Interior carnage

So on day 2 of the rebuild Andy wanted a good look at the floor and ripped up a section to see if he was going to be replacing the entire thing.  I think he has pretty much decided to replace all of the floor.
The rear panel has no more wood in it.  It is completely rotted out.  So that will need to be rebuilt.
He then decided that the interior will need to come out.  It was a very cold day so by working in the camper he could run the propane heater and stay relatively warm.
The closet, fridge and drawer framing and one bathroom wall all came out today.  They were built so well into the camper that he had to rip them out.  They were all burnt in the fire and will not be used again.. He said he would build new ones.
He also removed all the wiring in the camper.
He is so good to me :)

For now the hobo is under a tarp and will be continued when the snow that is due to come our way is over.

Tearing into It

Andy started to take off the skin on the Hobo to see exactly what he was dealing with.  A lot of what he saw was what he expected so that is a good sign (?), hopefully. 

This was an expected leak, this is where the roof is leaking on to the dining table inside.

This was where the water heater was, under the futon.  Completely rotten floor.

A zoomed in view of the water heater hole.

Not horrible. The skin came off fairly easy. (says me who wasn't here for most of it )

The Screws...Oh the screws (and nails)

A new Project!

Lil' Hobo
1970
14 foot box

My girlfriend and I were talking one day and she was saying how she would love to take a big road trip that would take here everywhere she had not been before in the US.  You see, she has a love of traveling and has gone on many rv trips in the past
I quickly said I want to come too!! I have always wanted to go out west and see well, everything!
So that got me, and my husband, thinking about how I could do it.  I definitely did not want to pull our KZ across the country.  First of all, I don't need that kind of space, second it is a waste of gas and I would not always be able to get into campgrounds or boon docking areas that have a vehicle length limit. We also had to consider the fact that the truck will pull a smaller camper much easier and I will just be more comfortable with all that :)
So, it just happened that the boy scout troop we are members of were trying to get rid of a camper that was donated to them years ago and was on its last leg.
Here she is

 

 

She is in rough shape.  A couple of the walls are separated and it has a large leak inside above the dining table.  I have hauled away a couple of buckets full of water since it has been sitting in our driveway but now it is frozen and has stopped dripping. 
I will post some inside pictures soon.

We really love the set up.  There is a dining table that turns into a bed, a futon that makes a bed and a twin size bunk above the futon.  There is a wet bath, a small closet and hopefully plenty of cabinet space.  The kitchen consists of a sink and stove/oven with no real counter space and currently has a dorm size fridge.  There is storage below the futon and the two bench seats of the dining table.