Conspirator Vs Saved I got the same one to the rear end is gone the only thing holding it up is the bumper ,I completely gutted it only paid 200 for it want to build a tiny house to live in ,I just hope it doesn't cost a fortune to do it any ways a new one is 30 grand ,hey let me know how yours is going took me four days to gut I'm still sore lol.
Good luck! Lots of work if you are going to demo it by hand. I suggest getting someone to just go to town on it with a sledge and dumpster the whole superstructure. Save a lot of time.
I think this is the exact same camper that I bought to build my house on. Very similar if not. This will be nice to see what you do. I am starting to gut mine this weekend.
Complete tear off? Don't go from the inside out, go outside in. Tear off the siding, push it over with some friends and get a dumpster or burn all the wood, I wasted a ton of time trying to learn how the trailer was built only to learn it is basic framing with 2x2s, nothing fancy. Good luck, and share a video of the current state!
Not a criticism, just curious... why you didnt just by a trailer instead of going through the time and effort of totally dismantelling the camper? Was there a particular advantage to doing it this way?
What I have seen was a camper/trailer with water infiltrated walls and floor, dismanteling and rebuild is the only solution. Second, trailers are expensive, using this good restaured frame is less expensive I think. If they do the new building as they took care of the frame, it will be nice. One but... the new materials hase to be as light as the early construction and that's not easy in tiny house building. Aluminium plating or woodpanels, big differense. The frame is builded for light constructions as the axles are, the brakes and so on, even the hook conection. Think twice if you have the same idee .
I bought a water damaged 22' Terry Camper for $1,500. That nabbed me windows, a furnace, and A/C unit, grey tank, black tank, 110VAC/propane refrigerator with freezer, sinks, ductwork, drain piping, cooper scrap, aluminum scrap, fresh water tank, and a water heater with hot water storage. All appliances are in great condition and tested to work without issues. Not to mention that the trailer just had brand new tires and electronic brakes put on last year (receipts as proof). If you are looking for a bare trailer frame...you want to know what $1500 will get you? A rust bucket with rotting wood sides, or something no larger than 6x8. I imagine that's probably why he did it this way as well.
Sorry I haven't been writing, I bought the camper delivered to my door for $1,000. I looked at the price of buying new and it was outside of my budget at the time. Honestly, I wanted to take it apart to understand the construction methods used to build lightweight campers to help influence my design. Unfortunately I haven't made much more progress on this project due to just recently having finished University and settling into a new job as well as starting some other projects while I design the tiny house.
When you build your own tiny house there's a closeness of it being designed and built by you, and you know every single part of it plus built like a tiny home it's not a trailer house as such, the build structure is more realistic so to speak..
Was my goal to do a total rebuild, then I realized after starting the rebuild, while checking legal requirements with many municipalities that tiny houses were dumb. Just go live in a trailer park if you want to "live tiny".
@@lilithc3814 It depends on the surrounding circumstances. Buying versus renting, your location because housing markets are wildly different depending where you go, an appartment may be cheaper but will have HOA costs, a house may be more expensive, but you get tax breaks and house hacking opportunities to make money. Too complex. Happy to give advice if you have more specific conditions.
For the love of God and his holy angels!! Why in the world didn't you just buy a flat bed trailer or some I beam steel and Skip the entire first day!!!!!
Sold the trailer frame to someone who wanted to keep working on it! I initially embarked on this idea during university as a backup plan in case that plan didn't work out. I ended up doing just fine and went the route of buying a normal house for less than it was going to cost to build the tiny house. House is already paid off!
Did you watch the full video? The camper was anything but fine. The entire thing was flooded due to a leak in the roof and most of the wood was rotted for sitting in water for way too long. I picked this up for $1000 USD. It was garbage and the owner knew this too.
@@MaximumIndustries Admittedly no...I didn't watch the whole video, just to the part where it was stripped down to the trailer. All I could see originally were a few spots of water damage that could have easily been replaced. I didn't realize the whole camper had been rotted. My apologies for jumping to conclusions.
@@SpectraNyte No worries! If you're looking to build a tiny house, this process worked and it was cheap, but extremely labor intensive. If you have more money to spend, I highly recommend getting a trailer built custom to your design needs! I do 2D and 3D CAD if you'd like some designs drafted!
