Stay away from the raised circle flooring. It is in the Mobile Command truck for the department I work for, once it gets dirty it never looks great again. Sweeping is difficult because the circles make the bristles go crazy, and mopping is just as much fun!
WOW! You cover a lot. I have been looking to renovate a 53 foot reefer into a tiny home guest house because we have downsized. However zoning may be an issue. Anyway your videos are very informative and I intend to watch them all. Thanks.
I'm loving these videos and the detail on how you are building inside a 53' trailer. I have been involved in a similar project making a shower/toilet trailer for festivals out of an old moving company's drop-deck trailer and this is invaluable information.
I had a friend that built high end trailers and they had to build and internal frame system for the interior walls because when they attached the wall panels to the interior they would fall apart because the 53 foot trailer would flex and pop all your interior off the inside walls..so they built and internal moving frame that was able to move inside the trailer to keep everything from being destroyed so that was their solution. You might find out down the road that all your interior work and panels might eventually fall apart without building an internal frame.
thanks for the input -- These are refrigerated trailers -- I think their wall strength is higher than the vans -- I have been using the first one for over 15 years -- more than 50,000 miles -- we have never had an issue --- we even have tile and grout on the floors and not one crack -- thanks for watching.
Great informative video thanks for sharing the little details, even down to the screws. I didn't get notice of this video 😮. If i had i would not have asked about the trailer modification on new video I got notice on today.😊
OK, so in an earlier video, I made some comments that (now that I found and watched this one minute later... My bad) not only did you answer you CRUSHED, I have to say. Excellent solution with plumbing venting out the sidewall. As well as the reuse of the fans for air distribution. And I guess it's a bit harder to get a stainless stall for a toilet/shower stall combo built nowadays, so the HD/Low's solution makes a lot of sense. Never heard of a Maceration toilet before, just the macerator from the entire black water tank to drain. Clever. As for doors - wow, curious how the sealing issues with a roll-up are going to work. And we'd just fabricated our Human-type airline doors in-house. A rivet gun is a wonderful thing. (I do admire your rivet cap trick. Never occurred to me and could have saved me a lot of cycles.) ABSOLUTELY agree with your comments on silicone caulk. If you are into RV's or other sealing or caulking take note of David's advice!!! SPOT_ON!!! I could not agree more! OK, nifty screws that solve a problem. Cut the workload in half over the "drill then screw" method. wonderful tip. OK, so remind me never to tick you off, dude. I need not fifty emails a day. (You're my hero, you hacked the lumber supply issue. Well done sir!) Looking forward to more, love these geek-tuned learning episodes. Thank you!
The roll up door on the back of a refer r trailer seals really well. It compressed each slat on itself as it closes. With a continuous seal down both sides. Thanks for your suggestions and comments.
I really enjoyed the video and all the detail you gave it really helps. you mentioned you go to your local Lowe’s for that plywood. do you know what Lowes calls the plywood?
They call it white wood sanded plywood …. They also use the branding blonde wood as well. 520359 is lowes number for 1/2 it’s primed and sanded on both sides. Thanks for watching
Eh Everyone, I'm seriously considering this as an option rather than buy a custom tri axle specifically for a tiny home and building on that. Now I'm in Canada but can you all help on what to look for in terms of buying a used Reefer trailer? Years, Makes, Models, all that Jazz. Perhaps some reasons why I should and shouldn't go with a Semi Trailer etc... All info would be greatly appreciated both for myself and I'm sure for others as well.
In the comments I’ve addressed several of these questions, I’ll take a quick swipe at the ones you’ve requested. Trailers. I have always used Great Dane trailers, people tell me they feel the utility ones are also good. I know that you will not go wrong with Great Dane. There are refrigerated and frozen trailers. The frozen are much more prevalent they have 3” walls, the refrigerated are nice as they only have 1” walls … the trailers are 102 wide so that added space can make a big difference inside. Over 8’ and slightly under 8’ You can pick these up pretty straight for 10-20k. The refer will work at those dollars and a working unit Dependant on hours can bring 3-5k You can fix a lot of issues on these trailers but the bottom rails are expensive and difficult to repair. So purchase u it’s with straight bottom rails. I hear you on the 3 axles … the commerical trailers are far superior road worthy … but if your planning on traditional campgrounds the 48-53 semis will be tricky in lot of situations. If you don’t care about the size I would prefer a semi trailer over any rv one any day. Please review these questions and let me know more question you have. Thanks for watching.
@@ParkerSystems Beautiful, all extremely helpfull. What years or ranges would you recommend? For most cases saying the newest the better. But is there a period that you've seen, that are in good shape/quality but still reasonably affordable? Like between 2014-2024 etc. or a certain year or amount of Kilometers you wouldn't go under or over? Also I believe you've said it in the video, but can't remember which one. But what's the weight of capacity of your last trailer conversion and the weight before and after renovation?
Cool project. But please, please, please stop repeating the same stuff over again. Believe me, every time I see the side of the trailer now, my head immediately goes to "The strength is in the side of the trailer. Because we cut out the two doors, we bolted in this 10ft angle to support the side...bla...bla...bla...bla...bla..."
I hear you brother. It’s just that I have seen so many projects fail … I see people cutting up van trailers and then they fail. But I hear you. I’ve moved the content to the inside now. I’ll try to slow down on the sidewall. Thanks for watching.
This is the type of videos that I like. Showing the nitty-gritty on what it takes to do a build out. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
i would have to 2nd this comment. Most videos seem more about interior decorating than building tiny homes.
Love seeing videos like this. Like seeing the mechanical and technical aspects of what you are doing.
Thanks for watching.
