DIY Cargo Trailer Conversion | How to Run Electrical & Installing Insulation

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For today's video, we kept working at converting the Cargo Trailer into a full fledged Toy Hauler, Sleeping Quarters and BBQ Trailer! For this part, we took out all of the interior walls, installed insulation to help regulate temperature within the trailer, and got to work doing the first phase of running electrical throughout the walls for all of our lights and outlets.
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  • @thisoldbelair
    @thisoldbelair Жыл бұрын

    This is a sweet build Mark! Can’t wait to see it done 🤙

  • @bobbygay5015
    @bobbygay50152 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome Mark! Definitely helpful for when I build a new comp trailer out. Very much appreciated.

  • @SimplisticsBBQ
    @SimplisticsBBQ2 жыл бұрын

    Trailer looks awesome mark. Great planning on the build.

  • @dennisfant2620
    @dennisfant2620 Жыл бұрын

    I'm buying a 6x12 and I'm fixing to do this setup here. Great info on the wire run..

  • @alans6767
    @alans67672 жыл бұрын

    That is one heck of a project, looking good so far.

  • @kellenwhite4590
    @kellenwhite45902 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Mark, love this series dude👍🔥👍

  • @judgewepbbq
    @judgewepbbq2 жыл бұрын

    Great behind-the-scenes...that trailer gonna be primo! 👀🤘

  • @MichaelRei99
    @MichaelRei992 жыл бұрын

    I like this a lot! I am very interested in possibly doing this for myself some day!!

  • @RolandoWitherington-pv2fm
    @RolandoWitherington-pv2fm11 ай бұрын

    This was an exact replacement for the old one that lasted about 10 years. kzread.infoUgkx7yWIKcrbA9KMHkGSfcgxW2lsjHT6B8Sh The top of my mitigation tube by my roofline was just a 90 elbow which allowed too much debris to fall down into the fan, eventually ruining it. Without this issue, I bet it would have kept running another 10 years. When I replaced this fan, I added an extra elbow joint so the top tube now it does a 180, which should solve that problem. The radon guys around here wanted to charge me a $300 diagnostic fee, then parts/labor (probably close to $600 total). I installed this all by myself in about an hour for the cost of the fan; it would probably be even easier/faster with two people. FYI the manufacturer's warranty greatly differs depending on whether you install it yourself (1 yr warranty) or have a licensed installer do it (10 yrs).

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    11 ай бұрын

    We had one in our older trailer. Was never really happy with it. But it could have been just the heater it self.

  • @KarateSensei71
    @KarateSensei718 ай бұрын

    I had no intention of ever doing this....and then I watched this video. I might have to now! Very cool.

  • @timbunt8092
    @timbunt80922 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, Brother. Thanks for sharing.

  • @darrinwilliams2013
    @darrinwilliams20137 ай бұрын

    I love your video. Thank you for breaking it down. Sure do miss Mississippi. In Utah now. No humidity but it's sooooo cold and then sooooo hot.

  • @24kachina
    @24kachina Жыл бұрын

    Wow, this is gonna be a kick ass, super functional trailer! Curious how much it will end up weighing. Nice work.

  • @garytingler3222
    @garytingler32222 жыл бұрын

    That is nice job on the trailer.

  • @dbutler27
    @dbutler272 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing, i am slowly in the process of doing the same to an 8.5x18 trailer.

  • @raymondmarshall1891
    @raymondmarshall1891 Жыл бұрын

    Well done. Thank you.

  • @Zepper-xs6bu
    @Zepper-xs6bu2 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah Mark! Looks amazing. Should be going places 1000x easier!

  • @rickytecon5726
    @rickytecon5726 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. This helped me out I'm re insulating and changing out interior walls on an all-aluminum trailer. It was getting too hot on the inside. It came with Styrofoam insulation.(useless). It was a hot box in the sun and wet box in cool humid weather.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @patrickgosselin9756
    @patrickgosselin9756 Жыл бұрын

    BBQ and building trailers. you sir are my people

  • @williamrandall6472
    @williamrandall6472 Жыл бұрын

    I wish I could see more of what's you did here,I am currently trying as a novice,to do the same thing to my new cargo trailer

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    I am going to try and get a overview video knocked out pretty soon. Go over things we love and things we would change.

