From A to Egg: My Trailer Changeover

[Music] well after a long impatient wait I finally have my trailer back from the manufacturer but let me show you what they did first before I get into what I'm going to do next now isn't this an improvement from what you last saw this is my galley when ripped apart and this is what it looked like before modifications this is the new galley that replaced the old one I didn't like and as you can see immediately it has a lot of counter space counter space here above the stove as well as there's no sink and there's no faucet so the whole top can be used as a counter space this glass area can actually be used as a cutting board but when lifted up you've got the two burner stove it's a suburban nice neat stove I took away a shelf that was there and a few little things that were hanging around I didn't need I did keep the refrigerator which is a nova cool I wasn't going to throw this out there about $1000 and it's DC which is what I want the furnace is still there it is a little noisy but it is effective I don't expect to use it a lot anyway but what it frees up is this large area here and I haven't decided it's going to be storage but I could do swing outdoors and have shelves inside there or I could have pullout drawers yeah I'll decide in a little while but I like this a lot better than what was there before another potential horror story was what happened when a lot of the water and plumbing components were removed it left big gaping holes on the outside of the trailer this was another reason I only wanted the experts to do this and not me look what was left after the water heater was removed yet see the final results the guys at Trillium did not only was it a fantastic patch up but the finish was perfect just like those holes were never there amazing and where the water tank and power box was is now storage with the door for access but I didn't ditch the power converter it was just moved to a better location on the other side of the galley another adder was a thermostat in 110 outlet at the rear wall of the galley plus a 12-volt outlet with voltage display and two USB ports now remember how cramped it looked with a bunk beds in place this is what it looks like now with the bent bunk beds removed and there's lots of space and the bunks actually came up to this level which means the lower bed was strictly for sleeping you couldn't do anything else down here and you didn't have access to anything else below so let me just show you what's beneath the cushions now there is the new space this is where the water heater was which took up the whole space there's no water heater now so we've got all of this for storage and have pretty easy access to it just remove the cushion now the other thing they would have never used is this table easy to set up like that goes in blocks leg comes down now if you really want to socialize you can have the party if you have a few people over for beer Kurds whatever and if you need extra space for planning and whatever you can convert the bed into this nice table area I'll still use it primarily as a bed but it's nice to have this and there's also storage area underneath that side as well in the last video when I first revealed this trailer I showed it kind of at its worst because the galley was ripped out and there is just a bare shell behind there a lot of people kind of freaked out on that they can kind of make comments about the insulation like there's no insulation in your trailer well that's not true there is insulation in the trailer as a matter of fact all the exposed internal areas are insulated not only with this marine fabric but they're also insulated with a layer of foam behind it so yes the trailer is insulated however in behind the galley and the benches anywhere where there's the fiberglass cavities it is not insulated it is just the bare fiberglass shell and part of the reasoning for that is well that is a layer of insulation because these are sealed up and it forms a pocket between the cold outside and the warm inside now that might not be enough for some people and a lot of people just said well why don't you just insulate it more anyway because there can never be too much insulation right yes however how do you know how effective it is in order for me to do that and to do it properly in a video I need to have a benchmark and this is the perfect time to benchmark how well it heats up because it's winter it's cold so all I have to do is heat up the trailer find out how long it takes to heat up to room temperature turn the heater off and see how long it takes for it to dissipate that way I have the benchmark and I can base that on any new additions of insulation I put in later on that makes a little bit more sense than just putting stuff in and not knowing how effective it is now what I said the walls had extra insulation I wasn't referring to the windows because the windows are all single pane and it's only the one at the front that has the cover that could probably provide some additional insulation the others really have to rely on curtains until I do something a little bit more like add reflectix or add bubble wrap or something like that there's a lot of possibilities but I just haven't decided the way to do it yet now a few people were curious what happened to Abner my old trailer well you'll be happy to know Abner isn't that far away because they're so close together I can do some really good comparisons right now regarding space storage space and how well they both heat well here it is old Abner my a-frame still alive not very well but it's still life I haven't got rid of it yet so that gives me a good chance to do some comparisons and the first one I wanted to sort of give you a comparison on his space what I really like about a frames is you