Carhauler to RV

JRscooby wrote:
I have had some thoughts about this. 8 foot inside height cargo trailer will be less than 10 ft outside. IMHO, not much of a issue. OTOH, a cargo trailer does not have ground clearance for tanks under floor. But mount tanks on top of factory floor, put a floor above them. Forethought on location off tanks, pull-outs at doorways, and you have storage in a location great for hauling heavy things. And removeable floor sections would be great to access thing that you only need to see rarely, like batteries.
If you have a water heater, I don't think a hand or foot pump would work.
Swing rear doors, rear kitchen. Mount stove, sink and or counter to door with some way to slide up/down. Up, use inside. Nice weather, open door slide down, stand on ground.
Dump waste water on the ground? Really? Give approval to that on RV site? Really? What is a better way to reduce the number of places to spend a night.

I have 40 gallons of grey tank under the floor of my Pace cargo trailer I converted. there IS room. I put the fresh tank (20 gallon) at the front behind the counter.

I agree on the ramp door. Mine has one because I use it as a toy hauler and use it to haul my motorcycles. Even then swing out doors are an option.

I did 6ft 6 inside, tall enough to have overhead lights and still not bump my head. Mine is 7ft wide. 14 long. If I ever do another it would be 8 x 16. Mostly for more bike room and storage room.

propane stove, propane forced air heat, water pump, but just a small dorm electric fridge running of an small inverter. And for toilet there are nice cassette toilets or a 5 gallon porta potty. No need for a black tank. No oven, but a 2 burner propane cooktop and a small microwave.

One bed is a fold down, and took the folding rear seat from my old van as a combo fold down bed or couch for use with pop in the floor dinette. Fold up against the wall to store the motorycles.

But all this take time and tools to do well. I did all the cabinets myself using cardboard templates, curved roof line makes store bought cabinets not very useful.

since I use it as a toyhauler, I had the floor rhino lined, and have a roll out indoor/outdoor carpet pad. Easy to clean.