Back Country Cargo Trailer Conversion

[ccc23454]

I won’t be running the heater while I sleep and I’d bet $1000 I can kick the side entry door off it’s hinges.
It’s the cheapest one I could find, it’s not exactly bulletproof.

Put a chinese diesel heater and a 12v battery in it, you be glad!

 

[DouglasR]

You need a 2nd exit that cannot be locked from the outside. It’s a death trap without a way out.

But thank you for the warning.
I think I’ll sleep with the back door unlocked the first few nights just to make sure the handle on the side entry doesn’t freeze up and get finicky.

 

[Irrelevant]

But thank you for the warning.
I think I’ll sleep with the back door unlocked the first few nights just to make sure the handle on the side entry doesn’t freeze up and get finicky.

Any ventilation?

 

[DouglasR]

Any ventilation?

It’s got one of these in the upper left and lower right.
Always open.
I’ve got a battery powered carbon monoxide detector.

 

[Addicting]

It’s got one of these in the upper left and lower right.
Always open.
I’ve got a battery powered carbon monoxide detector.
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I had those and they really only work while driving. I had two roof vents and both of them had to be cracked to get enough vent when parked.

You will also want a way to seal those side vents off if you’re pulling it down a gravel road. They allow a lot of dust in.

Buy one of these as the Wyoming rock roads will destroy the front and underside of your trailer. Until I got one the rocks cut any electrical I had under the trailer. Even after I duck taped the power brake line to the axle. Like a hot knife thru butter.

https://radco.com/rock-tamer

 

[DouglasR]

Put a chinese diesel heater and a 12v battery in it, you be glad!

I’m trying to keep it as cheap and light as possible for now.
Illumination will be provided by a rechargeable black diamond moji and Apollo.
The only electronics I really need besides the lanterns is my phone and I can charge that with power banks that I’ll routinely charge in my car/at work.
I definitely kicked around the idea of picking up one of those pomoly packable stoves with the glass walls for the dry heat and wow factor with the t-girls, but again, money and I don’t want to cut any holes in the shell if I don’t have to.

 

[DouglasR]

One of these would be so fun tho

Dweller Max 2.0 | Camping Wood Stove | POMOLY 2022 New Arrival

Dweller Max 2.0 | Camping Wood Stove | POMOLY 2022 New Arrival

www.pomoly.com

 

[Robert N]

Put a chinese diesel heater and a 12v battery in it, you be glad!

This.

7 degrees with snow on the ground in my 7x14 trailer with my diesel heater on low…65 degrees in the trailer. I went from a cold 20 degrees after a hunt to 72 in about 30 minutes running the heater on high.

A 5 gallon can of diesel is good for 10 days and then some.

I think I paid $120…shipped for mine. It’s crazy how good they are.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

i added a chinese diesel heater to mine as a 2nd heat source and have had some issues with it so far,,it works nice when it doesnt throw a 8 or 10 code,,,i still have my propane ashley heater on my wall as my main heat source though,,as i dont trust the chinese diesel heater to work everytime as a needed heat source at +5 deg above 0 you need more than 1 option.

 

[DouglasR]

Check out this vent I designed guys

 

[noharleyyet]

#WileECoyote

 

[wheelerr]

One of the easiest techniques to add plumbing is to install 6-gallon water jugs in the vehicle. For a 6×12 cargo trailer conversion, you should opt for the porta-potty.