  • @williamrandall6472

    @williamrandall6472

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SwineLifeBBQ that would be awesome

  • @dbutler27
    @dbutler27 Жыл бұрын

    Mark, any updates on your trailer build? I am about 80% done with mine, and was looking to see if anything new had been done with yours.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    Man I need to finish the video bad. Everything is done with the trailer. We have prolly put close to 7,000 miles and many nights in it traveling. It’s been great. Wish I would have went a different route in flirting but other than that it has been great.

  • @txladywolf01

    @txladywolf01

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SwineLifeBBQ I was looking for your trailer updates. I have a cargo v neck drop down trailer. Im getting ideas

  • @richardcampbell8685
    @richardcampbell86856 ай бұрын

    How convenient I just bought the same trailer in black. 😂

  • @jodydavis3531
    @jodydavis35312 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoying these videos! Do you hope to have it ready by Galax? If so I’d love to come by and see it?

  • @jamiet9254
    @jamiet92542 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I need to insulate the ceiling in my trailer. Are you guys coming back up to Galax this year? Gotta defend that GC!

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish we were. We actually booked a Colorado trip that week and that’s where the trailer has to be ready lol.

  • @bigronsrub
    @bigronsrub Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Link to the exterior lights please?

  • @govnationnetwork
    @govnationnetwork Жыл бұрын

    What gang boxes for plugs did you use?

  • @justinturnbull4006
    @justinturnbull4006 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome start to your build... Do you have any new videos on the updates?

  • @BulletBroker
    @BulletBroker4 күн бұрын

    Sweet build bro, ha weird enough but my name is Mark Williams and I live in MS.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    3 күн бұрын

    That makes at least 2 great people then! Thanks!

  • @brandonwalmsley1863
    @brandonwalmsley18632 жыл бұрын

    I’m digging the beard!!

  • @medeiros3610
    @medeiros36102 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @BlueLuvbby
    @BlueLuvbby6 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤ ty

  • @rastiarjaff7347
    @rastiarjaff73472 ай бұрын

    How did you hanged insulation ? With screws or what please ? Do you painted the trailer with elastomeric paint or no need ? Thank you Sir

  • @scrogathon
    @scrogathon10 ай бұрын

    Hey man, any updates on this build? I'm currently planning / acquiring parts for a 7x19 build and would love to get some more tips from you.

  • @lucasfairbanks
    @lucasfairbanks6 ай бұрын

    Have you had issues with condensation in the winter where the metal studs are?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    6 ай бұрын

    None at all. I keep the heat on and exhaust fan running to keep air moving with no issues. We had a couple weeks last year that were in the single digits and you only could feel the cold transfer in some places but still kept the trailer in the 70’s.

  • @laurasolis1906
    @laurasolis1906 Жыл бұрын

    hey there mark! ive got a question, where can i do this project myself? not sure where to place my trailer while i do work on it. would mean a lot for some advice (honestly from anyone who has experience)

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    I set up outside the garage but I know that is not always an option. It sucked having to cleanup every night but that’s part of it. I know serval that would pull the trailer to their local hardware and just start a tab each day for stuff needed and work on it in the parking lot lol. Gotta do what you gotta do.

  • @rustyluker4026
    @rustyluker4026 Жыл бұрын

    Do you know what outlets and boxes you used? Looks like yours sit flush to the wall with only the 1" of space.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct. I used the shallow boxes. It sucked getting the wires in them but do mount flush in 1” walls.

  • @TheAmericanWanderer
    @TheAmericanWanderer Жыл бұрын

    Nice Job.... I am in the process of converting an 8x16 v-nose cargo trailer into an RV and Mobile Sign Shop. I am just starting the walls and cabinet construction. I just sold a 15-passenger shuttle bus that I lived in for 3 years and traveled out west during the winters. I had to sell the shuttle bus because I purchased a large format color printer to make contour cut decals/stickers, koozies, t-shirts, magnetics, banners, mousepads, etc. The large format color printer would have taken up a lot of storage space so I needed to get something bigger. I did a complete conversion series on the shuttle bus from the ground up and now am doing a new series on the cargo trailer conversion. They are on my YT channel.

