Month: February 2013

The Hurrier I go………….

I called to see if my trailer was going to be delivered soon. My trailer man (who doesn’t want to be identified, witness protection maybe?) tells me the story about how he broke his leg on Sunday. The poor man had to lay on the ice and wait four hours for an ambulance. It was…


SIMPLI FI

Sunny -4c low -16 My motto Simpli Fi The trailer is not here yet. Where to start. I am still learning sketchup as I go. So i can do most of my planning on computer to hopefully make less mistakes when I build. I spend all my spare time planning and drawing and making decisions…


I has a Trailer

It is done. I traded a lot of Harley parts for a trailer. 20 feet long 8’5″ wide at the outside of the wheels. 10,000 lbs of axles. It needs work the price was right. Problems Surface rust. Dayton wheels, no brakes Jack stands need replacing. The fenders are toast. The wheels, hubs,  tires, backing…


My Tiny house Concept Drawings

These are the first concept drawings of my Tiny House. I created them in another program and then imported them into sketchup. I will clean up the drawings as I learn how to use sketchup. I don’t know the program well enough to create it there yet but I will learn it later. Yes I…


Freezin’ Water

Temp outside last night -15c today -10 and snowing.  Once again my p trap under my tub froze. I forgot to turn on the fan that warms the crawlspace under the mobile home that I live in. I heat with wood, five hundred pounds every day. The fan is necessary. The previous owner had a…


Design Influences

I served in the Canadian Navy. So it should be no surprise that my influence would include a Nautical theme. Since I count my self as a rebel. Nautical+rebel= Pirate. I started to look at what I liked about pirate ships. It was the the stern. I loved the captains cabin at the rear of…


SIZE MATTERS

If I was going to build a tiny house on wheels I had to research what the laws were for hauling this on the highway in Canada. Please do not use my numbers as gospel. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH and check the laws in your location. This is what I found out in Canada. HEIGHT…