Converting a Semi Trailer Into A Mobile Home! | Episode 2
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- Follow along as David and the team transform a 53' trailer into a sleeping trailer for hurricane deployment!
In this episode, David shows the progress made on removing the reefer unit from the trailer and draws out the plans for each room in the sleeping trailer!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:14 Disclaimer
0:39 What’s changed
1:52 Reefer Unit
2:49 Interior
5:06 The Design Plan
8:54 Closing Thoughts
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Love that the cook gets the best bunk!
Oh yeah -- our guy is the best -- he really takes care of us -- least we can do -- thanks for watching
Since the random RUclips recommendation brought me here for episode 1. I made sure to watch episode 2! I had several questions after the first video but so far you answered them already!
Cool thanks for following alone
Eat your heart out FEMA. These guys know how to deploy.
thanks -- we typical get in restore the communications and are exiting as FEMA is making their initial surveys, we have lots of motivated individuals and great company that is invested in their customers. Thanks for watching
My wife went to the doctor. She told him, 'Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror, I feel like throwing up. What's wrong with me?' He said, 'I don't know, but your eyesight is perfect.'
lol. -- thanks for watching
Cannot wait for this build to finish!
We're glad you enjoyed it! Be on the lookout for Episode 3 coming soon!
Definitely time to make a cooking trailer. You guys should definitely go that route with this one and get another side canopy for a dining hall / cook area 👍 .. can’t wait to fallow this build
Thanks -- our cook is amazing we are happy to get him set up even better. We really like our canopy and believe it will really enhance our deployments. Thanks for following along.
Love these videos. Makes my week when I see a new one drop! We would absolutely LOVE to see an in depth walk through of the bunk quarters!
Cool -- we have a video out there where we do a walk thru -- check it out ---- thanks for watching
Good stuff, just did some binge watching. Just a suggestion have you considered setting up a couple of full kitchen modules using commercial cooking equipment for Stan? I have seen palletized kitchen units at Daytona speedway or something like a food truck or WAFFLE HOUSE kitchen. thinking something like a combo gridle burner oven unit, a grill and fryer unit and a 3 tub sink wash and prep unit. put them on custom pallets mor wheels so they can be setup out of the van or do something like the Baptist food trailers are with easy serving access. Lots of possibilities, gas or electric appliances available, sink plumbing would be the most difficult to overcome but a macerator pump would solve wastewater. Either 2 or 3 door freezers and refers or a progressive walk-in type reefer freezer combo unit for perishable food.
Excellent idea. I have a plan to do something similar to that in the back of this trailer. You articulated very well the direction I am considering for the flex space in the back of this unit. That’s why we intend to leave the e-track in this section to attach it. I appreciate the thoughtful comment and appreciate you watching.
great video, interesting to see how u do the plumbing and storage tanks for grey and black water, and if possible for more colder climates. will be following along for sure..
of course -- we will go into all of that. We have done a couple of these trailers in the past -- thanks for watching. The plumbing rough will take place in the ext couple of videos. thanks for watching
Awesome that you share every step of the way, explaining the whole process. Keep them coming. Cheers
Thank you! Cheers! -- we appreciate you watching and commenting
I really like this idea.
Fascinating to watch, look forward to watching your future progress.
Thank you!
This is a great idea and interesting. I am definitely following this build. Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
Awesome video! Can’t wait to see the next stages of this build!
Thanks for watching and your comment.
Thanks for making
thanks for watching
Great video always wanted to do something similar to this Look forward to the next video
thank you for watching ---
Great series! I want to see how this turns out and learn from your experience. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting.
Glad you think so! -- thanks for watching
Subscribed and like it a lot! Keep on going guys - you're doing amazing! I'm newcomer to Canada and probably I cannot afford a house, but this is great idea to have your place in this world!
Thanks for watching and subscribing! We're glad you liked the video!
Do you make provisions for cell service, two-way radio, Wifi or wired VOIP phones in the trailer since they are more or less a big Faraday Cage?
What a great questions. We have BDAs (bi directional amplifier) in the trailers for cellular and the radios systems have external antennas, we also have typical repeaters …. Once in camp we have internal and external WiFi as well fiber interconnections between all the trailers
Thanks for watching.
You seem like your an awesome boss
Well -- i hope so -- I guess we will have to ask the guys about that. -- - thanks for watching
Just a couple of comments - Yeah, my experience with slide-outs on this platform (Reefers) is that the mechanical needed to support them and leveling issues had us just getting another trailer which was logistically and financially more viable. And offered more deployment flexibility - depending on the job(s).
One of our particular issues was using a vibration-sensitive sat dish on top of the unit. It never got solved to our needs and added unwanted height (and permits and routing) so AFTER it was decided to go with another solution a lot became more straightforward.
I do have to say that our two best sources of information on the builds came from railway passenger cars and Submarines in passenger and worker layouts.
Shower/toilet stalls worked well for the males but were despised by females (your mileage may vary) and shower humidity mitigation issues were ongoing without high-noise evacuation fans and ducting space. Curious how that's working for ya.
