Which trailer brand/style for conversion

lays not as strong as KY truckpaper.com you can look for these types.

 

KY trailer will be the best bet . Look for a old moving company trailer.
Frito-Lays uses KY trailers too .

I would go to a local moving company terminal and ask about how they sale their used trailers.
I hauled a couple of them up to a dealer out by O'hare Airport but I don't remember their name .
They refurbish them and sale them .

The Truckpaper is a good place to keep an eye out for them .

I forgot . KY trailer has a dealer refurb place in Louisville Ky not far from the plant also .
They are not to far from the fairgrounds and papa johns stadium .

 

I know a contractor that took a regular pup trailer and made it an office/apt to use on out of town jobs. He put a couple windows in and a slide out like a RV trailer. Course the office is closer to the door with apt entrance through the office. Its actually very snazzy inside. I know this is a total different spectrum from what your thinking but if it can be done with a regular ol ABF pup what could be done with a Kentucky trailer.

 

I like your plan, but wonder about the DOT getting on your back. Would you be subject to their scrutiny pulling a 45ft trailer with a class 8 tractor?
Have you considered an older( i mean, like 1969) tour bus? I see these on craigslist all the time. I don't know how much time and money it would take to update it, but they look cool. I lived an a Sprinter van for 5 months; it was quite tolerable, but you could shoot a game of full court hoops in one of those old tour buses.

 

If he licenses it as an RV, he won't have any problem, no different than if he had a 45ft travel trailer behind it.. And those old buses are turds with the old Detroits in them.

And FYI, those old Frito Lay trailers are nice, they never carry any heavy weight, never have a forklift in them and are well taken care of.

 

Just an FYI, there are a lot of places you won't be allowed to park - a lot of RV parks will tell you to go somewhere else and in some state parks it will be a big no no.

You should look at getting connected with a company that does these conversions to ask them these questions, there are a couple who converted 45 and 53 footers for companies and hollywood twits.

 

Well why not just pick up an old 53 ft reefer instead make your entry door where the reefer was located, change the back door to a drop ramp, and make the back end as a small car or motorcycle garage shop. Use the fuel tank from the reefer to run a diesel genset, and build storage compartments on the underside, then you will have room for underside black and grey tanks as well as fresh water tank.

 

Check into the campgrounds you plan on frequenting. Many have length restrictions and 40 ft is pushing it let alone 45. I think it I a neat idea but wonder what issues you will run into. Do you plan on running the plumbing and holding tanks above deck, as I don't think you'll have the clearance with a drop deck.