Melanie Turning Her Popup Camper Into Hard Side Camper
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Melanie wanted to work on her own camper and restore the sides. This was a mouse eaten popup camper which Melanie is turning into a hard side camper.
She spent the previous day cleaning out the camper. It has two hard sides and had two canvas sides. The canvas was long gone. Melanie cleaned and sanitized every surface of her new camper and then loaded her craft materials into it.
Now that Melanie knows how to use the power tools she wants to do the work herself on her own camper.
I assisted in showing how to hold the tools and on the measurements of the plywood.
We carried the plywood over together. I had two 4x8 sheets of plywood someone gave me recently and that was the perfect fit for the job.
Melanie measured and marked the board for cutting. I made the long cut though because she was not familiar with this type of cutting and did not feel safe with it.
Together we put up the long board on the open side of the camper and Melanie screwed it into place after I made sure it was centered properly.
We managed to get all the holes closed in with plywood on this day.
Life goes on at the homestead though and there are chores in the mean time.
We have goats to milk. Chickens and turkeys to feed. Cats to care for.
And there are many other chores on the homestead which take our time.
Chris received a gift today from UA-camr MollyDolly. Chris says thank you for the very nice gift.
Melanie took a few minutes break inside the tiny house on wheels today and put up some decorations. We have some little shelves under the loft where the boards overlap. This gives us the perfect place for little decorations. Melanie has a bunch of antique porcelain and silver items which she is putting up there. I had these from my house cleanout days.
Melanie took the seat cushions that I was given for the Jeep and claimed them for herself for her new camper. She is leaving me with the ones that came with the popup camper. She prefers the brown color of these ones.
I was hoping to get the sheet metal on the sides already but time ran out on us.
The chickens are staying in their new home. We call it Birdcatraz 2.0 and there is no escape now. We put up deer netting over the top to prevent the birds from escaping out the top. They were using the tree stumps as jump off points and escaping over the top of the chicken wire fence.
Chris and I had nailed upright boards on the stumps and then put deer netting over the top. This prevents the birds from escaping.
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How nice that Chris got his own package! You are so thoughtful, MollyDolly.
That was a birthday gift...but I apparently screwed up the Amazon order so it was delayed. Well, I guess as Troy said...that just spread the festivities out a bit longer. :) I had an awesome secretary who wore a crown the entire month of her birthday and we were all allowed to bring gifts any day that month with no late penalty! lol!
it was fun to watch him open it! Very thoughtful Molly!
Mouse Toes I love watching people be happy. Chris is so sweet. (Oops that's not manly is it?) I mean he's a cool dude and birthday gifts are pure fun! :)
Melanie is so humble. I just love when she's on here with you and Chris. You guys a have a bright light shining from the inside out. Blessings and prayers!
I have a 85 Palomino same as this I'm so excited to see than and so happy I found this too I can't wait to see the inside
you all are really coming along on all your projects. And you and Melanie seem to be so content. And i love you being there for Chris.
Cool gift for Chris he will have fun playing with that. He's so appreciative that was nice to see. Won't be long and you'll have the campers moved, it will look great. Good work Troy and Co.
Omggggg !!! Love it ! I just saw a Pop-up camper in extremely good condition for $200 on let-go !!!!!! That's crazyyyyyy !!
Awww, sweet that Chris has a gift.
I am seeing more and more women get out there to set up their own campers. Good job!
Ren
You go, Melanie!! Troy, watch out. When a woman learns to use power tools, there's no stopping her! ;D Melanie, that camper is a great work space for your crafts, nice and bright! I totally get your excitement. :D Chris, what a nice gift! That is going to come in real handy. :D
Hi Chris... I am glad you like your birthday gift. I am hoping to hear you spotted Mrs Bear and her cubs with it. Big Foot or an alien would be cool, too! :D I was surprised when you said it's day or night... hmmm...night vision. Well if you happen to be out now you can see what goes bump in the night out there... have fun!
Russell Albrecht Is it a problem for you if Chris shares his toys with Troy and Melanie, and visa versa? Either way that's up to Chris, not me.
