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Extreme RV from M36a2

daddy2

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I Posted before about my plans. Well this past week I was able to start working on them. I am making a RV out of my M36a2. It has a longer bed to accommmodate the larger family. I am making the camper box out of a shipping container. I ordered a 40' container, took 17.5 feet for the RV and I was still left with a 19' piece for a storage shed. I just need to put on the end wall for the shed. I am posting a lot of pictures. I know most people like pics so I hope this doesn't over load the site.

Some stats: The weight of the truck pre-RV was 14,800 lbs. This included a half tank of fuel and me 200lb. Weight taken at a Quarry scale. New weight unknown yet. I took of the troop carriers and I will remove the tailgate. The overall heigh with container on is 10' 11" at heights point. Hope you guys like the pics.
 

Tlauden

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Your using the sites attachment option? You can't have them on a remote site and use the code to show them here, that don't work. If your still having problems let us know and we can figure something out
 

daddy2

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OK, I think I got the picture problem sorted out.
 

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whyme

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already cut now but had you considered extending the box over the cab? if not for a bunk at least for storage, ac, ect.
 

daddy2

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Whyme, Already thought of it. See the lower section of the piece I cut. It is about 32" wide. It is pic 7. I am going to use some of that to put a section over the cab and I am going to open the cab to allow me to go from cab to camper. I am getting too old to get wet.

SPChowe hope your right. I got the inpiration from a travel channel show with off road RV's. I want to be able to take the family off grid camping.
 

area52

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I picked up a smaller container with a forktruck (20' maybe?) and it weighed about 8,000lbs. Thats gonna be pretty heavy even with the bottom and end cut off.
 

daddy2

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Area52, The Tare weight of the entire container is 7940lbs. I am estimating the wight of the section I put on to be around 1000lbs. Won't know for sure until I get it back to the scale.

Formernewguy, I hope it is done enouph to do some camping at next years succex county fair.
 
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