Here's the new Kolb toy hauler trailer.  I have been working on it over the winter and it will be ready for the Spring flying season.  The trailer will still serve as a camper when the airplane is removed.  My thoughts are that my wife and I could tow it around the country, sight seeing new places from the ground and the air, while having affordable, comfortable accommodations.

It's a 1982 Coachman 29' Bunkhouse.

Here is the trailer when I got it home.  The floor was shot and the front side walls were sagging so that the door would not close.  It was filthy.  A true thing of beauty.

The elevated roof in the rear is tall enough for the Kolb prop to clear, but how do I get the Kolb inside?

I bought a used garage door and cut it down to the desired width.  The metal door was easy to cut with a saber saw, then I reattached the end cap with rivets.

The advertisement said that the living room floor was soft, but with a little clean up it would make a nice camper.  I think the condition might have been a little optimistic.  The entire floor was bad and the wall was not even attached for the front twelve feet.  I'm not sure what held it up.  The floor was made with 1/4 inch wafer board on top, glued to 1 inch blue foam, glued to 1/4 inch plywood, with galvanized metal flashing on the bottom.  This was a light weight rigid floor when new, but after years of water damage it had turned into just foam and flashing.  Very spongy.  I laid 3/4 inch tongue and groove plywood over the old floor and attached it through the old floor to the frame with 4 inch screws.

With a little work I was able to get the damaged siding back in place.  I slid a plastic panel from the old shower enclosure in back of the siding to keep water out.

Once again, the stated condition was a little optimistic.

But, with a little work it is starting to become usable.  Still very 80's inside.

The kitchen was intact, and aside from the drawers everything worked.  The dining table and benches had to go as they stuck out too far from the wall and would not let the Kolb wings slide by.

The bathroom, on the right, was moved forward and is now just a water closet. 

The benches are now along the side wall and the shortened table can still be lowered to create a bed.  The tail wheel track on the floor is removable.

There are two beds that fold down from the sides in the rear of the trailer, and there is cabinet storage under the beds and over the wheel wells.

The Kolb in the Kold.  I have a little more work to do on the trailer but I think it's going to work out great.  It will be a strong, secure hangar with lots of storage and all the amenities of home.