Yeah, I think Troy looks at Chris like a brother or family, and kind of forgets that they are each their own person, I find it funny how my hubby calls mine and our stuff "his" unless he thinks it's a silly thing or if it embarrasses him, than it is mine. lol. Than it gets even funnier when his burly men friends, think I have cool stuff and even sometimes want to buy it off of me, than "my" stuff is "ours". lol, it can get really complicated. I'm too old to haggle over any of it. Some times men just don't think. And I think it is sweet that troy is giving Melanie her own space, she seems like a sweet heart.
ty u agene for the gift
yes we r family now
There is always another project but would love to see a shot of the whole property all clean up! keep up the great hard work you two!
what should he do? put a drone out to capture that for you. They work everyday ~~ whether its on the whole property or not. The rest will come if there is more as this has. Geeze!
Seems to be a reasonable request.
Good job Melanie!! BIrdcatraz!! lol I love the corral y'all made for the goats.
Oh it is exciting that Chris too received such a nice gift.
Love it, I've stripped the pop up off my camper and thus was the first video I came across.
Love it !!!!
Hi Melanie! Your craft room camper is cool! Nice work with the tools...you rock!
LOVE the windows in it!
O I would give a lot to have a separate craft room, out of my livig room!! with loads of light!!
MotherOfManyHorses I have never seen a hard sided pop up. Out here we have tent sides. I love the walls and windows too.
We're in the market for a Class C RV but I am hoping to find one made in or for the Canadian market with more insulation than standard US marketed RVs. Any suggestions on which brands I might look into?
Pat Bootie Speaking of light, it will be interesting to see how Melanie lights her new space. I think we should refer to it as "Melanie's Design Studio" :)
Sorry Molly, I don't really follow RV brands. But I think you are smart looking into something geared more towards Canadian weather.
It would be awesome for you to have a second smaller guest tiny house to add to your little village. Chris could be the first guest. He has been such a great help to the homestead. He is doing what he wants to do and is where he wants to be at this time of his life, although he has a disability, his work and the pace he able to work is obviously his chosen method of therapy and coping. It was so nice to see he received a gift from Molly Dolly.
Melanie, I've got to know if you have seen ideas on Pinterest for your camper! Lol,! It's coming along nicely.
The chicken run area looks really good. Lots of space. Now you just need to put in some proper housing for them come winter. =)
What a nice gift. Molly you are a sweetheart :) Happy late Birthday Chris
Wow it's been awhile since i watched your videos a lot has changed
Haha. You dont know the half of it. We are in Michigan now on 18 acres of land and have a 2.5 year old daughter. Yup, a lot of things have changed :)
Hey Troy... good for you getting Melanie a craft space. What a nice husband you have become. Will you be able to heat it for her for winter?
:)
I hope so. It has a heater, stove and sink. I hope to get it all working for her. If the mice have not damaged it that is.
The Do It Yourself World Oh! That's great! I am sure you will get it working or you can replace it.
Wow! Even a stove!...She can make tea in her design studio, very nice! :) What an excellent space.
Good to hear you address Melanie as your wife LOL I bet she likes hearing it. I like her new camper. Chris got a package,...yay! Winter is coming, you might need to build a bigger shelter for the chooks. I love their new yard.
:)
I plan to build a large walk in chicken coop before the snow falls. I hope anyway. Time is flying
Congratulations, Melanie. Great job. :)
Seal the edges with caulk to keep water out.
Troy- watching this video was brutal. You should rewatch this and really listen to your tone.
And I thought you were done with bodged together projects. Put that trailer together properly. Put the frame in first then the sheeting. Then you can work with easy squares.
Those screws that Melanie put in on the bottom of the plywood do not appear to be penetrating any solid backing, behind the skin. They went in way to easy and kept spinning at the end. If that's true they will eventually come loose. You don't have rubber washers behind the screws to stop leaks. This is the same reason you put washer backed screws behind metal roofing.
There is not much behind there but some thin plywood under the camper skin. The plywood is just a cover. There will be metal on the outside soon.
