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- Sat May 29, 2010 10:15 pm
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Ventilation, Condensation & Woodburning Stoves
- Replies: 11
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Our Bedford TK housetruck in England was all aluminium- tig welded frame work with 3mm thick alloy sheeting on outside. In the bedroom over the cab during winter we would get a small amount of mould from the condensation dripping onto the ceiling cladding from the cold alloy roof. This still happene...
- Sat May 29, 2010 8:53 pm
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Our NZ housetruck build thread...
- Replies: 64
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Righto peoples - I'm just gonna copy and paste what I'm posting up on oldschoolnz and retro rides onto here for ya all to see Not much done on outside. We went to Christchurch and picked up 22 sheets of 5.5mm marine grade ply plus some cedar for cappings. Oh and also a visit to Musgrove's to sift th...
- Sat May 29, 2010 12:50 pm
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Dusty's Bus
- Replies: 251
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- Sat May 29, 2010 9:17 am
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Dusty's Bus
- Replies: 251
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- Sat May 29, 2010 8:08 am
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: This may be my rolling summer place
- Replies: 140
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i love that freightliner step van. It sort of reminds me of the 1999 24' iveco parcel force courier van i built into my home for 2.5 years over in the uk before we got the bedford. Thats what i'd go for- price is good even if it needs some engine work. Your trucks and buses seem much cheaper than in...
- Fri May 28, 2010 9:32 am
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Our NZ housetruck build thread...
- Replies: 64
- Views: 80399
- Thu May 27, 2010 11:00 pm
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Our NZ housetruck build thread...
- Replies: 64
- Views: 80399
cheer people! Dusty- I'm afraid for us that it will be heavier than 7 tonne! But if we can keep it under ten tonne that avoids another big jump! We dont plan on doing lots of miles - just being able to move every so often from town to town will be great. Next stop once its done will be Queenstown fo...
- Thu May 27, 2010 8:22 am
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Our NZ housetruck build thread...
- Replies: 64
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cheers. i'm sure i'll pop by with qustions! Our main inspiration are the trucks from the northwest. We study our two books- some turtles have nice shells and rolling homes- whilst having a strong coffee or perhaps inhaling nature 8) I wish we had more money for full cedar cladding but we also have t...
- Wed May 26, 2010 9:24 pm
- Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
- Topic: Our NZ housetruck build thread...
- Replies: 64
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Our NZ housetruck build thread...
Me and Hannah are building another housetruck. Its our 5th vehicle and 3rd housetruck but will be the biggest yet for us. Very exciting as its going to have lots of ideas we have come up with over the last ten years. We have had some recent setbacks but we'll get there! Anyway heres a link you can c...