I met Dave and Lowry and got the tour of their beautiful trailer. Dave is a vet and a former elite 82nd Airborne soldier. Thanks for your service! Great meeting y😢guys.ou
Hi Barry. Hope you’re doing well. I wasn’t 82nd Airborne although I was just down the road with 5th SFGA and later 7th and 1st Group. I did jump with them a couple times. 👍🇺🇸
Awesome trailer Dave! I'm the one that bugged you to death about the color scheme you were using. Your trailer is Beautiful. Tell your wife great job on the colors! Lol
Wow, that's a really nice trailer conversion. The interior is gorgeous & very well thought out. Thank you for sharing a really inspirational trailer build.
I wish I could have a "Tiny house" on wheels. It has been a dream for more than 20 years. I had built a Tiny house, then my land was snatched out from under me!
Dave and Lowry. Beautiful trailer. Questions. How much does it weigh? Do you have a trailer brake on the trailer? If not are you comfortable with just the pickup brakes?
Side walls are just big box paneling and attached to the ribs with self tapping screws. The water dump is gray water gravity drain to a hose fitting from the sink. Hope that answers your question.
Sorry. I don’t have a video but I just used stainless steel pad eyes mounted to the top of the trailer the same distance as a 6x8 medium or heavy duty tarp. Then i connect the two with snap links. On the other end of the tarp I use two adjustable painters poles and adjustable 550 cord straps to metal ground stakes.
Yes, they are rain guards. They're available from several sources in various lengths to accommodate different sized windows. If you simply Google "RV window rains guards, several will pop up.
I’m curious about how well that Tacoma tows that trailer. We own a 23 Tacoma TRD Off Road, double cab, long bed (6’ bed). I’m wanting to build a trailer from a 6’-7’ wide, 12’ - 16’ long and 7’ high so that I can lift our bed when not in use.
My Tacoma pulls it very well. I wouldn’t want to tow it in the Rocky Mountains but it does very well in north central Arkansas. An all aluminum would be nicer.
@@davegobeli6771 We plan on buying an all aluminum. I’m thinking that a 7.5’ wide, 16’ long and 7’ high would be about right. Here at our house we enjoy our Sleep Number King size bed. I’d like to have one in our camper as well. They’re very lightweight, so that would work better for us. I’ll definitely be buying a “V” nose with an extended tongue. I’m thinking that in the extra 2’ of the V is where I’ll put the kitchen. Under the bed is where I plan on putting the “living room”, so when I drop the bed the back of the couch and 2 chairs (opposite side), will provide the bed with the support under the frame. In the middle will be the bathroom with a shower. Isn’t Arkansas fairly flat? We live in a very mountainous area of north central Washington state. And yes when ever we go to my in-laws and my wife’s family we have to go over the Continental Divide. I’ll just have to stay in the slow lane of the I-90. It’s 6 hours to Missoula, MT. We usually stay at my wife’s cousins place in Missoula. The next day we’ll drive another 6 hours to the Billings area. One of my brothers in-law and his wife live in Laurel, (outside of Billings). Then it’s about an hour to my in-laws 17K acre ranch. From there, on our way home we usually drive the 8 hours to Kalispell and spend time with my wife’s Aunt and Uncle and cousins. Then it’s another 6-7 hours home. We make the trip every fall. Their growing season is too short for a lot of vegetables, so we grow a very large garden every year. We grow enough fruits and veggies to sustain us for the winter, and we freeze dry a LOT, as I’m trying to get enough freeze dried food to sustain us for 7 years just in case crap hits the fan. After we harvest our fruit and vegetables, we freeze dry enough to barter with my in-laws for our 1/2 a beef and a pig every year. They love all of the “greens”, wax beans, sweet onions, snow peas, etc. Wax beans are “yellow” green beans that have a natural buttery flavor. My grandma taught me how to cook when I was young and she was from Oklahoma. (My other grandma was from Arkansas). I LOVE cooked greens. I’ll cook Swiss chard, Collards, Turnip greens, Mustard greens and Radish greens together. Yes I Always add bacon grease, salt and pepper to my greens, as well as my wax beans. Just curious… Since you’re from Arkansas, have you ever heard of Chocolate Gravy? If so, cook some bacon and add it to your chocolate gravy. It’s delicious. Anyway, can you share with me about your trailer? How long, wide and tall? Can you Boondock, or do you just use shore power? What is the best type of axle’s to get on my trailer for when we take it on Forest and service roads? I’m wanting a trailer with good ground clearance. I plan on installing solar panels. I’m also entertaining the idea that when possible, I can just let my grey water flow on the ground instead of always going into my tank. I’m thinking about a mini split for my heat and A/C. I’ve also thought about buying a small wood burning stove just in case I lose power. In your opinion, which is the best toilet to buy? I was thinking about a Cassette toilet, as I’ve heard that the kind that incinerates the poo stinks to high heaven when burning the poo. Also, what does one do to get TV reception in the trailer?
