Safari 30 bunkhouse owners club!

[Silvertwinkie]

Saw that one on eBay....don't think it sold....

[2airishuman]

here is part 2...

YouTube - 2005 Airstream Custom Travel Trailer - Part 2=

and part 3...

YouTube - 2005 Airstream Custom Travel Trailer - Part 3=

a nice tour.

cheers
2air'

[AZstreamin]

Those mods are very well done. Nice Bunk conversion of a family trailer to a couples trailer.. the back office is cool I really like those shelves.. However I'll buy a new airstream when my kids out grow this one and the need becomes a trailer for two instead of four.

[Amsterdamer]

Originally Posted by R&SZinser

Attached are the wiring diagrams (still in draft).

Roy

Roy:

It occurred to me last night that you need to be careful about putting three pair of speakers on one amplifier. Automotive speakers are 4 ohms and the amplifiers are designed to run two pair of speakers. By adding a third set, you drop the resistance to less than 2 ohms and introduce the probability that the amplifier will overheat and/or fail.

It makes sense to me now that the speaker selector should be configured as follows:

1. Inside with 2 pair of speakers
2. Outside with only the outside pair of speakers
3. Both with one pair from inside and one pair from outside.

Hope this helps - Eric

Here is something that I borrowed from: Shavano Music Online - Speaker Wiring/Loading Examples


3 Speakers

This is usually a very poor combination if all the speakers are the same impedance and I strongly recommend against it. A lot of people ask me about a 3 speaker combination - I'm not sure why anyone would go out of their way to use this combination (2 or 4 speakers are much better when all the speaker impedances are the same) - If you get a cabinet that is designed for 3 speakers, I suggest that you get with the person or company who designed it and ask for their wiring recommendations.
NOTE: It is very easy to put together 3 speaker combinations that can damage your power amp because of too low of a load impedance - make sure that you choose your configuration carefully.

• All 3 speakers in parallel:

· For 4 ohm speakers, you get a 1.33 ohm load.
WARNING: Very few power amps can drive a 1.33 ohm load
· For 6 ohm speakers, you get a 2 ohm load.
WARNING: Power amp must be able to drive a 2 ohm load
· For 8 ohm speakers, you get a 2.67 ohm load.
WARNING: Power amp must be able to drive a 2 ohm load
· For 16 ohm speakers, you get a 5.33 ohm load.
NOTE: Works well with power amps designed for 4 ohm loads

[R&SZinser]

Eric,

Makes sense. I'll have to check the specs on the headunit & break my multi-meter out to see what the pre-installed "Amplifier/mysterious box" outputs.

Roy

[Minnie's Mate]

Originally Posted by AZstreamin

Those mods are very well done. Nice Bunk conversion of a family trailer to a couples trailer.. the back office is cool I really like those shelves.. However I'll buy a new airstream when my kids out grow this one and the need becomes a trailer for two instead of four.

I agree, the modifications were really nicely done, but I have to ask, why on earth did they buy a Safari bunk and get rid of the bunks? They must have 1) got a tremendously great deal on it, or 2) wanted the extra room the bunk bed area offered with the washer/dryer and office in mind for that space.

My concern for the next owner is the washer dryer. That far aft, wouldn't it run the risk of either throwing the trailer out of balance and affect towing or lead to rear end sag/rear end separation? In the third video the guy admits they towed it home and it hasn't been towed since so you know all of the modifications took place after it was parked. So that is a question even he can't answer.

I will say this though, had it not been for the wheel well being in the foot area under the dinette, I would consider switching the location of the dinette and sofa just to get the dinette closer to the kitchen and the sofa less in the kitchen in our trailer. I understand cutting the size down to a two person sized dinette to increase floor space, but I still need the four passenger dinette for my family.

I showed the video to my wife and she liked the washer/dryer combo and said that might be something to consider when our kids are no longer in our camping picture. I'm with AZstreamin, I'd rather go for a new trailer than modify this one by then. Of course by then this one will be a collector's item since there were so few made...you know, I may have to hold on to it and get a second one then just for that reason.

[Rick Gillis]

The changes were interesting, but it begs the question why? Airstream now has a lot of good floor plans (i.e., SE 28) designed for two people that I would consider first before undertaking a major remodel. The washer/dryer is a nice luxury item, but I wouldn’t want to drag the weight and waste the space for the once a week use.

Does anyone know what the asking price was for the unit?

p.s.
I am jealous of those of you in the warmer climates that have been able to run out to your AS to look at the AV system. Chicago is in single digits and Punxsutawney Phil is telling us to look forward to 6 more weeks of winter…

[Minnie's Mate]

In Atlanta we are in the depths of our winter. End of last week we were in the upper teens for lows and upper 30's for highs. Yes, that is cold for Atlanta. This morning we were in upper 20's. Starting tomorrow our highs should be back in the 50's and by next week we should have lows above freezing again. But we will make up for it in the summer. This being another El Nino year, we will probably have a very wet summer in the Southeast. Unfortunately for the Florida peninsula, that doesn't mean rain to brake their droughts. Camping for us may mean a lot of last minute trips when the weekends appear to be dry.

[pintoman]

Hello, I have enjoyed reading this thread and can report that I have experianced most of the same issues, with the exception of the stress cracks I will be watching that area closely. Rich I think an article would be interesting.

As far as the article idea -- good thought! "Airstream's only true two-bedroom trailer". I'll start gathering names of owners and see if we can whip something together. It really is a unique trailer, and I am constantly surprised by the number of people who see ours and say, "Wow, I never knew they made a trailer like this!"[/quote]

[Minnie's Mate]

Rich, I've thought a lot about the unit in the videos. When you get ready to put together that article on the 30' Bunk, you should look that guy up, or the new owners, and include it just to show the flexibility of the plan and the Airstream as a whole. I doubt many would want to go to the extensive re-design that this particular unit went through on a unit as new as a 30' Bunk, but it would demonstrate what can be done with an older unit if someone wanted to get creative and do a custom renovation.

[Rick Gillis]

For those of you who have strengthened the A frame due to the front end stress cracks, what was the repair and where was it strengthened? Since my unit has less than 1,000 miles on it, I would like to do some preventative maintenance before a crack appears.

Rick

[Minnie's Mate]

I checked the corners of the front "trunk" above the A-frame and found no cracks. I felt on either side of the hatch on the inside and the return felt very solid and wide before the return to the interior of the storage space. Could this mean that the dealer made the strengthening fix while the trailer was on his lot?

[SafariSS]

MinisMate..
I doubt yours had a "dealer fix" as the front panel must come off to fix this area. This is the panel that the front window is installed in. Mine is currently at the dealer for the repair and hopefully it will be opened up this week.

The dealer is going to open the front up, email all the pics to Airstream engineering and they are going to verify this repair is going to be beefy enough. The front moves quite a bit. I have almost 10k on my unit, and after I first noticed the cracks I put metal/foil tape over the cracks. I then towed the unit 680 miles to my thanksgiving destination and upon arrival found the tape ripped exactly on the areas where the cracks are.

I am probably going to have my dealer put the new front skin on without installing the storage door. It is hard to get to, a leak potential, and the front would be stronger without it.

I will post pics of the framing/repair.

[Rick Gillis]

So if I understand this correctly, it is the flexing of the front shell causing the cracking. The dealer repairs are to the aluminum, not any reinforcement to the steel frame?

Given the large hole in the front panel (the front trunk door) I can understand why this would begin to present a problem after a bit of miles are put on the trailer. I can’t think of any other model where there is the large trunk door in the front, so it must be a unique problem to the BH.

I look forward to seeing the photos.

Rick