| Yes tents exist. This is the "Vagabond-500, Nano-RV", Sleeps 2 What pulls this? this does, a 10Kw to 11kW Full Fat Recumbent Electric Trike: - Obviously an over extreme example, a pedal bike could pull it, even if its a fairly heavy load
- If its too heavy via pedal for you, cheap "DIY E-Bike" front wheel kits exist ($95 for a 250w online)
- Off Road
- On Road (Claims only 50mph... but I'm pretty sure it exceeds 62mph, or 100km/h)
DIY & New materials, you could still build this for about $1500 in 2023 (plus cost of tools used) - $2000 total, if exteriointerior are well finished
- Cheaper Rigids: Bootstrap Cube is $100, Nomad is $300, Drew Builds Stuff Solar Camper is $1000
- Plated Rigids: 8ft Vetsport/Wombat is $2500, 10ft Wander is $7500, & 12ft Campster is $10000
HF/IT Brand (& VIN'ed) trailers are heavy, costly, for larger road vehicles & not ideal for bikes/E-bikes - Canada: $1250 8x4 trailer, must be pre-purchased, VIN register, Pick it up with papers/plates! RIP OFF, and government red tape (even a pro trailer builder needs a government ticket)
- Unneeded: I dont plan on attaching this to a plated road vehicle (bike/e-bike only)
- Same too much $$, for any "Wanderer" style Mini-RV's designed for these 8x4ft to 8x10ft trailers
- "Wide trail/Street" Bike/E-Bike trailers up to 15x5.5x5ft (clearance under 1ft) don't need a VIN (or plates)
- Load balancing, Rear strobe, all round reflectors & a trailer flag are required, I would add brake/turning signal lights & a Front "caution/hazard" strobe to this (in case of break down)
Design Phase: Running ("Living") Summary, so far: - 15x5.5ft Ultra Heavy Duty Bike trailer (ala custom "Bikes at Work" type / Pico Chassis Combo)
- 5x10 Cargo bed, slight load overhand for drainage access
- 12x5.5x4.5ft Exterior, "All Smooth Fiberglass" Finish on R30 (4 Season) SIP 3 inch thick walls
- 11.5x5x4.25 Interior, at Total: 57.5sq ft
- Wet room showemini-cassette toilet, of an included 6.25sq ft
- Tongue "V-Push" front mechanical closet and aero-body, multi level, additional at 10.5sq ft
- Ground Clearance 10 to 11 inches, can quad-stand at 15 inch stationary
- Equipped Weight, with safety: Dry: 350lbs, Wet: 400lbs
- GVWR, with safety: 500lbs (250lbs wheel/tire/innertube rating, x2) moving (quad-stands: 800lbs)
- Do not exceed: 35km/h (can handle up to 60km/h, but breaking/stopping/wind will be an issue)
- Solar System: 500w/40A with 500w DC to AC Inverter, + Emergency 100w Alternator (hand/wheel)
- Battery: 50Ah (1x 150Ah is 2/3 weight of 3x 50AU, 30lbs vs 45lbs)
- Lights, Heat, Internal Galley, Running Hot/Cold Water, Internal ShoweCassette Toilet, Fridge
- 10.1" HDTV with speakers, AM/FM tuner, Mini-PC, 2x Smart Device Mount/2A USB Charge Ports, Shore PoweWater hookup, Solar & Shore Power outlets (internal & external closet locked)
// // Concept: The REALISTIC Bike Mini-RV / Camper. Concept, Micro-Camper, Minus V-front doored front storage & "Fat 250lbs" bike wheels: - 15ft Canoe, 400w solar panel, Propane (Standard BBQ) Tank, Cassette Toilet & Toolbox show scale
- Wheels would be "half cowled, all smooth", as described
- converted to "all interior" features (no rear door or hatch galley)
- Ideally just sitting height, on interior futon's height seat, plus folding chair on casters
Vetsport microcamper used as concept image, DIY modified as described Layout: Concept Alpha, rough composite image, ideally just sitting height, door opposite traffic Chassis/Trailer Aluminum T-Channel Square Tube, Weighs: 52lbs / GVWR: 352lbs (up to 500lbs True) 96B Bike Trailer Source $1300 to $1400? I thank them for their genius design, and customize it to my needs via a DIY build - Much cheaper, $250 in metal, DIY, but concept is awesome. Secure but adjustable wheels
- if we replace the wheels, tires & innertubes with "fat bike" 250lbs each (the max I can locate), we will "get the most out of this wheel/axel style"
- We can max out width, up to 5.5ft safely, with an internal "wheel well", and "stretch/over hang" the load to up to 12ft safely
Specs: 96B, 10x3ftft trailer total (8ft long cargo bed), GVWR 400lbs (under rated to 300 + 52 chassis) - 20" 175lbs each tires > Upgrade to Fat Bike Tire up to 250lbs each passible (500lbs "True")
- On bike wheel axel universal hitch
- 1 minute wheel adjust, balance ANY load
- Fast release wheels with cargo loadable, person stand on supporting, fender
