Some Casita Mods

[Bigfoot Mike]

My brother sold his house and decided to full time it for several months. He and his wife have a teenage son, and a cat.

My brother is 6’ 2” tall. His Casita is the 17’ Liberty Deluxe. He tows with a 2006 GMC Yukon.

Some of the mods included a lengthening the tongue, replacing one propane tank with a Honda 2000 generator, adding a bicycle rack, and making a diamond plate box.

Other mods you we had done are satellite TV, and a screen room.

Here are some photos of the Mods.




The finished Trailer




The tongue lengthened 1 foot & lowered.




Welding the box frame.




The Frame




Checking the generator fit.




Mounting the new diamond plate box.




Finished Bicycle rack & Generator box.

[Lizbeth]

Very nice Mike! Love those diamond plate covers.

[potteralice]

OK mike 'splain the awning room, please.

[Charlie C]

OK mike 'splain the awning room, please.

I think this is the Florida Room in the Photo.

These are great, I have the older model which is grey in colour. They are designed to work with the Horizon (Fiamma) awning on the Casitas

[Bigfoot Mike]

OK mike 'splain the awning room, please.

It is Fiamma Florida Room - Florida Room - Screen Enclosure for the F45i. Very easy to set up. I was amazed, about 15 minutes.
http://www.fiammausa.com/products.html
http://www.fiamma.it/en/homeng.asp
http://www.fiamma.it/en/products/cat...asp?id_line=02

We bought it from a VW dealer in Los Osos, CA. He will NOT help with any warranty if needed.

PS: The fit around the wall is not good. It is designed for a flat wall. My brother is going to fiddle with it.

[Bill MacDermod]

nice job Mike, bring your welder when you come to Florida

[Kurt in BC]

They're all going to live in that

[Bigfoot Mike]

They're all going to live in that

They lived full time in it for about 6 months. They found a nice 20 acres in eastern Oregon with a little 2 bedroom, 1 bath ranch house on it.
My brother the RANCHER

The Casita is once again for trips and fun.

[debbyj]

Mike, your brother is pretty handy--he'll make a fine rancher!

[Bigfoot Mike]

Mike, your brother is pretty handy--he'll make a fine rancher!

OUCH!
My brother is the one supervising. I’m the one with the welding helmet on.

PS: He will do fine as a rancher.

[Gina D.]

Now I know who to come to for my frequent frame breaks

[debbyj]

Yep, come to Mike, not his brother, the gentleman rancher....

[Gina D.]

Mike is a gentleman too!

[Kurt & Ann K.]

How about that...buttering him up already!
Kurt & Ann K.

[Bigfoot Mike]

[arlon]

That's what I want to do to the front of my Casita. That's exactly what I want! Have welder and hack saw... (-:}

Sorry for bringing up this old old post but it has a lot of merit I think.

[lpk49]

ooooooh! i like the screen house. i guess i cant add the heavy stuff since i pull with a rav4. for now. its good to know there is a way to bring a bike also.