Stay away from the raised circle flooring. It is in the Mobile Command truck for the department I work for, once it gets dirty it never looks great again. Sweeping is difficult because the circles make the bristles go crazy, and mopping is just as much fun!
Thanks for input. I had noticed that in the past on other units I had seen. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I second that.
It was in an ambulance we run. What a pain to keep clean
WOW! You cover a lot. I have been looking to renovate a 53 foot reefer into a tiny home guest house because we have downsized. However zoning may be an issue. Anyway your videos are very informative and I intend to watch them all. Thanks.
Best way to do it is to start -- worst case you call it a RV -- check the zonning rules for RVs
thanks for watching
I'm loving these videos and the detail on how you are building inside a 53' trailer. I have been involved in a similar project making a shower/toilet trailer for festivals out of an old moving company's drop-deck trailer and this is invaluable information.
Very cool! Thanks for commenting
I had a friend that built high end trailers and they had to build and internal frame system for the interior walls because when they attached the wall panels to the interior they would fall apart because the 53 foot trailer would flex and pop all your interior off the inside walls..so they built and internal moving frame that was able to move inside the trailer to keep everything from being destroyed so that was their solution. You might find out down the road that all your interior work and panels might eventually fall apart without building an internal frame.
thanks for the input -- These are refrigerated trailers -- I think their wall strength is higher than the vans -- I have been using the first one for over 15 years -- more than 50,000 miles -- we have never had an issue --- we even have tile and grout on the floors and not one crack -- thanks for watching.
Great informative video thanks for sharing the little details, even down to the screws. I didn't get notice of this video 😮. If i had i would not have asked about the trailer modification on new video I got notice on today.😊
Nice. Keep it up.
Thanks. I appreciate you watching
Very creative approach.
Thanks
OK, so in an earlier video, I made some comments that (now that I found and watched this one minute later... My bad) not only did you answer you CRUSHED, I have to say. Excellent solution with plumbing venting out the sidewall. As well as the reuse of the fans for air distribution.
And I guess it's a bit harder to get a stainless stall for a toilet/shower stall combo built nowadays, so the HD/Low's solution makes a lot of sense. Never heard of a Maceration toilet before, just the macerator from the entire black water tank to drain. Clever.
As for doors - wow, curious how the sealing issues with a roll-up are going to work. And we'd just fabricated our Human-type airline doors in-house. A rivet gun is a wonderful thing. (I do admire your rivet cap trick. Never occurred to me and could have saved me a lot of cycles.)
ABSOLUTELY agree with your comments on silicone caulk. If you are into RV's or other sealing or caulking take note of David's advice!!! SPOT_ON!!! I could not agree more!
OK, nifty screws that solve a problem. Cut the workload in half over the "drill then screw" method. wonderful tip.
OK, so remind me never to tick you off, dude. I need not fifty emails a day. (You're my hero, you hacked the lumber supply issue. Well done sir!)
Looking forward to more, love these geek-tuned learning episodes. Thank you!
The roll up door on the back of a refer r trailer seals really well. It compressed each slat on itself as it closes. With a continuous seal down both sides.
Thanks for your suggestions and comments.
I really enjoyed the video and all the detail you gave it really helps. you mentioned you go to your local Lowe’s for that plywood. do you know what Lowes calls the plywood?
They call it white wood sanded plywood …. They also use the branding blonde wood as well. 520359 is lowes number for 1/2 it’s primed and sanded on both sides. Thanks for watching
Eh Everyone, I'm seriously considering this as an option rather than buy a custom tri axle specifically for a tiny home and building on that. Now I'm in Canada but can you all help on what to look for in terms of buying a used Reefer trailer? Years, Makes, Models, all that Jazz. Perhaps some reasons why I should and shouldn't go with a Semi Trailer etc... All info would be greatly appreciated both for myself and I'm sure for others as well.
In the comments I’ve addressed several of these questions, I’ll take a quick swipe at the ones you’ve requested.
Trailers. I have always used Great Dane trailers, people tell me they feel the utility ones are also good. I know that you will not go wrong with Great Dane. There are refrigerated and frozen trailers. The frozen are much more prevalent they have 3” walls, the refrigerated are nice as they only have 1” walls … the trailers are 102 wide so that added space can make a big difference inside. Over 8’ and slightly under 8’
You can pick these up pretty straight for 10-20k. The refer will work at those dollars and a working unit Dependant on hours can bring 3-5k
You can fix a lot of issues on these trailers but the bottom rails are expensive and difficult to repair. So purchase u it’s with straight bottom rails.
I hear you on the 3 axles … the commerical trailers are far superior road worthy … but if your planning on traditional campgrounds the 48-53 semis will be tricky in lot of situations. If you don’t care about the size I would prefer a semi trailer over any rv one any day.
Please review these questions and let me know more question you have. Thanks for watching.
@@ParkerSystems Beautiful, all extremely helpfull. What years or ranges would you recommend?
For most cases saying the newest the better. But is there a period that you've seen, that are in good shape/quality but still reasonably affordable? Like between 2014-2024 etc. or a certain year or amount of Kilometers you wouldn't go under or over?
Also I believe you've said it in the video, but can't remember which one. But what's the weight of capacity of your last trailer conversion and the weight before and after renovation?
Cool project. But please, please, please stop repeating the same stuff over again. Believe me, every time I see the side of the trailer now, my head immediately goes to "The strength is in the side of the trailer. Because we cut out the two doors, we bolted in this 10ft angle to support the side...bla...bla...bla...bla...bla..."
I hear you brother. It’s just that I have seen so many projects fail … I see people cutting up van trailers and then they fail. But I hear you. I’ve moved the content to the inside now. I’ll try to slow down on the sidewall. Thanks for watching.