Home Built RV Camper

Home built RV camper FARM HOME recreation 17-1-18 Canadian Mark Baer likes working with metal and anything with wheels, so building his own RV camper seemed like the perfect free-time project. Baer, of LaCrete, Alberta, used the cab and tandem axle trailer frame from an Inter-national 4300 semi tractor to build the one-of -a-kind camper. It's 12 ft. 4 in. high, 37 ft. long, and 8 ft. 6 in. wide. Baer cut out the back of the cab and lengthened the frame by 10 ft., so the drive wheels would be positioned toward the back of the rig. He used 4 by 4 5/16-in. steel tubing to build the frame, then installed aluminum studs and riveted aluminum sheets onto them. "It's built stronger and has more power than most other comparable size commercial RV campers," says Baer, who built the camper over a period of five years. "I built it without using any blueprints. It looks so professional that once in a while on the highway I'll hear truckers on the CB radio arguing whether it's home-built or factory-built. Almost everything I used to build it was bought at junkyards. I spent just a fraction of the cost of a comparable commercial model. The semi tractor didn't have an engine so I installed a 400 hp Cummins 6-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine which has plenty of power. It has a 13-speed trans-mission and 11.00 by 22.5 tires. The coach has plenty of room with an interior width of 8 ft. and a ceiling height of 8 ft. 6. in. in front and 7 ft. in back. The interior is lined with oak paneling and has a kitchen, bathroom, sitting room, and two bedrooms." For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mark Baer, Box 1087, LaCrete, Alberta Canada TOH 2H0 (ph 403 927-3536).

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