Did lots more today on the Forest River Grey Wolf 19RR. Getting ready to go away for a week starting tomorrow night
Totally reconfigured the storage area under the bed. Having this hatch open "East / West" was ridiculous. The mattress hits the sloped nose and it is a bear to lift. In it;'s original configuration it was just about unusable space. No outside access. The only access was by "attempting" to lift a heavy mattress....
I decided to create access on three sides...Top with the lid opening "North / South - Front- from inside the trailer - and outside through the new cargo door I recently installed.
First I finished the solar control area and separated it from the storage area. Made a little "White Room" just for the solar controller and the inverter.
Still have to hook up the inverter....
I tore everything out in the bed area and reused just about every piece of wood and cherry paneling. All I had to buy was a 48" X 48" piece of 3/4" plywood for the new mattress deck. When finished I had a piece of cherry paneling 4" X 6" and two small pieces of pine studs. Also interesting to note how easily everything came apart. I would estimate less than 20% of the staples hit studs or other support areas. And less than 50% of the screws found purchase! Terrible workmanship!
The top now opens relatively easily
There is a ton of great cargo space in here!
The front area now has a dfoor to access without lifting the mattress.
All in all I'm super pleased with this modification!
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Totally reconfigured the storage area under the bed. Having this hatch open "East / West" was ridiculous. The mattress hits the sloped nose and it is a bear to lift. In it;'s original configuration it was just about unusable space. No outside access. The only access was by "attempting" to lift a heavy mattress....
I decided to create access on three sides...Top with the lid opening "North / South - Front- from inside the trailer - and outside through the new cargo door I recently installed.
First I finished the solar control area and separated it from the storage area. Made a little "White Room" just for the solar controller and the inverter.
Still have to hook up the inverter....
I tore everything out in the bed area and reused just about every piece of wood and cherry paneling. All I had to buy was a 48" X 48" piece of 3/4" plywood for the new mattress deck. When finished I had a piece of cherry paneling 4" X 6" and two small pieces of pine studs. Also interesting to note how easily everything came apart. I would estimate less than 20% of the staples hit studs or other support areas. And less than 50% of the screws found purchase! Terrible workmanship!
The top now opens relatively easily
There is a ton of great cargo space in here!
The front area now has a dfoor to access without lifting the mattress.
All in all I'm super pleased with this modification!
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Got the inverter wired up today. Added a couple of dedicated outlets. One in the storage compartment and one in the bedroom.
Added a second circuit breaker for the inverter. The "house" is on a 50amp breaker and the inverter is on a 150A breaker
Added a second circuit breaker for the inverter. The "house" is on a 50amp breaker and the inverter is on a 150A breaker
