot would probably be just as cheap and easier than redoing an RV.

Take you wife to a RV show in Jan. She may change her mind. Talk over what you can afford and what you can tow ahead of time.
And perhaps she just does not want to.

that's a nice looking tiny house RV2GO, but I just got to know, how do them shingles hold up to 60 mph winds every few days? I can't imagine more than a year and the shingles are all ripped and torn.

My son's heavy equipment trailer (gooseneck) is rated for 12 tons gross. 24,000 pounds. I don't think anything less would be suitable.

Note: he pulls it with a 4500 flatbed when both Bobcats are loaded.

Your wife just sounds like she's not into the RV life at all.
I don't know your financial situation, & don't want to know, as it's none of my business, but does she realize the ridiculous expense of the endeavor you're talking about, just so it doesn't look like a trailer? :( :h
Perhaps finding a 4 seasons TT & Painting siding on it would be more economical ?

So your wife wants you to build a tiny house, so you figure that you will gut an old Travel Trailer, replacing the aluminum sides with ceader shingles, after the axels (sic) since she won't live in it if it looks like a trailer. I'm not sure how you insulate a two inch wall "as well as possible" or get plumbing ready for a Michigan winter - with sans experience on top of it all. And oh yes, you want to keep it mobile. What is the grand paln for towing this thing? Never mind that - how are you going to heat it? Please don't say space heaters.

If you don't mind, please share why you would choose to embark on this sort of venture.

If you really want a tiny house then google "Tiny House Movement" or maybe have Pete Nelson the treehouse guy build you a treehouse.

My best advice is don't try to live in an RV during a northren winter. You don't want to be found imitating a couple of popsicles. Good luck.

Have you checked out park model trailers?

https://www.parkmodelsdirect.com/RM/foresthill_gal.asp

You might have to hunt a little, but you should be able to find some used ones for sale. Some look like little mobile homes, but there are some nice cabin style ones too. Wood siding, still movable. Probably better insulated for year-round use.

Apples and Oranges

A house is a house.
A trailer is a trailer.
You can have a house on wheels, doesn't make it a trailer.

Like mentioned previously start out with a flat bed trailer. I would use a flatbed trailer with gooseneck.

DrewE wrote:
By the time you've put siding on the outside walls, gutted the inside walls, possibly reinforced the trailer structure, redid the plumbing systems for reliable cold-weather operation, and replaced the running gear of the trailer, how much of the trailer is actually left? I suspect it would be easier and possibly cheaper overall to start with a substantial flatbed trailer (or some other trailer frame) and build on top of that.

It might be worthwhile to buy a beat up RV if you can find one that has good appliances and other parts you can use just for those parts...or possibly not if you're creative with sourcing stuff. A small residential fridge would be more economical and probably give better service for a tiny house than an RV fridge, for instance.

+1 for this idea. If you read this forum much, you'll find there are quite a few campers with leaking roofs that are totaled or not fixed up.