- Stable for bed loads as long as 12' & as wide as 5'6", and 5'6" tall (12x5.5x5.5ft), from pictures, videos of it in use, & written reviews from owners of trailer (like a 5ft tall stack of 5x8 OBS)
Stock 96b specs Body Profile: "The Simple, All Flat" Archived Source Profile: squared off, all \"flat panels\", 4x8 & 5x8 (tongue push to 9ft or even 10ft), 4ft tall Similar design (by other reddit user, as example pics) Here on reddit: HERE - great idea, I believe a few inches more per side with enclosed wheel well may improve usability
- making frame DIY, and careful choice of materials/technique may improve design
- If a "side doohatch" is chosen over the "rear door" mass and layout may be improved
- Adding front "V-Wedge" (Equilateral force airbody) "storage area" (battery/etc) may improve design
- Changing the wheel/tire/innertubes is a must to achieve best max load results (imho)
- welding frame should improve strength and reduce "hardware" mass (1lbs?)
- If using a interior Wheel wheel, removing fenders should save an estimated 2lbs to 4lbs
- "Smooth Side" Half-Cowling of the wheels to the body should improve aerodynamics
These considerations may save a rough 12.5% to 25% mass (6.5lbs to 13lbs), maybe to 40lbs weight Weighs about 90 pounds, a hexayurt inspired design, built from polyiso (with lexan windows and a plywood floor) atop a bikes at work 96AW trailer. Framing/Insulating In SIP 2x3 "light" Lumber or more Aluminum T-Channel Square Tubes - Which ever is lightesafer, I will test strength a few gauge thicknesses and hardwoods
- On "Base"/bed in 6mm (1/5) marine OBS double face finish (1x or 19lbs)
- inneouter skin in 5mm (3/16) single face finish, 14lbs (6x or 84lbs) (I MUST test for rigidity/flex), minus waste cuts
- Insulated in 2x "single face foil backed", rigid R12.5 1.25 inch thick "foilboard", sandwiched/Glued together on non-foiled face, to make 2.5 inch thick R25 (R30 when skinned/sealed) walls
- Various finishing for moisture sealing/proofing all joining's/exposed surfaces
- "Poor-Mans" fiberglass look via fiberglass cloth, steamed, smoothed, sealed sanded & painted
- Rigid foam is 0.01 at 2x8ft (we use 16 sheets, or 0.16lbs!), minus waste mass
- 2x3x8ft lumber weighs, 8.5lbs (we use 14 boards of 2x3x8ft lumber, or 119lbs), minus waste mass
- OBS needed has a mass of 103lbs (taking us to approx. 220lbs, minus waste cuts, or 5%/10lbs)
- 220lbs, That is "shell" on frame mass, with door, no fixtures, & no trailer mass added, 10x5x5ft
With trailer, if 40lbs, that is 250lbs, minimally, with doohatch & port/skylight windows Tongue Storage: 10.5sq ft (v-shaped enclosed, multi level, lockable, mini drop wheel/kick stand) Exterior: 12x5.5x4.5ft, min clearance 10 inch (5.25ft tire bottom on road to roof top) Interior: 11.5x5x4.25ft = 57.5sq ft GVWR: 500lbs + 10% (550lbs) Total: 68sq ft, 220lbs "rolling" ready (no interior fixtures past cupboards/shelving/blank worktop) - assuming all wood 2x3 picked as "lighter" & 2x2 tests "unsafe" or "too low R value"
Vetsport Extreme SIPS Microcamper, Link to 100% free plans (order is assembly is detailed) Strong/Light SIP Framing, while using minimal non-rigid foam (wood/metal) Liquids Note: White/Grey/Black Water (minimal sizes, if used) - 8lbs per Gallon - White water tank: 1 Gallon per person
- Grey Water tank volume must equal white tanks (obviously, to avoid overflow/floods)
- Black water tank must equal 0.5 gallons (full blader emptied + daily constitutional)
- Equals, per person, 2x 1.0 gallon tanks & 1x 0.5 gallon tank (20lbs per person)
- Note: even a "cassette/composting black water tank" has mass if full
- Safety: Liquids move, try to avoid traveling with anything but a full "white water" tank, if you can
Ok, Rolling unit concept, needs a floor plan/layout So far: Concept Alpha, rough composite image - Sliding door on bathroom would allow access, if 2 people inside, one sleeping (during night)
- Galley & Wet room (bathroom) split across front end, as 2.5x2.5ft each (including wall framing)
- this is "no axle adjustments" setup, ensure perfect initial balance, then that loads are balanced, may need to change floor plan to represent true location of wheel wells
- I prefer single side door, on not traffic side, opening so it would close itself if it opened in transit
- front/rear 1ftx1ft windows, 0.5x1ft side windows, main skylight, vent skylight bathroom & kitchen
- A "mechanical closet" in V-front, vented, for batteries/propane. other unsafe, etc.