I applaud thinking of the fire / CO2 issues upfront. We carried Oxy-acetylene and Nitrogen tanks along with other gasses and had a locker vented and set up for them as well, however no diesel fuel or exhaust. (We had a mostly unused LP-powered onans.)
Windows? You're spot-on not messing with them in a sleeping trailer. Really? Perhaps from an RV perspective, I guess. But not for this stated objective.
Also, and I regret not doing more of this, but using a thin stainless steel wall covering was great for us. Cleanability, light, and being thin (thus workable for radius corners). While a bit longer to build, long-term is excellent for maintenance and has less "bruising" angles than the traditional right-angle housing surfaces. The other material I'd recommend looking at is Kydex thermoplastic for interior walls. Both can have superior mechanical strength to weight, over wood, ease cleaning, and can have (kydex especially) outstanding odd angle/ odd space useability. This being said - wood's still the king for most of this. But I do advocate looking at a full range of material(s). Just my 2 cents. (We had to replace an oven once. And due to us fitting the old one in so well, had to rework a lot. So having a modular steel frame of a sort (Trimmed in with wood) would have really helped get that done faster...)
Really having fun watching your series here! Good to see common sense as well. I'll hit that notification bell now....
Wow. What a great comment. I can tell you have extensive experience, far superior to mine. I appreciate the time
You have taken to make your comments. We are currently expanding our shop to be able to work better with thin stainless and aluminum… in our fabrication process. In out trailers I use positive pressure in the hvac my introduction fresh air on the return side and make the engines room / areas negative in that way no combustion gas or co2 can make it to the cabin. The co2 and fire e-stop the gensets and hvac …. Thanks again for the suggestions and I’ll check out those other materials. You recommended
Thanks for watching
On the humidity, that was an isssue as I oversized the hvac 12 people is about a ton of cooling and I put a 5 ton. I wasn’t controlling the humidity very well because of the short cycle of the oversized unit. So I just put a continuous run dehumidifier and problem solved. That many people with showers and a tight envelope great insulation and short cycles meant I had a huge water gain. The dehumidifier fixed it. I just plumbed it outside and placed it in the return air. Thanks again for watching.
@@ParkerSystems LOL, nonsense call on the experience thingy. Every one of these builds is a one-off. And everyone has a different experience with it. I really like yours I love the positive pressure. I'd never put a genset into a trailer, and well of course with that experience. Duh... Yeah, Kydex is the heat-formable sheet used in aircraft interiors.
I had an improvised heat oven we would heat strips in for corner strips . we pulled the strips and draped them over a pipe to form them, No vacuum needed.
I think we used nothing thinner than 0.125, and when warm a set of heavy-duty shears cut it like butter. But once hard - it has been used by police as anti-puncture armor (NON-ballistic) and riot gear. it WAS cheaper than alu extrusions. No clue now. Tap Plastics there? no promo intended... Sheet plastic providers are the bomb for this. We'd heat it and toss it into odd-angle joints as well. Stuff is limited by your imagination as it does compound curves so well.
love the series, keep it up!!! Another question, do you also make them for sale?
Thanks for watching. Typically not. They would get a little pricy. 150-300k dependant on options and finishes.
Ive seen some guy use one of those freezer units to aircondition his shop
I saw that video as well -- that guy also used a ground loop water system with a radiator from an old bulldozer -- pretty cool. Those units are pretty loud -- but in a shop probably not a huge deal.
thanks for watching
At walmart when we have frozen we put it in the middle. dairy deli goes on the tail or nose and frozen in the middle. it makes it easier to put 3 stops on the trailer and get everyone's stuff off with a minimum of moving pallets around. Or at least that is how we do it in the midwest, i could be different on the coasts.
Thanks for the comment - that makes a-lot of sense -- i just assumed that you load them coldest front to back -- It is really a neat setup - I appreciate you watching and letting us know how the professionals actually use the trailers --- thanks for watching
Great stuff! I’m curious, are these builds a one off, or is this something that you will be reproducing to scale for larger relief footprints?
This will be our 3rd semi-trailer -- we have built out goosenecks in the past as well --- we build them for our needs we currently have no production plans
Great 9 Minute Video LOL
guess we should have made it to 10. thanks for watching
Great videos!! What is the best way to anchor to the insulation on that trailer?
Thats why we chose the refrigerated trailers -- they are already insulated --- thanks for watching
What is your business that you need all these mobile facilities? I am assuming some kind of disaster relief. But what aspects do you cover? Is it utility systems?
You are correct. We do disaster recovery for a large national telecommunications company. We turn the 911 centers on following natural disasters like hurricanes, tornados earthquakes etc. We also do events, festivals and other special events that we use these units on, Check out our other videos and you can see how we utilize these units. Thanks for watching.
How much does the trailer cost when you get them.
