Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012

[2Rad4U]

My daughter was getting a little warm in her bunk during our last camping trip, so I decided to put her a fan in to keep the air flowing.

I had been wanting to add a 12-volt fan to the main living area anyway, so I decided to tackle both jobs today. A trip to Wal-Mart for two fans($8.48 each) and we're halfway there.

She picked the spot, and I got to work -



I picked up the power from her overhead light. All I have left is to install a short piece of wire cover and I'm done -



I added one in the main area -



I dropped by Lowe's and found this cool soap dispenser. I also just installed these Pop-a-Toothbrush holders -



I added a sopa dispenser to the kitchen area as well. I also installed a Pop-a-Napkin under the radio -



Here's an easy mod. I found this over the door towel rack at Walmart and it works great -

[tenbear]

Nice job!

Did you put some latches on the doors to keep them closed on tight turns?

[camp4ever]

Adding doors to the dinette


Before

Holes cut out and additional wood installed for strength

Doors & hardware purchased from Keystone to match

Bought these totes from Home Depot

[Zeppe807]

pdmac1946 wrote:
Hey Zeppe807, your taillights are obstructed and probably would be worse with a full load. I have see extensions like yours where taillights were added to the extension. Shouldn't be difficult. Your project is absolutely amazing. Nice work.

Funny thing was, I did reset the load after that picture of the wagon was taken for that reason.

I have a generator box planned to add to the rack, and it will completely block one of the lights.

I do plan on adding lights, and a license plate mount on the rack.

One Mod leads to another, and another....


Thanks,
Joe

[Zeppe807]

ejbrandley wrote:
I was referring to stabilizers @ the rear bumper

They are in the stock location, and the metal hoops have been used (my driveway is pretty steep), but I have never hit the jack. I have been forced to take a detour and I have had the spare tire and metal hoops, hit the ground and actually stop forward movement (I was going slow), but it took a lot to pull off the bump. The jacks were not moved when I built the bumper and rack.

Joe

[Gaffer222]

chr$ wrote:
I have one of those panel mount usb outlets, I put a switch on it.

Good idea. I may have to revisit that as I already bought it...

[chr_]

I have one of those panel mount usb outlets, I put a switch on it.

[Gaffer222]

Added a DC Volt Meter and 12 volt charging outlet. Keystone cheapened out and did not install any 12 volt outlets? I was going to install a USB outlet but don't want the parasitic draw when dry camping. Here are some pics.

[T3rry1]

ejbrandley wrote:
T3rry1
The bumper is kick but , but it looks like the rear stabizer jacks are too far back . if you bottom out on a drive or a speed bump your gonna loose them or mangle them . Judging on the skids that are pictured its bottomed out a few times already

yeah they are out a bit farther than stock, i thought it would make them more stable.. i see what you're saying, I personally have never skidded the bottom of the trailer, must have been done before me, i always watch my approach angles and check my route before i go, so it's not a huge deal for me, with the additional length, i would assume the hitch would hit before the stabilizers, i might throw some skids or casters on right beside the stabs, thanks for pointing it out.

[pdmac1946]

Hey Zeppe807, your taillights are obstructed and probably would be worse with a full load. I have see extensions like yours where taillights were added to the extension. Shouldn't be difficult. Your project is absolutely amazing. Nice work.

[ejbrandley]

I was referring to stabilizers @ the rear bumper

[chr_]

The jacks seem to be in the stock location.

[ejbrandley]

T3rry1
The bumper is kick but , but it looks like the rear stabizer jacks are too far back . if you bottom out on a drive or a speed bump your gonna loose them or mangle them . Judging on the skids that are pictured its bottomed out a few times already

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

🙂 Hi, nice job; Much nicer than the three trays.

[pchartrand]

Wow nice job on the drawers!!

[Sinnettc]

Our TT (2010 Trail Cruiser 23qbc) came with 3 plastic trays under the sink. I've never liked them and I don't know how many times I pulled the little one completely out. So, I decided to replace them with drawers.



Last weekend I went to Habitat for Humanity's ReStore and bought 3 drawers and a couple of cabinet doors that looked to be a close match for the interior of our 23qbc. Total cost was $6.50 since it was 1/2 price day! The drawer glides and new 10 inch saw blade cost a lot more.

This weekend I got to work on the demo and fabrication. I was going to go with 3 drawers to match the trays but decided to change things up. The first thing was to (carefully) remove the rails the trays slide on. Once those were out I put a piece of 3/8 plywood on each side to give me a good backing for the drawer rails.

Space under the sink is constrained by the drain at the top and the heat ducts at the bottom. between the two I had about 13 inches of space so I decided to go with an 8" x 13" x 19" drawer on the bottom and a 4.5" x 13" x 19" one on the top.

I pulled out the table saw and got to work cutting the oversized drawers down and reassembling them. As usual the first one took much longer than I expected. Lots of bruises and considerable cussing ensued before it was mounted in the cabinet. The second one went quicker, though I'm sporting a nice bruise across my stomach from the bottom kicking back when I was cutting it to size on the table saw; guess I should have double checked the fence was straight. Lesson learned.

It was almost dark so I did my final cuts, using part of the doors I'd purchased to make fronts for the drawers. This morning I put the fronts on, put the drawers in and loaded them up. As a bonus, the little silverware tray that came with the trailer fits across the top of the drawers so we'll continue to use it for shower change, batteries and other loose odds and ends.