trailer conversion...

[CplRaines]

That's exactly what I would do, Cpl Raines, without the upper bunks.  Nice job! 

The upper bunks will unhook from the wall. Then the lower bunks will fold up on hinges and the uppers can be attached to the folded up lower and locked into place so that it all stays inside the line of the wheel wells. 

[farmin4u_98948]

I like that... add an axle... add a camper... add a few feet... etc

[Simcoe hunter]

I like cplraines idea.  You could get 3 bunks where you have 2 and still be comfortable.  Take it from a former submariner.  The old ships had bunks you had to trice up, or lift and hook the bottom one so it was out of the way for cleaning.  Your design should serve you well.  Did I see a wood stove in one of the pics?

[whacker1]

There was a guy in the Lewiston, ID area that had cut the side out of an enclosed cargo / snowmobile trailer and retrofitted it with the drop down side of tent trailer with similar bracing the tent trailer uses when down.   I wish I could find it, so I could share.  A friend of mine found it on craigslist. 

Rigid exterior when folded up for road use, and nice queen bed set for the tent side when set up for camp.

[CplRaines]

I like cplraines idea.  You could get 3 bunks where you have 2 and still be comfortable.  Take it from a former submariner.  The old ships had bunks you had to trice up, or lift and hook the bottom one so it was out of the way for cleaning.  Your design should serve you well.  Did I see a wood stove in one of the pics?

Yes. I tie the trailer into my wall tent with tarps and have the stove in the tent. Keeps the whole kit and kaboodle nice and warm.

One thing I have learned to do the last couple years is to haul up a few bails of certified weed free straw to pile up under and around the edges of the trailer to help insulate if from underneath. I also use the straw around the edges of the tent and on the ground in the tarped area to keep the mud down.

[Simcoe hunter]

How thick are your various pieces of plywood, and did you attach them by screw and glue?

[CplRaines]

How thick are your various pieces of plywood, and did you attach them by screw and glue?

3/8 plywood on the walls and doorskin on the ceiling. Screws to hold the plywood to the steel frame and short crown staples on the trimboard.