Update: On my RV Building Plans....
UPDATE: On my RV building plans Well, you spoke..... and I listened. Thank you to all those that provided feedback to me on my RV building plans. Your ideas and suggestions have been very helpf...
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tonyandkaren wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:
The following document is my second and current rebuild, it took me 2 1/2 years to do, worked on it nearly every night and weekends.
KOMFORT REBUILD
Nice job on the trailer rebuild Gdetrailer! Your experiences with factory built trailers shows why some people such as Darla chose to build using a cargo trailer. No doubt her trailer will weigh more and be expensive but she's getting a very solid, practically leak proof base to finish out exactly as she wants it. It's not something the majority of RVs would want but from reading her blog and the posts on this thread, I'm believe that she's going to be living in the trailer fulltime for years with no intention of selling it. I certainly don't agree with all of her ideas but I'm very interested in seeing the finished product and how she likes it after a few months or years of living in it.
Obviously we all have different wants and needs-just look at how many different types of RVs are manufactured. But what Darla wants isn't being made so custom is a good way to get it. I'm not sure where all of the animosity on this thread is coming from. It doesn't make sense to me to get angry about something that doesn't affect you. :-)
Hi Tony & Karen, I got your message. Sorry I didn't write back. I've been trying to hold the fort down over here. :B I appreciate your sentiments. As for the animosity?... (haha from reading this thread you'd think I owned the LA Clipers) Here's my thoughts on that; I posted a thread trying to get some ideas, suggestions and feedback on my custom RV building plans. After receiving some initial suggestions on my design I responded in some cases explaining (or defending) why I chose to do what I did in my design. What I was hoping for is that the suggester would support that their point was valid by overcoming my design theories and objections. If someones idea can hold up after that it's most likely a good idea. And some did! In a sense what I was asking for was for them to even be more critical of my design while backing up factually their position. (That's more beneficial to me that even someone saying "Great design...Enjoy the trip." Apparently, some with vast and greater RV experience than me felt I had no basis to question their position or further mine and as a result I was described as acting in disregard of "good" advice, or that I wasn't listening or that I was trolling (whatever that is) or that I was building a fantasy vehicle. Then you know how it goes ..once a crowd forms, others join, the pushing starts, a few cars get turned over and then someone starts a fire. But, I gave as good as I got and I don't think anyone stepped over the line.
I have come away with a few really helpful tips. For instance I don't even remember who it was, but somebody asked about why I was going with an AC powered refrigerator if I intended to boondock a majority of the time. It was a real good point even though I had initially thought an inverter made such a refrigerator DC functional. My flag still stands. Best regards, -Darla