@@Doc1855 Hi Doc. Sounds like you have a very good plan in the works. We live in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas which are more like big hills. Nothing close to the Rocky Mountains. I can boondock. I have a 2000W generator and an Ankor C1000 power station. My trailer is a 6x12x6’ 3” inside height. I would love to get a WEEROLL all aluminum trailer to build my next one. I’ll have to sweet talk my wife into that one. 😄 I have heard of chocolate gravy but never tried it. I have Alpha Gal Syndrome from a tick bite so I’m allergic to all red meat and everything dairy. I could try to make it with oat milk though. I’ll have to try it. I think I would try to get Dexter straight axles or they have a torflex axle too. I think I’ve answered your questions. Sounds like you have a solid grasp on your project. Good luck. 👍
@@davegobeli6771 Chocolate Gravy : All of the ingredients are Heaping Tablespoons; 3 Sugar 2 Flour 1 Cocoa (we use Dark Cocoa Powder) A pinch of salt. 8 oz Milk (or whatever you can ingest). Put it on a Medium heat and stir constantly until the Gravy is like Thin chocolate pudding. Pour it into a bowl or plate and add a pat of butter. Stir the butter into the gravy until it’s melted. Then add cooked biscuits. Precook (fry) bacon. Tear the bacon into pieces and add it to the Gravy. Eat and enjoy ! My great grandmother died in 88 at the age of 94. She grew up on eating Chocolate Gravy, so it’s been in my family for over 150 years. Thanks for sharing the information that I requested. I appreciate it. Safe Travels !
Pulling and parking is easy for me. Plenty of room for solo camping. When my wife and pup come along it’s cozy. Some may say crowded but it’s cozy. :) We spend most of the day outside so we basically just use it for sleeping and washing dishes. I do all of the cooking and it’s always outside.
@billanddeb Do many people have trailer brakes on their 6x12 campers? I’m building one without brakes and am trying to keep it below 2000lbs. My rig can tow 5000lbs.
Even though most 6×12 cargo trailers come with 3500 pound axles, the gross vehicle weight rating is 2900 pounds. This is because most states require trailer brakes on trailers weighing (loaded) 3000 pounds or more. If you keep your total weight around 2000 pounds, you should be OK. However, if you plan on towing in inclement weather (like snow and ice), trailer brakes would certainly come in handy.
How is everyone getting their countertops and/or bottom of the pantry to match the V nose. Mine is rounded and not at a sharp point. I tried making a template with cardboard and well, its close but not nearly as perfect as these folks got theirs.
Jacob I made a template from measurements I had taken and slowly tweaked it until it was right. If you get the side to side measurements correct and use an angle finder for the tapered sides. Slide the template in and run a pencil vertically along the V to scribe a more precise shape on your template. Hope that makes sense.
I met Dave and Lowry and got the tour of their beautiful trailer. Dave is a vet and a former elite 82nd Airborne soldier. Thanks for your service! Great meeting y😢guys.ou
Hi Barry. Hope you’re doing well. I wasn’t 82nd Airborne although I was just down the road with 5th SFGA and later 7th and 1st Group. I did jump with them a couple times. 👍🇺🇸
@@davegobeli6771, we live in Mountain View, Ar. If you’re ever in MV give a holler.
Awesome trailer Dave! I'm the one that bugged you to death about the color scheme you were using. Your trailer is Beautiful. Tell your wife great job on the colors! Lol
@@Stealthbobber06 😄 I remember that conversation!! Hope you are doing great!!!! 👍
ATW Sir Much respect Airborne
Great series of DIY campers. Lots of great ideas.
Glad you like them!
Very well done. Good design! I love the colors and contrast!
It is beautiful
Nice looking conversion. Very neatly organized.
Beautiful trailer! Very well done!
Beautiful Cargo Camper Trailer! Definitely an eye for detail.
Wow, that's a really nice trailer conversion. The interior is gorgeous & very well thought out. Thank you for sharing a really inspirational trailer build.
Thanks for watching
Our pleasure!
Very nice! I love the curtains. Simple yet elegant. 👏🏻👏🏻
Glad you like them!
