HELP! I'm building a custom travel trailer.
Hi everyone, My name is Darla and I’m going to be building a small custom RV later this year to travel solo full time throughout the United States. Yup, I’m doin it! I would love to share my RV ...
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westend wrote:
The really great thing about using an empty platform, beyond building for just one's own needs, is that a builder can get everything better, mechanically, than a typical travel trailer. Being able to put an adequate amount of insulation inside is one of the major benefits. Making plumbing runs and electrical runs in some type of logical order rather than snaking a circuit around a cabinet or putting a pipe on the exterior is definitely an upgrade.
I guess it boils down to which things are important, the cosmetic aspect or the functional one. If done right, a builder can get a lot of both.
:E I think that is well said. I read a number of RV magazines, log in to RV forums, blogs, etc. and all of these informational sources seem to provide suggestions and solutions to typical RV design issues that many would think the RV manufacturer should have solved in building it. Building a custom RV gives one the opportunity to build solutions in. For instance why do they still put metal heating vents in the center of RV floors?? They are just awful to walk on with bare feet, they scratch up when the you vacuum over them and they are just about impossible to keep free of dirt. (and most RV's are surrounded by or parked on dirt/grass surfaces) Thanks for helping me spread the gospel. :--)
