Advice on tear-down/rebuild?

SettingOutSoon wrote:
By the way, this is what I have in mind. I agree with your comments in the above-referenced thread: no slide outs for me:

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/420734790160283716/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/420734790160283840/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/420734790160283704/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/420734790160283939/

Your toilet and shower location is right over top of where the axles would most likely be so that would interfere with the holding tanks. Looks like you would need to have a gray water tank under the kitchen area was well.

You'll need shearwalls perpendicular to the long axis of the trailer to cancel the rotational loading from the dynamic forces associated with acceleration & deceleration in the structure. The wall behind the shower and the wall seperating the kitchen / living areas would both need to be strengthened as well as the front and rear walls. Remember, shearwalls do not like to have big holes cut in them.

You'll need a strong frame to cancel the bending moment in the long axis or your sliding patio doors could pop right out of the frame.

Do you have access to a structual engineer? If so you may want to run this preliminary design by them, they should understand what I'm talking about.

Where were you thinking of putting the potable water tank/s?

This design looks like it would be a bumper pull, is that what you're after? Your design appears to be tonque heavy. You need to be concerned about having the axles too far forward as that will make vary unstable towing characteristics.