The Do It Yourself World You said nothing about the screws stripping out like I mentioned. So you plan to use screws with rubber washers when you attach the metal skin to the plywood?
Russell Albrecht Glue Styrofoam insulation to the plywoody and then hang a wall to wall curtain/sheet.
Russell Albrecht Are you a framer?
Russell Albrecht "What does it matter"? If you are not qualified to comment on framing then you should not be judging something you know nothing about. I'm not a car mechanic and I never comment on proper and improper car repair work. The 3/4" plywood is the frame. I remodeled 1950's trailer for a friend and the "studs" were 3/4"X 2" and it was fine. Troy has way over done it by using solid wood The weather does not blow through solid plywood; all he has to do is caulk the joint and insulate.
Beautiful ❤ Home. Love your ho.e in general. Great area❤
Just a thought, Just do the trim caulk and paint. I would kill for a hardside.
lol you're an ass
lol k
I love your trailer. It is so unique!
Great job on the camper Melanie. It's gonna be a great little work space for you. No you just need a sign out side the door that says. NO BOYS ALLOWED. Lol
LOL!!
Russell Albrecht
There are plenty of options. First that comes to mind is to just glue some Styrofoam on.
Enjoy your video, my husband is a Street Preacher and we also work with the homeless and are trying to open a rehab and shelter for the drug addicted and or the homeless. We are looking at doing tiny houses and are waiting and praying for the nation of land, in the meantime we have been donated a old pop-up camper with a slide out. This is something I am not familiar with because my pop up from my father only has beds that slide out not a table. What we would like to do with this slide out pop up is turn it into a solid sided tiny house, much like your project. I was wanting to keep the extra space on the slide out beds, but I notice you did not have any. I was wondering if it is possible to use this space as we have never converted a pop up before. We have torn one down and try to turn your food card but we're not able to finish the project. if you could give me some advice on what to do with a pull-out beds, if it would be feasible to use the area to extend the home or just not use it at all, we wanted to house to people. Separate beds. or even a married couple, we have not decided yet. Any advice you could give us would be much appreciated.
I would not want to pull it going 65 or so unless u brace it some how from inside to support it,a good cross wind is likley to rip that top clean off ,i get the concept ,but would really concider some frame work for support of those walls it dont take much in the way of makin it happen u have everthing else but the framing and interior sheeting if u wantnit
Loving ur adventures!
Lmao having to prove that you guys have 2 goats still Lolol
You guys are too cool. Nice video!
It's good when you guys laugh and joke!!
I'm making a free chicken condo using free wood. So see I've learned a lot from viewing this channel! God blessings today and always! I totally love Mel's woman cave👍🏻🙂☕️🐓🐔✌🏼️🇱🇷
Go Melanie!!!! Can't wait to hear and see all of the cool craft projects you plan on doing. Are you thinking of opening your self a online store or selling things on eBay?
You need a sign saying "Birdcatraz" or however you spell it.
troy try to put some power in Melanie's camper so she can put lights in there
Just put some tar paper on that camper and call it good.
we call that "Kootenay siding".
Couldn't you find something such as old milk crates or some such to use as temporary nesting boxes?
The last screw you put in on the flip out as you called it looks like it stripped out; the screw kept spinning after it was flush. You should put in a bigger screw and glue it with construction adhesive.
pretty sure he got it the first time it was said!!
Pat Bootie Pretty sure he got what the first time what was said?
like to see more of these projects
A window at each end of the Melanie camper would let in more light and look nice.
great!!
Troy greeat teaching, very patient instructions. ...OJT is the best way to learn.
If u add higher roost area they may stop jumpin for the gate post
What was that thing Chris got from Molly. Is that a flashlight? Can he do a review on it?
that's awesome Melanie gets a creative space! love ti see it when it's dine I'd love ti see her crafts too.
