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The Blackfish Fab Trailer... Less is more?

BlackfishFab

BlackfishFab

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Been waiting till I finished to post pics. I'll post detailed pics based on any questions asked.
I would call this luxury spartan. As in, it doesn't take much to make me happy, but what I have needs to be quality.

Everything in the trailer as far as counters, cabinets, dinette, guest bed, shower, etc, were all built by me/Blackfish Fab, and most of it is available for purchase in the store(gotta sell where I can, I have a snack problem).
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Mad1577 said:
Cassette toilet? Great job. Dream build for sure.
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I could talk about that damn toilet for DAYS. I freaking love that thing!
It's a DryFlush by Laveo. It's like an old school diaper genie... It's rechargeable and legitimately portable. Even when I don't have my trailer I'll throw that thing in the back of the truck if I'm gonna be in the woods for a while, because I've served my time digging holes!
You basically charge it up. Place a black heavy dooty(:)) plastic bag in the bowl, then insert the cartridge. Each cartridge has approx 17 flushes.
Do your business, hit the button. The bowl rotates and wraps up your food baby in a foil bag, a vaccum pulls the foil bag open and tight to the sides, ready for the next delivery.

Now I will say it's not ideal for liquids. So I do that outside or in a pee jug that I just dump when it's convenient. That becomes harder when you add females to the party. They do make a powder that turns urine into an odorless gell, and can actually do that a few times to save flushes.

The best thing I did was reach out to the company and they actually made me a handfull of 8-flush cartridges for short weekend trips. Not good to leave a half full cartridge in the toilet for too long as I found out last summer after leaving one in a closed up trailer in 90 degree temps for several MONTHS. Safe to say that burrito was fully cooked.
 
A few more pics... I haven't even used this trailer yet, first outing starts in 2 days, so I keep forgetting about things!

The stairs flip up for storage under them. Under the base of the stairs is a 27,000btu furnace. The heat actually exits under the kitchen counter to serve as toe warmers cuz I'm bougie like that...

Also...the most exciting part...the massive snack drawer under the fridge.

The very first item I put on my list when having this trailer built was the tiny little door in the very back of the trailer, on the driver's side. This is definitely the ultimate First World Problem...but it is for 2 main reasons: stopping at the fuel station and not having to drop the friggin rear door simply to toss a bag of ice in the cooler on the buggy, and second, we've all been driving home or back to camp and remember that sandwich or a Snickers floating in the cooler water and it's ALWAYS the most glorious thing weve ever tasted at that point of the day!
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white-rhino said:
Very nice. Got any interior pics with buggy loaded?
Where does the shower drain? (looks like there might be a white "something" in the back corner of the floor)
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I pulled it a little farther forward than planned so I can get to the cooler and fuel tank easier, but may back it up about 2 inches.
But as it sits the dinette is still fully functional so I can eat like a grown up on the road or should I get stormed out and need to have the car loaded.
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GLTHFJ60 said:
You're doing this to me, lol. Seeing your dinette usable with the truck in there is giving me bad (or good?) thoughts.
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I just can't imagine adding 4 feet to a trailer for that! Let's see some pics, maybe it'll fit in there?
 
Digging the trailer build out and utilization of space is always cool!

Here's a link to GLTHFJ60 trailer rebuild. If he'd just cut up the full body he'd have all the room he needs :)
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Long story short, between my old deckover trailer and a slide-in camper that I was building, I was going to have 9-10k wrapped up in the wheeling/camping trailer setup. I got to thinking, if I had 9-10k cash, is that what I'd buy, or would I go in a different direction? Ended up doing some...
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ridered3 said:
BlackfishFab time for some updates after your travels por favor.
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Oh man, I know...but it was such a massive trip, I don't know where to start!

Jump on Wrecked Gears YouTube channel and there's a 2-part series focused on my weekend in Arizona with them.

After that was Sand Hollow, then Area BFE with a FUCKING RAD bonus day on on Hells Revenge.
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As for the trailer...90 percent flawless. BUT...first night at Area BFE it dropped down to 11 degrees in what felt like an hour, tankless water heater froze and basically ruptured. No hot water or showers for 6 days...heh! Sorry for everyone I met...
 
BlackfishFab said:
As for the trailer...90 percent flawless. BUT...first night at Area BFE it dropped down to 11 degrees in what felt like an hour, tankless water heater froze and basically ruptured. No hot water or showers for 6 days...heh! Sorry for everyone I met...
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Heck of a first trip with the trailer. That’s pretty strange on the hot water heater problem though and certainly not something I’d of thought of for possible problems.
 
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