We pick these up for 10-15K -- pre covid they you could do better -- during covid they went 30-35K -- The ones we buy have the units working -- you certainly could do better if you didn't care about the unit running use that to negotiate --- you can also sell a working unit -- I have got like 2K for them in the past -- When we finish we are going to paint or wrap them and we like the bottom rails to be straight -- you have to pay a little more for that -- then we will polish them out --- hope this helps -- thanks for the question
I would like to see what type of water heater you use. Tank or tankless. and your thought process with the unit you choose
We use tankless electric (three phase on this unit we will probably do 27K that will derate on 208/3 phase to around 24K -- we will also add a diesel fired coolant heater to keep the genset on this unit around 12k -- when we deploy we typically have 3 phase genset power -- so we will heat water with the diesel fired heater on the small genset (on board) and tankless electric when the trailer is connected to the larger out board gneset -- great question we will include this thought process in the future videos --
Is it possible to set the extra bunks up as foldable? This way they are flush against the wall till needed?
That is the plan -- let the plywood base and front support slide to the back out of the way. Keep the mattress vertical or stored and deploy as needed. typical deployment would be 4 bunks. Check out the video on our second trailer -- we have similar bunks in the rear area. thanks for watching -- great comment.
You have mentioned taking off the E tracks. I actually need to get some installed in my trailer. Can I buy those used ones y’all are taking out?
Sure -- in those trailers they are one piece 53' feet long -- im going to leave the back 20' so Ill have 4 pieces approx 33' long -- give the office a call and we will work it out 800 8n PARKER
@@ParkerSystems i actually need all 53 feet, but im sure i can add smaller sections later. Ill get a hold of yall
What is the final build cost breakdown? Less than $100k?
If you did the labor yourself. I believe you easily bring it in under 100k
Do you guys build these out for private customers for full time on road living?
disaster revovery and special events that we respond -- a 53' would probably be too long for most RV applications -- you could get creative I guess -- we needed a commerical platform to move as the RVs we tried where just too light weight -- thanks for watching -- check our channel for videos on how we use them --- we have one a tour of our base camp --
idk if this has been segestied or if is just a bad idea but if you leave the e track in your flex space you could make it modular that clips to e track
Thanks for pointing that out -- That is exactly my plan -- I should have pointed that out -- thanks for watching -- nice eye
Where you guys at?
I have a 53 dry van that I always dreamed of converting it into a mobile home. Could you help?
Thanks.
We are in North West Ga. About 90 miles out of Atlanta…. We typically don’t build these commercially for sale. But any questions that we help with just leave in the comments and we will help all we can
So where’s the armory located onboard or is that classified? Lol
Part of our security is not telling others what our security consist of…. lol.
have you guys ever considered modifying these to have slide outs?
Absolutely, The way these trailers are constructed all the strength from front to rear is in the sidewall. the sidewall is a basically a truss -- so if we were to cut it away to make the opening for the slide we would have replace all this strength -- I have done some initial design work in this area -- but the way we deploy these trailers typical only 3-4 times a year the cost to create slides does not really make sense for us. I will tell you the plan that I have would be to maximize the slide outs to the max width and deploy simultaneously to balance the loads with out any outriggers. Thanks for watching
interesting, i never thought of that. i wonder if the cost of building off of a step deck or straight deck flat trailer could be more advantageous then. the only downside would be a loss of space under the deck where the water tanks etc are. @@ParkerSystems
thats a great idea -- you could actually do double drop and use get the tanks inside the thermal envelope -- @@UnknownProductions0
What actually might be interesting is a kind of collapsible room that can extend out the back best way to attach it might just be a ton of e track connectors the only issue that I could see is potential overloading or really overloading and going above the gvwr for the trailer bust I really have no clue what that gvwr might be or if they already have something in the works to fix that problem if it occurs or just trying to keep shy of it
What are these sleeping trailers use for?
We do disaster recovery for a large national telecommunication company -- we also do events concerts, festivals , movies etc -- thanks for watching check out the channel for other videos that show there events.
This layout seems quite "luxury" for the type of situation it'll be in. Don't get me wrong, it's great that those who are helping people in need get a quality place to sleep and rest, I just wonder if it's the most optimal. On the other hand, if you have 4 guys in a room, or a row of bunk beds like you're standing in at the end of the video, some may not be able to sleep because of noises, which isn't good for helping others.
The guys that take on theses events typically work 18 hour days, providing them a nice place to recover and make certain they eat well is requirement and even becomes a safety concern so it may appear luxury be we think of it as a necessity -- we can do 8 guys in this unit if we needed and other trailers do 16 and 12 people -- with the flex space and typical cooking support this is the next evolution in what we do. Great point on the noise -- the trailers are designed with white noise and heavy curtains --- even the supply and return vents are sound attenuated to prevent you bunk mates snoring from bothering each other -- thanks for watching -- I appreciate your comments -
Make a fucking 44’ (foot) fifth wheel rv toy hauler that has a hydraulically raised 2nd story with 2 slide large outs on the 1st floor like Anderson mobile estates builds but Anderson only does massive semi trailers! I’ve spoke to tons of people traveling across country and staying in camp grounds that want a hydraulically raised 2 story fifth wheel rv!!! Get it done and let me know when it’s ready so I can buy it from you!
Put 50 kWh of lifepo4 batteries/bank with the entire roof solar panels with a 6000pkv eg4 inverter!!!
I have seen those double deckers -- that would be fun to play with -- thanks for watching