Gooseneck trailer tips

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

Well looks like you can get rid of the personal trainer. You won't need him cause its a work out just walking around the house with 10k sqft .
So do you have a man cave with the shop area? Wine cellar? etc...

Yes we do....and that's what brings up the square footage. A little here - a little there. We actually started much smaller - there's just the two of us... BUT --- always that danged big butt! WE realized after talking to our friends that THEY intended to come over and stay... and not just for the weekend! They were dead serious about being here a week or two. So we set up two of the bedrooms with a shared common area with kind of a kitchenette/living room set up. Sofa - chairs - dinning table etc. Thinking that someone may want to just get away -- go have a beer - or wine or whatever and just relax and watch some tv etc.... or in the morning -- be able to get up and make coffee etc and lounge around. WE also like our own space... and need to plan on grandkids etc. People come over to ski -- play golf - ride bikes etc... so we're planning for all of that.

So all of a sudden you get project creep...

Originally Posted by Sieg

That brake line bugs me, manufacturing negligence liability?

Based on my eye in the sky your cul-de-sac is approx. 95' dia. What's the turning radius of that hog?

I already told the dealership... but that's what happens when you buy used. Oh well. I'll just get it all working "the Weld way"... and it'll be fine. The thing I'm learning is that these trailers are kinda not really truck trailers -- and not really RV's either. The real truck guys don't want to have anything to do with them... the brakes are "air"... and they don't do electric hydraulic brakes... that's "RV" stuff. The RV guys are few and far between... and generally want to service what they sold/sell.

RE: Da Cul da sackie

I was told the cul d sac was 110' radius.... I was told my truck had a turning radius of 55' feet. Both numbers are complete crap. I think the 110' "radius" was really DIAMETER.... because I could "almost" make the circle... so I'm close.

Originally Posted by Track Junky

You have a set of plans already? Those numbers dont surprise me. With a house that big your sure to encounter some decent sno loads.

We are on about floor plan #5 or 6 now -- getting close. We're suppose to have some sketches of elevations while we're here this time.

The main level floor is at about 6172' of elevation -- so yeah -- big time snow loads.

[Sieg]

I took my conservative measurement off Google maps sat photo, so 110' works.

Maybe you can lobby for rolled curbing and over-width sidewalks?

Shoot me a floor plan if you can, I'd like to see how it flows.

[Track Junky]

Greg whats the weather like there in the summer? Might be a good idea to start planting some shade trees. Also, if it gets Nor Cal hot be sure to use roof sheathing with radiant barrier. IIRC radiant barrier sheathing will cool attic temps 15*. I went with two 4 1/2 ton 95% efficient furnaces with 17 seer ac units. Tankless water heaters will save on the energy bills as well. I installed two and put them in the attic. One serves the east side of the house and the other the west side. I went with Lennox gas fireplaces that are remote activated. Set the temp on the remote and when the temp drops to the set temp on the remote it will light on its own. Mansfield makes some nice and big jet tubs.
Brings back memmories.....lots of work finding the deals but well worth the end result!!

[Lenie]

Guest house? Separate garage/shop for visiting drive thru's? Wait that means I have to have a running car to participate, hell you'll probably be planning another move by the time I'm finished. Sounds like a pretty cool place Greg, looking forward to following the build. What style of home are you looking at building on top of the shop, contemporary/modern/colonial???
You know I want one!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Lenie

Guest house? Separate garage/shop for visiting drive thru's? Wait that means I have to have a running car to participate, hell you'll probably be planning another move by the time I'm finished. Sounds like a pretty cool place Greg, looking forward to following the build. What style of home are you looking at building on top of the shop, contemporary/modern/colonial???
You know I want one!

The style is called Sun Valley lodge....


Not sure exactly what that means - but it's a legitimate description over here.


Get that POS running and get over here.

[Rick D]

Man Greg I love the new area!!! Nice idea on putting the shop under the house, when my dad built his back in the late 70's he did the same thing, not size but half the lower house was all shop.

What a beautiful view.

We are going to build our next house, my wife's grandparents have 3 acres two blocks from us. The house is over 200 years old up on a hill, that's where we plan to build and stay. Oh and her parents have their house right next door but their nice so it's good.

Oh we will need a build thread on the new house!!!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Rick D

Man Greg I love the new area!!! Nice idea on putting the shop under the house, when my dad built his back in the late 70's he did the same thing, not size but half the lower house was all shop.

What a beautiful view.

We are going to build our next house, my wife's grandparents have 3 acres two blocks from us. The house is over 200 years old up on a hill, that's where we plan to build and stay. Oh and her parents have their house right next door but their nice so it's good.

Oh we will need a build thread on the new house!!!

Thanks Rick!

I can't seem to capture the view with my limited camera skills... and some of the pics are from my iPhone... Photobucket seems to mangle the iPhone "panorama" shots... The view is 180* out the front of the house if you just stare straight ahead.... then there's a whole different view to the Southwest. And another west looking at Proctor Mountain. We're almost at the top of a ridge... and the view will change with the elevation of the house as it goes up from ground level.

RE: In laws

We have purposely built some areas of the house HOPING that my MIL will be able to come and stay for awhile. Some of us actually love our in laws. I've known my MIL since I was 15 years old.... imagine that... since I'm 60 next month.