M348 Camper conversion

[DanM7890]

Love your build. Keep posting updates so I can continue to follow.

 

[Jakelc15]

Thanks, looks like they sell something similar.

 

[Jakelc15]

Thanks Dan. I've got some more stuff ordered for it so I should make some more progress soon.

 

[DanM7890]

Thanks Dan. I've got some more stuff ordered for it so I should make some more progress soon.

Awesome. I am planning to start my S-280 Shelter build soon and all these camper threads are helping.

 

[CGarbee]

Awesome. I am planning to start my S-280 Shelter build soon and all these camper threads are helping.

LOL... I am about to start work on my M146 and feel the same way.
Shame that I can't convince everyone on the East Coast to bring their camper to the Graves Mountain Rally this fall so that I can look at them all side by side in person...

 

[Jakelc15]

That would be awesome Cabell

 

[DanM7890]

LOL... I am about to start work on my M146 and feel the same way.
Shame that I can't convince everyone on the East Coast to bring their camper to the Graves Mountain Rally this fall so that I can look at them all side by side in person...

Wouldn't that be awesome! Man I would get so many ideas.

 

[Jakelc15]

Can you tell how I hauled this?!

I'm hoping to get some more done this weekend

 

[Jakelc15]

Hot water done!
Also installed a meter to monitor voltage, charge and discharge Amps. Shows battery amp hours and %

 

[grendel]

Ok, I want one now.

 

[Jakelc15]

Went across the scale today. M818 M348 32,500#

 

[Jakelc15]

Shot some paint. Could use another coat but sure does look a lot better.

 

[TrailLifeBill]

Thanks for your posts! My wife has been into the "tiny house" craze, and I have almost convinced her that something like what you've done is the way to go (more sf, cheaper and more robust than buying a 20' trailer frame, and scratch building). The only thing I have to overcome is that she's stuck on the idea of putting siding on the outside. I say it's unnecessary expense, weight, maintenance, holes in exterior. Doll up the interior however you want, but leave the exterior essentially stock (except for functional additions and a few well thought out windows) is my philosophy.

 

[kenet3621]

Great looking paint job!

 

[Jakelc15]

Thanks. I've almost got my wife convinced to live in it for a while and save some money to buy property. It's cheaper to build your own camper than buy a new one. And you can put what you want in it and if something does break, you know how to fix it and what it's made out of. I do recommend keeping records of what you use though, hard to remember it all!
We spend a lot of time outside next to our trailer, listening to music, cooking out. We even stay in it for weeks at a time and barely go in our house even though it's only 20 feet away! I'm actually in it right now, radio is on, grill is going, beer is flowing!

 

[Jakelc15]

 

[Jakelc15]

I think I've been in my trailer more than my house this summer!
Added a couple more windows.
Also pulled my spare tire down because it went flat a while back. Best I can tell by the date code it is from the 60s.
I guess I need to find some new 9.00s