I am facing the exact same project in my old "current home". My debate is to keep the walls, or build new higher walls much like today's toy haulers for loft space.
Up to you, I'm planning on rebuilding it to almost the same design. No lofting space. I don't need the extra storage, and I think it looks better as a one story flat roof but with a house look as apposed to the camper look.
I just bought the same trailer 200 bucks but don't know the year of it ,what year is yours mine is a Fleetwood I the walls in mine have horizontal braces between the vertical 2x2s and the whole rear end of mine is gone ,please let me know the year of yours thanks.
thank you for sharing your video. after we moved to new property to biuld are first home my racess neighboor set my every thinks on fire and told me move back for ever i came from.. we was living in a rv at the time and didt have the insurance.we came homeless..... after i saw this video im going to pule my rv frame from ashes try to save and build place to us.. i do landscaping i think i can do this.. thank you again
If the trailer was on fire, the steel might be compromised. I would not recommend reuse of a fire damaged frame. Would try and purchase a cheap used one like I did. I only paid $1500 for this and I could have lived in it if I was homeless.
Yes, from a legal standpoint. The frame is marked with the VIN and as long as you rebuild to the same specification you are fine holding the same title.
I am currently putting together another video to update on the progress. Winter has put a hamper on things, but when the warmer weather comes back we'll be putting down the floor and putting up the walls. Good luck on your conversion! Put a video up!
Yep, I suggest a sledge hammer as an added tool. A 6-8 pound is plenty, any more and you just get really tired and can't work as long. I'd suggest buying a new frame ready to build though if you have the money.
why not just turn the camper on its side,saw everything off and be done with it??.. why bother even gutting It? you could have just rented a mini dozer and tore it off in a day.. I mean, if a hatchet is all you have... I can't believe you Paul bunioned this thing apart.amasing.
I took it apart to learn how the construction was done. Trailer building and house build seem to not be much different. With the exception that trailers use much lighter construction materials.
I just took a backhoe and demolished my camper down to the frame in a day. The hardest part was cleaning up the incredible mess of plywood, fiberglass insulation and aluminum. I think stripping the siding of the sides then bagging the insulation would've been easier.
Yea, knowing what I know now, I would have stripped the aluminum, bagged the insulation and then used a chainsaw to take the structure down quickly into dumpterable or burnable size pieces.
Yea completely taken down to frame and then even the suspension was removed and refurbished back into good condition. Just a lot of labor, but much cheaper than buying new.
Hello Jello - Da PoinT Is To Show Everyone What Is Actually Involved In A Tear Down! ; ) plus if u get a free trailer $$$ - it’s worth a little sweat and tears - pride and satisfaction as well - McD hand to mouth isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be unless you enjoy going about life in that fashion? it’s frustrating i know but he will get back to finishing it eventually
I'm just starting this phase of my own build with this exact model trailer. Thanks for sharing.
Conspirator Vs Saved I got the same one to the rear end is gone the only thing holding it up is the bumper ,I completely gutted it only paid 200 for it want to build a tiny house to live in ,I just hope it doesn't cost a fortune to do it any ways a new one is 30 grand ,hey let me know how yours is going took me four days to gut I'm still sore lol.
Good luck! Lots of work if you are going to demo it by hand. I suggest getting someone to just go to town on it with a sledge and dumpster the whole superstructure. Save a lot of time.
I think this is the exact same camper that I bought to build my house on. Very similar if not. This will be nice to see what you do. I am starting to gut mine this weekend.
Complete tear off? Don't go from the inside out, go outside in. Tear off the siding, push it over with some friends and get a dumpster or burn all the wood, I wasted a ton of time trying to learn how the trailer was built only to learn it is basic framing with 2x2s, nothing fancy. Good luck, and share a video of the current state!
LOL! The Sims 1 build mode music.... haha!
Not a criticism, just curious... why you didnt just by a trailer instead of going through the time and effort of totally dismantelling the camper? Was there a particular advantage to doing it this way?
What I have seen was a camper/trailer with water infiltrated walls and floor, dismanteling and rebuild is the only solution. Second, trailers are expensive, using this good restaured frame is less expensive I think. If they do the new building as they took care of the frame, it will be nice. One but... the new materials hase to be as light as the early construction and that's not easy in tiny house building. Aluminium plating or woodpanels, big differense. The frame is builded for light constructions as the axles are, the brakes and so on, even the hook conection. Think twice if you have the same idee .