  • @james7705
    @james7705 Жыл бұрын

    How do you deal with condensation? I put the same insulation in my trailer, and I waited a few weeks before adding ceiling panels back and when I did i noticed water droplets between my aluminum skin and the insulation. its been cold at night and warms up in the day. I get it , its like a big soda can thats sweating. Any ideas or help?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    I have not noticed any condensation yet. I keep my bathroom fan running and my roof top unit has a dehumidifier setting that I run when it’s not in use. So far so good. I will definitely keep an eye on it tho.

  • @bobbystites811
    @bobbystites811 Жыл бұрын

    Do a video on the trim molding

  • @CourtneyUglow

    @CourtneyUglow

    8 күн бұрын

    Yes what type of molding did you use to hide the wiring? Tia.

  • @hausrx
    @hausrx3 ай бұрын

    im curious which BLUE electrical boxes you went with ,I see no links to click on, thin walls nee shallow boxes, its so hard to find the OLD SCHOOL single wide trailer boxes, like the 14ft x 64ft singleWIDE trailer i live in

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    3 ай бұрын

    These came from Lowe’s. Just shallow boxes. It still was tight but worked.

  • @willielemosse3661
    @willielemosse36616 ай бұрын

    Link for the exterior lights from Amazon please!

  • @terrybrown5883
    @terrybrown58836 ай бұрын

    I see you used 150 pink foam I saw 250 pink foam Do you know what the difference is

  • @cisconava7723
    @cisconava7723 Жыл бұрын

    Mark did you finish the trailer I was looking forward to seeing updates on it.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s 90% done. Going to knock out the video asap.

  • @scrogathon

    @scrogathon

    7 ай бұрын

    Get knocking! Lol ​@@SwineLifeBBQ

  • @jasonnorris3001
    @jasonnorris30012 жыл бұрын

    Looking right bro

  • @luisdanielization
    @luisdanielization Жыл бұрын

    You have the link for 10" exterior cargo trailer light

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    Won’t let me post the link but this is the description 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 384 Reviews Raycharm 13" RV Exterior LED Work Scene Light Fixture, 40° Down Angle Flood Beam, 6000K Cool-White Super Bright, 12V/24V DC, High Lumen Output Low Current Draw, Aluminum Housing Black Finish, 1-Pack

  • @JBLynch
    @JBLynch Жыл бұрын

    So, your cargo trailer is considerably larger than the 6x10 I'm getting. Can you give me an estimate of how much insulation I might need for a trailer that is 16" OC?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    Just guess but I would say around 12 sheets. That would do the walls and ceiling. Not the floor.

  • @JBLynch

    @JBLynch

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SwineLifeBBQ That should work. Wasn't planning on doing the floor anyway.

  • @m.j.v.4831
    @m.j.v.48317 ай бұрын

    Why would you fish the 120 wire in this stage of the process? Why not do it earlier?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    7 ай бұрын

    Why would you do it earlier? Can’t have it behind the insulation. This was very early in the build.

  • @runwildchannel550
    @runwildchannel550 Жыл бұрын

    Did you insulate the floor?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    I did not. If I ever do it will be spray foam from underneath. I do keep a heavy mat and rug down most of the time but have not had any issues.

  • @jrhodes843
    @jrhodes843 Жыл бұрын

    Do you happen to have the link for the outside lights?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    I will look. They were an Amazon special.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    Won’t let me post the link but this is the description 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 384 Reviews Raycharm 13" RV Exterior LED Work Scene Light Fixture, 40° Down Angle Flood Beam, 6000K Cool-White Super Bright, 12V/24V DC, High Lumen Output Low Current Draw, Aluminum Housing Black Finish, 1-Pack

  • @jrhodes843

    @jrhodes843

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @davidwestcott5643
    @davidwestcott5643 Жыл бұрын

    May have missed it.. what cargo trailer manufacturer built the trailer?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    The trailer it self was from Nation Craft.