do have that feeling of it of being open I mean because the ceiling is so high you have that openness and pretty easy to walk around use the cabinets use the counter I do like its openness now it's four space in the outback um I don't have an issue with it it does seem a little bit more confined than an a-frame but depending on how tall you are will make the biggest difference because as you can see I think I'm about five foot nine and I'd say there's about five inches height above my head in this peak area but I have a tape measure let's find out exactly what it is from floor to ceiling is just under seventy four inches which is 188 centimeters I guess that's enough for me but yeah if you're tall you probably have issues with a trailer like this and not only that you're gonna have issues when you sleep because the weight [Music] is about 78 inches because the a-frame has a lot more space it's hard to get it in one picture so I'm using my fisheye lens for this as far as which shows the frame is about 77 inches which is 195 centimeters and the height of the peak rate is 96 inches which is 244 centimeters so there is a lot more height at the peak although that's only the peak that's not at the sides it's only head height right here that feeling of a large tent or a frame style Chalet certainly adds to the appeal but how do the two trailers actually compare in volume here's an early shot of abner in its upright configuration now compare that with my new outback in tow I had heard that an a-frame was classified as a 17 foot trailer well the small eggshell campers were only 13 feet but when I measured from ball to spare tire I got 16 foot 1/4 Abner and 14 foot 3 for the outback the interior length of the a liner was a hundred and forty inches or three point five six meters while the Outback was only a hundred and nineteen inches or three point zero two meters since the two shots were taken from a similar angle and distance I can actually superimpose one over the other as you can see the a liner is certainly taller and longer in measuring H trailer for volume I ignored the furnishings my old a-frame came in around 400 cubic feet while the Outback was around 300 60 cubic feet there's no doubt the outback is smaller almost 2 feet less in length but does that mean there's less storage space don't forget the a-frames all fold down well in transit my a-frame had the advantage of more space in the bottom half which does allow for more items under the benches and beds however around 40 cubic feet of space is in the peak somewhere that I did not utilize in observing this comparison of unused space at the peak of the a-frame it beckons the question does that extra area above your head affect how the a-frame heats up as well as how it retains its heat it seems a good comparison would be a trailer with only minimal Headroom like the Outback one thing I got a laugh at and I've even used the term myself is when people call a trailer a four season trailer because I said I was looking for a four season trailer reality there is no such thing as a four season trailer it's a salesman ploy it's like using the word organic well yeah crude oil is also organic so um you got to take that with a grain of salt some some salesmen they use that term to charge more money to make a trailer heavier and to make people think that it's good for any condition in any temperature and that's bull and most people understand that it is easy to insulate a trailer however it doesn't make it any easier if you can't drive through four feet of snow and or if you know if it's a hundred and twenty degrees your Death Valley in August yeah I don't care what your ink your air conditioner is going to be it's not meant for that they use their own definitions and I have mine what I'm looking for when I say I want a four season trailer is one that I can use in the four seasons that I travel in that I feel comfortable with does that help probably not I really hope to do the temperature comparison in this video I had both trailers set up to heat up and cool down but the weather kept fluctuating the temperature would drop one on one it would drop down and the other increase and so I couldn't get consistent results and I even had a beam of light come right across onto the thermometer and totally destroy the shot so I will do that next time but in the meantime I know people really want me to get into the modifications and I wanted to so this was only an introduction sort of a little bit of a comparison of the two trailers next one will be one of the do-it-yourself videos but let's be fair I had over four years to modify my a-frame I think it's okay if it takes me at least a few weeks to get started but there will be some do-it-yourself videos pretty quickly and the first ones going to be getting rid of that elephant in the room having a cute little tiny little house on the road like this can actually be quite romantic and if you set it up properly you can have a little table for two with a view maybe a little bit of nice line invite a special friend and enjoy all the wonderful aspects of being out in the wilderness nice little cozy abode what could be more romantic than that [Music] hey honey can I trade you the hot sauce for the toilet paper where'd she go oh well King deserves his throne right hope you enjoyed this video and check out my other ones as well oh good vintage taken care a business whoo [Music] [Music] you

Channel: Slim Potatohead

Views: 281,019

Keywords: Aliner, Trillium, Outback, Trailer, Camper, Rv, Trailer Modifications, Scamp, Casita, Armadillo, Escape, Slim Potatohead, Chalet, Rockwood, A-frame, Eggshell camper, fiberglass, Camping

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Length: 17min 4sec (1024 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 11 2020