Shell off headroom epiphany

[Darkspeed]

Here is the final concept for the 12' airstream..

Should be good for BurningMan...

Just slather some Nuvite on her...

[Kyle]

Darkspeed, Here's a link to a Westcraft that Timeless Travel Trailer lifted to increase the headroom. While not an Airstream, it has some pictures that you might find helpful.

[Darkspeed]

Thanks Kyle, that looks almost like how I was going to do it.

[Darkspeed]

I also need to decide how to handle the doorway

Option1 - have a stepover threshold like a sailboat - the easy way out

Option2 - cut the bottom of doorframe and door and splice 12" of material to make the door taller

[Wabbiteer]

keep door the same and make a stained-glass transom?
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EDIT: fine, the curvature won't match up very nicely, but it is an option

[Darkspeed]

Originally Posted by Wabbiteer

keep door the same and make a stained-glass transom?
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EDIT: fine, the curvature won't match up very nicely, but it is an option

A giant scare light?

[richinny]

i was wondering when you were getting to the door issue :-)

i've read a lot of posts about warped doors. watching this thread i'd guess if you extended the door you'd make it stronger than new. one idea was to make a fold-in filler threshold panel that would give the option of climbing over or folding down if needed.

[worldinchaos]

Also, aren't all your windows now going to be a little too high for some of the views? Extend them?

For the entryway, since you are so good with metal and ambitious on it, I bet that you extend the door. If I could change the height on anything in the trailer, it would be make the door easier to step in and out of. I've actually already thought about it on mine since I have to do a full rebuild of the door eventually, but if I go any higher on the frame I start reaching the real curve, then I would need a HUGE overhang above for rain. Plus the door within a door would look awkward.

- Peter

[Inland RV Center, In]

The entrance doors can easily be extended, but from the bottom only.

Sometimes, depending on the amount of the extension, the lower hinge may have to be lowered some what.

Andy

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Darkspeed

Well gee buddy.. theres your problem....

Poor Darkspeed... He was warned about welding near propane while partaking of his pinto bean diet plan...

[Darkspeed]

Originally Posted by overlander63

Poor Darkspeed... He was warned about welding near propane while partaking of his pinto bean diet plan...

Parked it on the wrong side of town...

[Darkspeed]

Originally Posted by Inland RV Center, In

The entrance doors can easily be extended, but from the bottom only.

Sometimes, depending on the amount of the extension, the lower hinge may have to be lowered some what.

Andy

Andy where can I get the aluminum extrusions without making them?

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Darkspeed

Parked it on the wrong side of town...

Uhh, where IS the wrong side of Wesley Chapel?

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Darkspeed

How did it turn out?

It's incomplete, and still languishes in a corner of the shop.