After a great deal of research that involved a lot of websites the move towards living small began by accident. A local house truck (named, The Far Kea) caught our eye and we imagined that we could build such a thing.
So..............we bought a 1987 1418 Hino, 330k Kms, 180 HP naturally aspirated, with lazy axle, 7.3 metre deck.
We choose a truck as we wanted the ability to change locations as we saw fit, the truck also offers the ability to build in a more substantial manner without the limitations of on road weight. The truck choice has however limited dimensions, in particular 2.5m wide and 4.25m high.
As is the way the enthusiasm of the start carried us through the steel work stage quickly…......
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A rough plan was conceived using ply wood dimensions for frame spacing, it was decided to frame in 40x40x3. The existing condition of the deck was undulating between support steel work so it was decided that our framework would sit above the deck, 40 x 40 was used to create level surface for flooring.
It was about this time that I stumbled on to the Old School website, very quickly I found a build thread that was so similar to what we were doing it was uncanny. It was a great source of inspiration and showed us that we could do this…….thanks Yoeddynz!!
Since then he and I have chatted and he has encouraged me to document the build through the forum, so here goes, more soon.
