the XM971 "command camper" build

[RAYZER]

250 gal x 8.3 = 2075 lbs.

 

[jdknech]

250 gal x 8.3 = 2075 lbs.

good thing i have a 5 ton lol

 

[jdknech]

well, its been awhile... but i have been plugging away at it... HECK!! who am I kidding!!! We have been ROCK and ROLLING on it!!
It will be Haspin ready (that is not finished, just liveable)

we have finished all the walls in the main room, (no trim yet)
also the ceiling in the main part is done,
plumbed the AC in,
mounted the new counter,
hung the microwave, (under cabinet style above the counter)
plumbed the shower drain,
ran all electric for the main room,
built a full-bed frame for the bedroom (out of 2X6.. its not moving.. lol)
fixed trailer brakes,
and we are part of the way through installing the fresh water system..

sorry for no pics.. by the time we got done at 5am on most mornings, I was so tired I forgot to take pics.. but I will get some when I get up there to work on it thursday..

 

[jdknech]

I gabbed some pics this morning.. Enjoy

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Are you going to put more support on the microwave? I can just see one good on and off a bridge and that baby tumbles to the floor. A lot of things we put in Angie's 109 we thought were strong enough, were not when constantly bounced around.

Looking good so far! It's so WHITE! After haspin it will be brown/red to about knee high. lol

 

[jdknech]

I don't think the microwave is going anywhere.. I could be wrong though.. The air-ride helps a ton!

As far as the white, it should be offset by the dark wood floors that are going in it (not before haspin though.. I kinda ran out of money lol) I went with the white because I wanted it to have a "command center" feel to the main room..

 

[Derrickl112]

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[Csm Davis]

Okay more pictures and information needed been to long since last update

 

[Ferroequinologist]

I pulled one of these trailers off base for a friend recently. That air ride is something else... the trailer just FLOATS down the road. I'd get my teeth knocked out in the M915, and look behind me and the trailer is like it was bolted to the air- steady as a rock. I bet I could have put a glass of wine in it and not spilled a drop (at least on straightaways.)

I agree, time for some more updates!

 

[jdknech]

sorry fellas, there is nothing to update on... i took it to haspin, and it worked awesome! but my trailer brakes stopped working on the trip up, and i have not found the time to track down why.. i do know that somewhere between the front gladhand, and the rear axles there is a blockage.. just cant figure out where.. (and have not had time to really get into it, just kinda gave it a once over) and by the time i got there, my front airbags had gone down..

and just FYI, the microwave stayed in place, and the ride is awesome... everything stayed in place, and really didnt have to strap much down..
I really need to get my butt in gear and finish it, but i first need to repair all the haspin damage to the tractor.. and add this new turbo and manifolds i have sitting in the basement for it

 

[Csm Davis]

Unhook the glad hands in the rear underneath the trailer just in front of the tires and put air to it there and see if that blows your blockage out.

 

[jdknech]

i tried that, but nothing... so i bypassed everything to that point, and ran a airhose from the truck to the rear gladhand, and still nothing.. (emergency side) but if i air up my front bags (air to the front emergency gladhand) the brakes work with the bypass hose, but when the bags bleed down, the brakes stop working... i'm scratching my head on this one.. lol

 

[Csm Davis]

Did you ever get this brake thing figured out?

 

[jdknech]

I have not figured it out yet.. but i will be bringing it to work tonight, and trying to track the problem down... (its nice having a well lit hanger to work in) I pulled it in a parade Saturday and the emergency side worked correctly.. (all 6 air bags inflated, and when i blead the air off, It locked both axles up tight.. it has never done this before, so i am wondering if maybe it "fixed its self" with use.. i did not have the service side even hooked up, so i will test all that on my way into work tonight..

 

[drician]

Sweet build, and I hope you can track down your air gremlins....

 

[jdknech]

Sweet build, and I hope you can track down your air gremlins....

Thanks! I hope so too.. shouldnt be too hard, just gotta think it through..

 

[jdknech]

well, its at work.. and when i left to bring it here, i hooked everything up, and it has brakes!!

 

[Csm Davis]

Okay so share what the problem was.

 

[jdknech]

would love to.. but I'm not sure... it just started working..

 

[Csm Davis]

Bet it was a stuck piston on the air pack