Thanks! Those could be handy for a lot of things.
Jolly Green Giant
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Thanks! Those could be handy for a lot of things.
diymirage
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No kidding
Anything mobile that is dependant on external power, really
Like I said, I used it to make the block heater on my truck more accessible
(I bought mine without a cord)
pishta
I know I'm right....
I'd take that queen bedframe and cut it in half and fold up the sides to get a huge floor space available for a dining table. Bolt some fold down benches to the underside of the fold up halves and you got yourself a picnic bench space. Put a receiver on the floor for the table post and possible cut the table top to fit in one of the fold up bed frames as the mattress base. A permananet queen mattress back there is just dead space when you aint sleeping or....? Fold down one side for a single nap. Id pick up camping again if I got a flat bed to sleep on. I'm so done tent camping on a saggy/bumpy air mattress or worse, the floor. A pool noodle sliced through one side captures a plastic bag when placed onto the lip of a 5 gallon bucket. Sit and ****. Port-a-jon for a paint bucket and a buck noodle at Dollar General and the bag just lifts out, tie it off and chuck it in the dumpster.
I had thought of maybe some sort of fold up bed, but my old construction worker body needs a comfortable bed . We are getting a 6" mattress and I am not sure how foldable it will be. It does take up a lot of space that is for sure.
The bed frame is made out of a couple of frames that were in my scrap pile. I bolted them together instead of welding, so it will be easy to change things up if we want.
It has been about 20 years since we have camped, and that was in a tent with the kids. We never could get an air mattress that would hold air all night.
We have an easy up tent 10x10 that Jenny used to use for selling in craft shows. It fits under the bed, and will give us a little more room to sit and eat in, at least in decent weather. We set it up by the green giant, and it is just tall enough that the side doors will open into it.
Thanks for the ideas and keep em' coming!
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
The tent, is it just 4 poles and a roof ?
If so, maybe you could make 2 of the poles removable and mount two little pockets for the remaining nubs on the side of van...creating a sort of awning
If so, maybe you could make 2 of the poles removable and mount two little pockets for the remaining nubs on the side of van...creating a sort of awning
Yes, just 4 poles and a roof.
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
Although far from finished, the Green Giant took us on a camping trip to Brown County state park here in Indiana about 1 1/2 hour from home. The weather was great and we really had fun! Here are a few pictures.
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Since I am a dirt magnet, Jenny wanted something easy to clean in the middle section. I laid a piece of luan and used peel and stick tile on it. You can also see that I put in an outlet for the A/C.
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Very nice, all the pictures and it looks like you guys had fun ! I'd like to see a couple more pictures of the AC set up....
I cut the original latch off of the rear most side door and put in a carriage bolt and made a new bracket. Now, removing one wing nut lets us take the window out. I made up a 3 pieces out of wood that hold in the window a/c.
4 wing nuts hold it in place. We can take the window out and put in the a/c in less than 5 minutes.
4 wing nuts hold it in place. We can take the window out and put in the a/c in less than 5 minutes.
The out side piece of the a/c mount was made out of some scrap 1/4" bead board plywood that was flexible enough to bend to fit the window. The other 2 pieces were made of some scrap 1x4 pine. the bottom shelf has 2 pieces of angle iron with holes for the carriage bolts.
The a/c itself slides right under the bed in the back when we are through with it.
The a/c itself slides right under the bed in the back when we are through with it.
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