Wrecker Yards

[Joe Camper]

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There r very high output aux air and heat, red dot stuff, pete uses in the sleepers. The one in mine could do an amazingly good job in the camper if i closed the bedroom and bathroom doors. The other bunk floor and back wall going on the back still has its and i have all the controls and wiring loom. Im leaving it there it will be far back corner.

Question can u put 3 evaporators on 1 compressor?? The dash pluss two of these?

[Joe Camper]

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Spent the weekend painting the chassis the new iron floor frame all the 2 by and plywood.

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Began to disassemble what will become the back of the camper.

This cap will be put up front. The front roof cap. Minus the spoiler. Im going to cut that so it lays down some and see whatbit looks like on the back of the trailer.

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This is stripped down to what i want.

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Bam. The back 5 ft of floor and the back wall. Me and another guy picked it up off the floor and put it on the back of the chassis. In my estimation it wasent overly strenous. No weight at all.

The camper not counting the cab or back porch is 21 ft and 40% of the deck is all aluminum. The exzistig bunk floor up front 3 ft and the back one is 5 ft. The iron frame between the 2 was 13 ft.

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The walls will be all aluminum frame and siding rivited. I perdict it may be 1000 lb lighter and way way stronger.

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Stick a fork in week 1. So far so good.

This place is great for truck watching. Check out these tank straps sharp.

[Joe Camper]

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With this mornings work all of the deconstuction is done.

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These panels of the bunk walls with the openings for the hatches will be a huge timesaver and get reused for the back door and the bay door hatches. First as templates for the opening and rivit holes then in the finished product for the bay hatches.

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Im framing the walls by the same construction peterbilt did originally. Aluminum hat channel +

Today i finish framing painting and securing plywood to the deck. Im going to temporary put tall sawhorses front and back to support the front and back fiberglass roof caps so i can rivit them in.

All thats left is everything else.

[Gravedigger]

Its all starting to make sense now. Not sure how far you are from cassopolis Michigan I would tell you to bring Pete to my fab shop we could knock the welded framing out and roof system in no time and use overhead crane to set everything.

[Joe Camper]

Oh no. Just a bunch of primitave implaments. This garage was generously opened and emptied to help me. Kankakee Tank Wash. Where big Cats roam.

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Ill have a shell here before long. All im doing is building a shell finished on the outside less awnings and paint. Then im taking it home again and backing the pace way down. Thanks for the offer.

[Joe Camper]

I used to pull a michigan train and go up and down M60 between Detroit and Niles where we would split them. I really enjoy Michigan 2 lane.

Maybe some day ill dazzle u with backing doubles. The mechanics would pay me 10 bucks a train to back them in for grease so they didnt have to split and rehook. Had the luck of running into some really great Michigan truckers who showed me what was up. Miss pulling those trains through Cassopolis. 35 years ago.

[WinterStorm]

Joe, where’s the Prevost monocoque stainless steel unibody caging? :-)

[Joe Camper]

Greg i have been there and done that. Whole bunch a that over north of the boarder. I do not have the money it takes to be a good prevo owner and if i did i probably wouldnt get another.

I love Peterbilt trucks

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Canadians have there methods and Americans have their methods.

[Joe Camper]

Hey Greg r u aware that Peterbilt assembles everything with huck fasteners, not blind pop rivits like ze buses.

Huck fasteners r way way stronger. Whats up with that???? How can that be?

[WinterStorm]

I just know that whatever you do…it will be built solid and long lasting! It does seem odd that there are better means of fastening than pop rivets, but Prevost chooses not to go that route. Best fortune to you and looking forward to more progress pictures and the final product! You are one hard working man, Joe!