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    5X8 or 6X12?

    Awesome.  Did you do your own wiring?
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    5X8 or 6X12?

    Thanks.  Not sure where my brain was at the time.
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    Propane Setup - Making Progress, Cargo Trailer Build

    76 no opinons so far. Sometimes I wonder if something like installing propane tanks is just too much for this group and I should spend more time on Escapees. Here I feel like I'm not poor enough to be on this list, there I feel like I am too poor to be on their list (lots of big trucks and...
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    "Solar AGM" vs plain AGM

    This is what I've decided to do. We won't get the solar for about a year from now as there are so many things to add to this blank trailer. So, we'll get one (1) AGM and put it inside to run the fridge just during travel, the rest of the time it'll be on propane unless we have hookups in which...
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    Need prayer & good thoughts.

    I think most campers who love nature simply wake up in their own church.
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    5X8 or 6X12?

    Important: If buying a cargo trailer "already insulated" find out what type of insulation was used. I have seen spray foam disasters. We were hyped on the blue jean stuff until we learned it gets really heavy if it gets wet and would take forever to dry. One can insulate with Reflectix and...
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    5X8 or 6X12?

    Our cargo trailer we are building is 7 x 16'. There are 2 adults plus 2 50-pound dogs. We have "just enough" room. We went 7' wide to see around it. Our beds are 2 cots that are positioned across the width near the ramp door. We can lay flat, raise the head area to make a lounger, or ...
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    Travel Trailer Quality Differences

    I looked 4 years at trailers. I wanted short length + dual axles. Hard to find under 24 foot. Winnebago has one that's close on that length. Any we liked were too low on the CCC due to all the wood they piled in building the trailer to look really nice. After watching video after video of...
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    What to do when there's nothing to do??

    I did stained glass for a few years, I loved it. I would walk into a glass shop and just buy glass because it was pretty, not knowing what I would later make with it. Glass is heavy, very. Profit from this business was a no show but we had a lot of fun.
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    What to do when there's nothing to do??

    We have about 280 days to go full-time but have camped a long, long time. Here are some of what we are bringing: Easels and oil paints. Cameras for photography. Metal Detector.Also gold panning plates. PC offline for editing videos can keep one busy for hours. Cards for solitaire. Cards for...
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    Need prayer & good thoughts.

    Never say never. Yesterday morning Windows 10 hijacked my pc.  Would not let me into my Google sign-in as I always do and would not allow any sort of "forgot my password" action - it disabled that button so I could only log in under Windows.  Well, ALL of my photos and music appear only if I...
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    "Solar AGM" vs plain AGM

    Thanks all. The batteries must go inside, thus AGM. They will go in a trailer so no starting bat capabilities needed. Deep-cycle is what I am talking about and.
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    "Solar AGM" vs plain AGM

    As if life isn't complicated enough.  Does this mean that if I want to buy 4 AGM batteries now and keep them charged via Honda Generator/battery charger that I can't later use these same batteries with my solar system down the road when I change over to that because they are not "solar AGM"...
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    Propane Setup - Making Progress, Cargo Trailer Build

    Cargo Trailer now has propane line from under to the new 3-way refrigerator inside.  A quick-release valve is installed for the heater or cooktop near the stainless steel counter they will sit on.  A quick release valve is also installed near the front door for bbq use or Camp Chef oven.  Two 20...
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    Cargo conversion

    This is a great plan. We've been working on ours off and on since April. Many folks are done in that length of time but we wanted to spend a LOT of time thinking about our choices. We moved things around a lot and changed a lot of ideas in that time and we both feel we are creating what we...
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    What brand cargo trailer for powsible future conversion

    In April we purchased a 2018 7'x16' ramp door non-V dual axle Intertate LoadRunner cargo trailer. I had visited about 4 trailer places as well as some online reearch. They make lesser models and one wider and built even stronger. You get what you pay for - mine was about $8k and I could have...
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    Cargo conversion

    Why bother with flooring? This morning I was barefoot and moved a box of flooring planks I am acclamating prior to intallation. Then I walked over the area the box had been. I immediately felt how much cooler it was under my foot than the area that a box was not laying ontop of that area of...
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    Cargo conversion

    What is thi insulated with? I've seen a lot of disasters on YouTube involving insulation. I would never buy used without photos to show me what is behind the wall or else I'd look for myself before buying. Also - never buy without getting a CAT scale weight on the trailer. KNOW what it...
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    Hitch mounted cargo alternative to teardrop

    Interesting. Could be better then sleeping on a car seat and looks like it would be towable by almost anything.
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