That’s a clean & organized lit camper … great work
Thanks for watching, they did a great job
Thank you.
Very nice build! I love the warm colors and coziness!
Another fantastic tour! I'm constantly amazed at the ingenuity and creativity of folks! Loved ut.
Great video! Met and got a gre😢tour! Thanks for your service Dave and Lory!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovecthe dual foam idea I would definitely incorporate that into my build!!
Very very nice. And I noticed jumpmaster wings on his hat, I think. Airborne.
You are right!
Hi Chuck. Twenty years Army. That’s been 30 years ago. :).
Beautiful build!❤
Beautiful and well thought out. Say hello to Stella
I gotta tell you it's just a beautiful cargo trailer conversion Awesome tiny home on wheels 👍👍
We agree!
Nice travel home love the woods and the colors inside of it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love this. Fantastic build.
They did a great job
Great design and well built
Very nice trailer. Like it. 😊 Thx
I wish I could have a "Tiny house" on wheels. It has been a dream for more than 20 years.
I had built a Tiny house, then my land was snatched out from under me!
Very nice!
Ooooo! I like this one 😊
Me too!
Great job very nice 👍
Enjoyed the tour ❤❤❤
Thanks for watching
Nice unit, do you move the AC when travelling.
The AC unit stays in all of the time.
He’s got Jameson. He’s ok in my book.
Haha!!! Good eye!!
Great thanks
Dave and Lowry. Beautiful trailer. Questions. How much does it weigh? Do you have a trailer brake on the trailer? If not are you comfortable with just the pickup brakes?
Great job
Thank you.
Beautiful
Very nice
Yes, they did a great job
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching
nice
Love the trailer. Great job. How are your side walls done and how is the water dump set up.
Thanks in advance
Side walls are just big box paneling and attached to the ribs with self tapping screws. The water dump is gray water gravity drain to a hose fitting from the sink. Hope that answers your question.
would you have a video of your awning setup?
Sorry. I don’t have a video but I just used stainless steel pad eyes mounted to the top of the trailer the same distance as a 6x8 medium or heavy duty tarp. Then i connect the two with snap links. On the other end of the tarp I use two adjustable painters poles and adjustable 550 cord straps to metal ground stakes.
What are the rails above the windows? I'm assuming it's to help with rain but what are they exactly? I love this CTC!!
Yes, they are rain guards. They're available from several sources in various lengths to accommodate different sized windows. If you simply Google "RV window rains guards, several will pop up.
@@billanddeb thank so much
I’m curious about how well that Tacoma tows that trailer.
We own a 23 Tacoma TRD Off Road, double cab, long bed (6’ bed).
I’m wanting to build a trailer from a 6’-7’ wide, 12’ - 16’ long and 7’ high so that I can lift our bed when not in use.
My Tacoma pulls it very well. I wouldn’t want to tow it in the Rocky Mountains but it does very well in north central Arkansas. An all aluminum would be nicer.
@@davegobeli6771 We plan on buying an all aluminum.
I’m thinking that a 7.5’ wide, 16’ long and 7’ high would be about right.
Here at our house we enjoy our Sleep Number King size bed.
I’d like to have one in our camper as well. They’re very lightweight, so that would work better for us.
I’ll definitely be buying a “V” nose with an extended tongue.
I’m thinking that in the extra 2’ of the V is where I’ll put the kitchen.
Under the bed is where I plan on putting the “living room”, so when I drop the bed the back of the couch and 2 chairs (opposite side), will provide the bed with the support under the frame.
In the middle will be the bathroom with a shower.
Isn’t Arkansas fairly flat?
We live in a very mountainous area of north central Washington state. And yes when ever we go to my in-laws and my wife’s family we have to go over the Continental Divide. I’ll just have to stay in the slow lane of the I-90.
It’s 6 hours to Missoula, MT. We usually stay at my wife’s cousins place in Missoula. The next day we’ll drive another 6 hours to the Billings area. One of my brothers in-law and his wife live in Laurel, (outside of Billings). Then it’s about an hour to my in-laws 17K acre ranch.
From there, on our way home we usually drive the 8 hours to Kalispell and spend time with my wife’s Aunt and Uncle and cousins.
Then it’s another 6-7 hours home.
We make the trip every fall.
Their growing season is too short for a lot of vegetables, so we grow a very large garden every year.
We grow enough fruits and veggies to sustain us for the winter, and we freeze dry a LOT, as I’m trying to get enough freeze dried food to sustain us for 7 years just in case crap hits the fan.