  • @BrandonPeccoralo
    @BrandonPeccoralo6 ай бұрын

    Update, update! Please

  • @garrettdunkelberger1455
    @garrettdunkelberger1455 Жыл бұрын

    Will you be finishing this series?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    I have the footage. Just got to get busy lol

  • @lavertusara

    @lavertusara

    Жыл бұрын

    Came to ask same thing😂

  • @chetbarney6635
    @chetbarney66353 ай бұрын

    Any updates on this build?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    3 ай бұрын

    I need to do the wrap up video but just haven’t had a chance honestly. I plan on at least a walk through and upgrade version soon.

  • @izifaddag8221
    @izifaddag8221 Жыл бұрын

    You made the same mistake I did with the insulation and wall boards. Maybe it isn't important to you. Although I am based in Mississippi too and the hot and cold are a pain. If I had to do it again I would add a second sheet of insulation, 1/2" thick if I could find it, to lay over the steel ribs. Then I would add new wall wood, probably OSB, then I would add the 1/8" ply. I used the original 3/8ths back up and that stuff is garbage. The problem is that the steel ribs / framing acts like a heat sink. In summer for instance the heat beats on the wall and the ribs get red hot. Then that heat is directly transferred to the inside. There are times I run my hand over the wall feel very hot spots at 16 on center all along the wall. My poor AC unit can't overcome it. When it hits 90 I am struggling. I live in mine permanently so it is going to be hard to pull everything out and start again but I wish I had 3 years ago.

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    It definitely would be better but I haven’t had any issues so far. The AC I purchased seems to keep up really well. We have stayed in the trailer near 100 degrees with no issues and can keep trailer 65. Just got back from Indiana and it was near zero and was very comfortable. But you are correct and it would be better with more insulation in places. The only thing I wish I would have done is spray foamed under the floor.

  • @izifaddag8221

    @izifaddag8221

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SwineLifeBBQ I hear you. I am glad that your AC can overcome the problem I mentioned. I use a 5k btu wall unit from Walmart. I have it plumbed in. It works quite well within reason. It was 1f up around the Tupelo area, where I am, but I was just fine. In fact I barely used my Buddy heater. Just an electric space heater. The hot is the problem. I am in the middle of much more improvements etc so I am thinking of completely redoing my AC and going to 6k btu. Might as well get everything done before next spring when I shall head to Montana or Colorado again to try to beat the heat for the season. As you I did not bother with the floor. It can get nippy in the winter but slippers and the odd throw rug works wonders.

  • @jaypremium9605

    @jaypremium9605

    11 ай бұрын

    I was looking for a comment like this. I asked “what about the thermal bridge in the metal studs?”. The AC unit may be able to handle it but it could be significantly more efficiently with breaking the thermal bridge with another layer of insulation to cut that heat transfer.

  • @josephkonzen6756
    @josephkonzen6756 Жыл бұрын

    What a/c unit did you use?

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    The recpro 13.5 low profile. It is super quiet and works great

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    Жыл бұрын

    www.recpro.com/rv-air-conditioner-low-profile-13-5k-quiet-ac-with-heat-pump-remote-non-ducted/

  • @rfunder12
    @rfunder1210 ай бұрын

    no other videos to finish this series ? :(

  • @willwalker5594
    @willwalker559412 күн бұрын

    Where you in Mississippi

  • @TyresTatum
    @TyresTatum2 жыл бұрын

    I love the video! I need to a travel trailer for my cookers so I can transport multiple cookers at once! Give our videos a watch if you’d like

  • @onedelish
    @onedelish2 жыл бұрын

    Hey

  • @chopperbristow
    @chopperbristow Жыл бұрын

    Mate what happened to the build videos?

  • @pauldessureau9600
    @pauldessureau960029 күн бұрын

    Your wiring isn't up to code and you shouldn't run and 120 or 240 v circuits without that even in a trailer. Simple fix is run the wires inside conduit or flex conduit. Plastic is cheap about $1 per foot. If someone put a nail or screw in the wall or you pinch wires you can shock someone or burn the trailer down

  • @SwineLifeBBQ

    @SwineLifeBBQ

    29 күн бұрын

    Haha! Up to code? May not be but it’s light years better than 90% of Rv manufacturers. That plastic conduit ain’t gonna stop and nail or screw either. You about 3 year too late. Might burn down tonight but has been the best trailer I have ever owned.

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