I bought a water damaged 22' Terry Camper for $1,500. That nabbed me windows, a furnace, and A/C unit, grey tank, black tank, 110VAC/propane refrigerator with freezer, sinks, ductwork, drain piping, cooper scrap, aluminum scrap, fresh water tank, and a water heater with hot water storage. All appliances are in great condition and tested to work without issues. Not to mention that the trailer just had brand new tires and electronic brakes put on last year (receipts as proof).
If you are looking for a bare trailer frame...you want to know what $1500 will get you? A rust bucket with rotting wood sides, or something no larger than 6x8. I imagine that's probably why he did it this way as well.
Sorry I haven't been writing, I bought the camper delivered to my door for $1,000. I looked at the price of buying new and it was outside of my budget at the time. Honestly, I wanted to take it apart to understand the construction methods used to build lightweight campers to help influence my design. Unfortunately I haven't made much more progress on this project due to just recently having finished University and settling into a new job as well as starting some other projects while I design the tiny house.
When you build your own tiny house there's a closeness of it being designed and built by you, and you know every single part of it plus built like a tiny home it's not a trailer house as such, the build structure is more realistic so to speak..
Looking forward to seeing how this project turns out! So far you've done a great job with great care!
Nice Sims building music
Mud Goblin as soon as I heard it, I was like yesss my gameee
Why not utilize what you already had, sure take out what’s bad but damn fully demolishing an doing a complete rebuild was dumb
Was my goal to do a total rebuild, then I realized after starting the rebuild, while checking legal requirements with many municipalities that tiny houses were dumb. Just go live in a trailer park if you want to "live tiny".
This is just what I’ve been looking for. Planning on having an rv home one day so I don’t have to pay for rent on top of college loans
Well...even if you do that you need to pay to keep it somewhere, get water, electricity, fuel and waste disposal.
Maximum Industries true, but wouldn’t it be less expensive to pay for that vs. a house or apartment?
@@lilithc3814 It depends on the surrounding circumstances. Buying versus renting, your location because housing markets are wildly different depending where you go, an appartment may be cheaper but will have HOA costs, a house may be more expensive, but you get tax breaks and house hacking opportunities to make money. Too complex. Happy to give advice if you have more specific conditions.
Doing this exact thing now but living on some family owned property. Only bill I will have is electric.
For the love of God and his holy angels!! Why in the world didn't you just buy a flat bed trailer or some I beam steel and Skip the entire first day!!!!!
Cost.
I was looking for the tiny house after all your work???
Sold the trailer frame to someone who wanted to keep working on it! I initially embarked on this idea during university as a backup plan in case that plan didn't work out. I ended up doing just fine and went the route of buying a normal house for less than it was going to cost to build the tiny house. House is already paid off!
Great music.
I hope when you finally get to the interior design you plan to make a video backed with Sims 1 buy mode music.
Haha, thank you! Keep tuned! Part 3 for lights and wiring will hopefully be out mid November once my garage is bought off by the city. Thanks!
I would kept the camper the way it was .But I would just update the interior of the camper.Do that would have alot of money in maturials
Found a trailer that this has already been done to i was curious on how to prepare it so thank you
I need a little more information to even understand what you're asking. I don't understand your question.
More like: 'Scrapping a perfectly fine looking camper and building new off the trailer"
Did you watch the full video? The camper was anything but fine. The entire thing was flooded due to a leak in the roof and most of the wood was rotted for sitting in water for way too long. I picked this up for $1000 USD. It was garbage and the owner knew this too.
@@MaximumIndustries Admittedly no...I didn't watch the whole video, just to the part where it was stripped down to the trailer. All I could see originally were a few spots of water damage that could have easily been replaced. I didn't realize the whole camper had been rotted. My apologies for jumping to conclusions.
@@SpectraNyte No worries! If you're looking to build a tiny house, this process worked and it was cheap, but extremely labor intensive. If you have more money to spend, I highly recommend getting a trailer built custom to your design needs! I do 2D and 3D CAD if you'd like some designs drafted!
Cost range??
I am facing the exact same project in my old "current home". My debate is to keep the walls, or build new higher walls much like today's toy haulers for loft space.