Concept Alpha, rough composite image, ideally just sitting height on futon Small Wet Rooms? - Commercial unit: 29x30" RV Wrt Room Pic: manufacturer site: Forest River
29\"x30\" RV Wet Room, New Unit, Unboxing Before installation (overhead-ish view) DIY "As Small As Possible" Wet Room, Smallest I've ever seen (20" x 24"?) - Cant pass this up, the space saved using a wet room this size is too good
- Adding a tiny fold up, collapsing silicon "wash-sink" would complete it as a "3 Piece Wet Room"
DIY Wet Room, Smallest I've ever seen Inside added weight: - 500w/40ASolar setup (15lbs), DC to AC Invertor (2lbs) & 50Ah Battery (15lbs)
- A 4.5ft to 4.75ft wide futon + good mattresses weight (custom murphy futon/daybed, 15lbs??)
- A 2x2x2ft Cassette Toilet & materials to water proof wet room so it doesn't leak to interior (5lbs)
- I minimally equipped cooking work top's combined mass, likely a mini toaster over (100w to 550w = caution), collapsing 0.6L kettle (460w), hotplate (100w to 450w), small table fan (18w), 30lbs
- A 8w on demand water pump (with filter), plus piping to a mini sink & 0.5GPM ULF showerhead
- White, Grey & Black Water tanks for 2 people (5lbs + 40lbs when full), 2nd "grey/black" piping 8W on demand pump (filterless)
- DIY 100w Peltier driven 0.5 gallon hot water tank (this 100w is not free, but "waste heat" is)
- Note: Just too good to pass up, considering power needed to heat/cool watefood
- Above pumping heat out of a 0.5cu ft mini fridge at 3C, for FREE (100w FREE), 0.5 gallon cold water tank below it (uninsulated barrier wall for passive cooling "cold water"), 10lbs (all water equip mass + DIY 0.5cu ft 3C Refrigerator)
- LED 10.1 inch HDTV (18w) and "entertainment suite" (PC & AM/FM Radio, 18W) on ceiling fold down panel. 5lbs
- 350w of heating needed (400w thermostatic panel, with thermostat, is smallest/lightest), 5lbs
- LED lights: 2x 7 watt main area (+ 3w LED in 6w solar vent fan), 2x 11w readers, 9w kitchen (+ 3w LED in 6w solar vent fan), 9w bathroom light (+ 3w LED in 6w solar vent fan), 7w rear strobe, Cargo area bay 9w (+ 3w LED in 6w solar vent fan), exterior, 15lbs
- Light weight shelving/cupboards/divider, suitable to loads 15lbs
Total Interior added weight: Approx. 170lbs + 220lbs = 390lbs (+/- 10% = 39lbs) - That is liquids "full", 350lbs "liquids empty"
- Plus your, MINIMAL stuff, blankets & clothing (call it 20lbs more per person, equal to full liquids)
Fully Equipped Mass of: Wet 390lbs / Dry 350lbs (call it 400lbs) - GVWR is 500lbs by my math, as a "utility/cargo road trailer" (UK/CAN/AUS MoT, USA DoT is similar)
- NOTE: Trailer has no VIN/ownership & can not be pulled by a motorcycle/catruck on roadways
- BIKES/E-BIKES ONLY: Best you can do is 3 wheel Recumbent E-Bike in Canada/USA without being a licensed vehicle, 500w Can/750w USA per wheel but 1100w is possible (5000w + 3000w + 3000w)
- Safe to carry 100lbs of additional cargo (on tongue or roof), LOAD BALANCED
- Stationary, on quad kick stands, it should support 2 Adults sleeping/moving inside (+300lbs)
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