TinyLivingLivingLarge

On 3/25/2020 at 10:23 AM, rickeieio said:

Welcome to the forum.  You'll find a wealth of knowledge and experience here, along with plenty of advice on how to spend more money.😉

I'm sure some of us would like to hear about how you built your trailer.  Basic construction methods, materials, tank sizes, and how you decided on placements to keep safe weights and balance. Did you have a target weight, and how close did you come to that in the end?

Thank you.  Well, I can go on for hours about this....  In short, we did a lot of planning and in the end it turned out just as we wanted.  Weight is about 20K.  All metal framing with light weight sheathing. Saved about 3,000 lbs that way over conventional and it is a lot more rigid.  But we spent that back in using teak for the siding, decking, and the floor.  We have a 50 gallon fresh tank and 40 gray.  No black.  We also have an extra fresh tank on the volvo.   You can see a lot more details on www.TinyLivingLivingLarge.com or www.instagram.com/tinylivinglivinglarge.

Here is also a video from our housewarming party - 

On 3/25/2020 at 8:46 AM, hone eagle said:

interested in hearing your impressions of the electric smart after a year or so.Thats all they sell now.

We actually had it for almost a year now and we love it.  Drive great, is super comfortable.  It certainly is not for long trips, but it is great to go to the store, restaurant, etc.  I ordered a ski rack for it, so we can get to the mountain when needed.  We charge it off the solar panels off the roof, so the cost is right.  Ours is a 451 and so far so good.

On 3/24/2020 at 10:41 PM, mb36912 said:

Welcome to the forum!!  I hope travel has loosened up and parks and campgrounds have opened back up by then.  

We do as well..  However, we will have to get on the move at the end of May as that is when our House closes so we are out.  Have already identified a couple of viable spots for us to park it if we have to wait it out.

Great to be part of this group.  Julia and I just built our own Tiny House on Wheels on a gooseneck frame (some pictures in our profile), bought a 2018 VNL 780 converted as an HDT, sold our house, and are going full time at the end of May.  Excited to meet many of you out there on the road.

2019 Tiny House on Wheels

2018 Volvo 780

2016 Electric Smart