Up to you, I'm planning on rebuilding it to almost the same design. No lofting space. I don't need the extra storage, and I think it looks better as a one story flat roof but with a house look as apposed to the camper look.
Buying a flat bed would have probably been cheaper and easier than tearing down a trailer a d rebuilding the brakes.
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I just bought the same trailer 200 bucks but don't know the year of it ,what year is yours mine is a Fleetwood I the walls in mine have horizontal braces between the vertical 2x2s and the whole rear end of mine is gone ,please let me know the year of yours thanks.
thank you for sharing your video.
after we moved to new property to biuld are first home my racess neighboor set my every thinks on fire and told me move back for ever i came from..
we was living in a rv at the time and didt have the insurance.we came homeless.....
after i saw this video im going to pule my rv frame from ashes try to save and build place to us..
i do landscaping i think i can do this..
thank you again
If the trailer was on fire, the steel might be compromised. I would not recommend reuse of a fire damaged frame. Would try and purchase a cheap used one like I did. I only paid $1500 for this and I could have lived in it if I was homeless.
@@MaximumIndustries
yes i know im going to sand and see if i can repainte and see if i can save..
@@bahramx1 Good luck brother. Make a video!
Where do u start first
You didnt turn the camper into anything.. Im confused. Why not just buy a trailer
If you completely destroy a trailer and put all new parts on it is it still the same trailer?
Yes, from a legal standpoint. The frame is marked with the VIN and as long as you rebuild to the same specification you are fine holding the same title.
how's it coming along? been about 4 months right? just started an 06 Fleetwood prowler 250rks conversion myself. would love too see your progress.
I am currently putting together another video to update on the progress. Winter has put a hamper on things, but when the warmer weather comes back we'll be putting down the floor and putting up the walls. Good luck on your conversion! Put a video up!
Could of just bought a frame then built on would of save you time
Could have, but would have paid a lot more money which I didn't have.
Awesome!
0:51 why is there an axe in the wall?
Can some one tell me how much older used frame is worth
You can get them free honestly, lots of people throwing them out. Sky is the limit for cost, but you can easily pick one up for under $2000.
All that destruction with just a hatchet? Impressive. LOL
We are thinking of doing the same, so it was nice to see what we are up against.
Yep, I suggest a sledge hammer as an added tool. A 6-8 pound is plenty, any more and you just get really tired and can't work as long. I'd suggest buying a new frame ready to build though if you have the money.
you striped it so your not turning its frame to a tiny house
I think they are JUST using the trailer the "rv" was on as the base and building something completely different.
Yea, it was just the turn it into the trailer frame for the tiny house. More to come in the future, but I work really slowly.
why not just turn the camper on its side,saw everything off and be done with it??.. why bother even gutting It? you could have just rented a mini dozer and tore it off in a day.. I mean, if a hatchet is all you have... I can't believe you Paul bunioned this thing apart.amasing.
I took it apart to learn how the construction was done. Trailer building and house build seem to not be much different. With the exception that trailers use much lighter construction materials.
Maximum Industries. im building a bus right now .quite similar to a house.im not making it cheap tho. I wish lol
Nice! When I manage to finish/sell the tiny house I'd like to do an RV or something next.
I just took a backhoe and demolished my camper down to the frame in a day. The hardest part was cleaning up the incredible mess of plywood, fiberglass insulation and aluminum. I think stripping the siding of the sides then bagging the insulation would've been easier.
Yea, knowing what I know now, I would have stripped the aluminum, bagged the insulation and then used a chainsaw to take the structure down quickly into dumpterable or burnable size pieces.
Well what is it like today
Legacys Little Luxuries . Uve yt?
ME: (sings) this is how we dooo ittt (this is how we do it woahhhhhh) #nolife
Was this really stripped to the bare bones?
Yea completely taken down to frame and then even the suspension was removed and refurbished back into good condition. Just a lot of labor, but much cheaper than buying new.
What is the point in all this????
Hello Jello - Da PoinT Is To Show Everyone What Is Actually Involved In A Tear Down! ; ) plus if u get a free trailer $$$ - it’s worth a little sweat and tears - pride and satisfaction as well - McD hand to mouth isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be unless you enjoy going about life in that fashion? it’s frustrating i know but he will get back to finishing it eventually