After we harvest our fruit and vegetables, we freeze dry enough to barter with my in-laws for our 1/2 a beef and a pig every year.
They love all of the “greens”, wax beans, sweet onions, snow peas, etc.
Wax beans are “yellow” green beans that have a natural buttery flavor.
My grandma taught me how to cook when I was young and she was from Oklahoma. (My other grandma was from Arkansas).
I LOVE cooked greens.
I’ll cook Swiss chard, Collards, Turnip greens, Mustard greens and Radish greens together. Yes I Always add bacon grease, salt and pepper to my greens, as well as my wax beans.
Just curious… Since you’re from Arkansas, have you ever heard of Chocolate Gravy?
If so, cook some bacon and add it to your chocolate gravy. It’s delicious.
Anyway, can you share with me about your trailer?
How long, wide and tall? Can you Boondock, or do you just use shore power?
What is the best type of axle’s to get on my trailer for when we take it on Forest and service roads? I’m wanting a trailer with good ground clearance.
I plan on installing solar panels. I’m also entertaining the idea that when possible, I can just let my grey water flow on the ground instead of always going into my tank.
I’m thinking about a mini split for my heat and A/C. I’ve also thought about buying a small wood burning stove just in case I lose power.
In your opinion, which is the best toilet to buy?
I was thinking about a Cassette toilet, as I’ve heard that the kind that incinerates the poo stinks to high heaven when burning the poo.
Also, what does one do to get TV reception in the trailer?
@@Doc1855 Hi Doc. Sounds like you have a very good plan in the works. We live in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas which are more like big hills. Nothing close to the Rocky Mountains. I can boondock. I have a 2000W generator and an Ankor C1000 power station. My trailer is a 6x12x6’ 3” inside height. I would love to get a WEEROLL all aluminum trailer to build my next one. I’ll have to sweet talk my wife into that one. 😄 I have heard of chocolate gravy but never tried it. I have Alpha Gal Syndrome from a tick bite so I’m allergic to all red meat and everything dairy. I could try to make it with oat milk though. I’ll have to try it. I think I would try to get Dexter straight axles or they have a torflex axle too. I think I’ve answered your questions. Sounds like you have a solid grasp on your project. Good luck. 👍
@@Doc1855 btw. We use a cassette toilet.
@@davegobeli6771 Chocolate Gravy :
All of the ingredients are Heaping Tablespoons;
3 Sugar
2 Flour
1 Cocoa (we use Dark Cocoa Powder)
A pinch of salt.
8 oz Milk (or whatever you can ingest).
Put it on a Medium heat and stir constantly until the Gravy is like Thin chocolate pudding.
Pour it into a bowl or plate and add a pat of butter. Stir the butter into the gravy until it’s melted.
Then add cooked biscuits.
Precook (fry) bacon.
Tear the bacon into pieces and add it to the Gravy.
Eat and enjoy !
My great grandmother died in 88 at the age of 94. She grew up on eating Chocolate Gravy, so it’s been in my family for over 150 years.
Thanks for sharing the information that I requested. I appreciate it.
Safe Travels !
How does that size work for living, pulling, parking into place, and weight ?
H.Lee Dye
Pulling and parking is easy for me. Plenty of room for solo camping. When my wife and pup come along it’s cozy. Some may say crowded but it’s cozy. :) We spend most of the day outside so we basically just use it for sleeping and washing dishes. I do all of the cooking and it’s always outside.
@billanddeb Do many people have trailer brakes on their 6x12 campers? I’m building one without brakes and am trying to keep it below 2000lbs. My rig can tow 5000lbs.
Even though most 6×12 cargo trailers come with 3500 pound axles, the gross vehicle weight rating is 2900 pounds. This is because most states require trailer brakes on trailers weighing (loaded) 3000 pounds or more. If you keep your total weight around 2000 pounds, you should be OK. However, if you plan on towing in inclement weather (like snow and ice), trailer brakes would certainly come in handy.
@ Thanks for the info. We are definitely fair weather camper so some rain is the most that we will see. Hope we meet up someday.
How is everyone getting their countertops and/or bottom of the pantry to match the V nose. Mine is rounded and not at a sharp point. I tried making a template with cardboard and well, its close but not nearly as perfect as these folks got theirs.
Jacob I made a template from measurements I had taken and slowly tweaked it until it was right. If you get the side to side measurements correct and use an angle finder for the tapered sides. Slide the template in and run a pencil vertically along the V to scribe a more precise shape on your template. Hope that makes sense.