Good way to go , I am also a handywoman! :)
Was this camper intended to stay in one place and not move much? I did something similar with an old Coleman camper, but made it shorter, like a squarish teardrop, to decrease wind resistance. Never liked the result though, it was a huge drag (literally) towing it anywhere. You were lucky to have a camper with preexisting hard sides that fold. Were I in your situation, I think I would have been trying to preserve its ability to fold, if you planned to tow that is. The front and rear walls could have been made to fold, like garage doors, or a piece canvas would have even been simpler. If it will just sit in one place, your way is far superior, for stability, insulating properties, and so on. Just wouldn't want to tow it.
the chooks need shelter from frost! build them shelter!
go gettem girl
She's moving out already?
Why do people keep asking that? If having a craft and hobby room is moving out, then yes. If not, then no.
When are you going to install the electric fence around the chicken run and place the tractors in?
caulking? on pop-up fix
Will you guys need to silicone around the joints of the wood you added on Melanies camper to keep the water out? Or did you do that and I missed that part somehow?
You have not showed us your garden lately
WHY...don't you have a chicken coop that allows them shelter from the weather temps, and nests ??? Will you have one built before winter ? will you be using sealant caulking in the corners of the enclosed wooden ends before covering with sheet metal ?
I do not understand what you consider all those things out there that I keep birds in. All those shelters I call chicken coops which the birds always lived in. I do plan to build a large walk in chicken coop though
Not yet sure about finishing the camper. Been raining so it is on hold for now under tarps
Is that her craft room ?
Yes this will be her craft shop and to store her spare kitchen items like canning jars. She wants to build shelves and cabinets on one side.
It might make a good summer canning place too, so you don't heat the tiny house up in the summer doing canning. :) Or making soap and salves and such. Have you heard about the weed plantain? It's a wonderful herb, very healing and makes a good salve. Blessings all!
i believe mel can do it all buy her self
Well, she asked for help. So...
How much did it cost you to convert this camper?
I recycled the materials so it did not cost me anything. But I guess if you had to buy the lumber, no more than $100 for the plywood.
How tall were the sides? how did you attach to the top?
Its a popup camper. The side walls hold themselves in place with two interlocking bars. Then we built in the side walls where the canvas slide outs used to be.
Only one goat! LOL! Silly, silly trolls. Honestly, what lie will they make up next? I guess they have to fall back on how you are a big time chicken torturer and all round ne'r do well today. Just a bad day for trolls.
Yeah Chris-
I hope the birds got shelter, being rained on or cold is miserable.
A.D.D.?
Sorry for you
The Do It Yourself World Sorry for you? What is that?
Unsubbed, you just don't get it......
Melanie Turning Her Popup Camper Into Hard Side is the title, yet we only saw 1 piece of wood put up, then all the other stuff (which could have been put on a separate video) and then it's all magically done, which we saw none of at all.
No wonder the canvas part deteriorated its a Palomino popup. I had a brand new Palomino used it for 7 years camping with the kids. We made allot of good memories. It set for two years and when it was time to use it again, opened up and somehow wasps got in and the canvas was moldy and deteriorated. Poorly made product. I will never purchase another product from Palomino. I cant believe their still in business. If I purchase another popup camper I'm going to make sure the upper and bottom half's are made of one solid piece of fiberglass instead of this piece of crap Palomino with aluminum shell and poorly sealed edges that allowed water to get in.
I did not care for the narrators negative attitude about a woman doing the work on this project.
The narrator is me, the channel owner and we both love each other very much. This was Melanie's first ever project and I was so proud of her. Sorry for being so proud of my beautiful wife. I will try not to next time :(
I think this commenter took your teasing with your wife as a sort of condescending way. I think it's obvious how proud you were and my husband does the same thing! She did a wonderful job! Cute couple!
Yes, it's obvious in the video that you, the Narrator, truly love your wife, but you do sound very patronizing.
Why don't you move there homes over to there side and take them out of the goat pen they will be much happier than
The plywood is all beaten up, gaps all over, you be lucky if doesn’t rain. You obviously doesn’t care about Melanie nor the camper. Sloppy job.
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lol. Nailed it
LOL!
Good way to go , I am also a handywoman! :)