Planning planning

Last weekend we finally got round to marking all the spots of the structures and furniture inside the container. We have a nice layout made for us by the local carpenters and we decided to test it in real size. The weather has been great for the past week and the morning sun warmed up the top of the container wonderfully when we were inside at 9 AM :) The light was good even without any windows or lamps, the spring in Finland can be pretty awesome (or maybe it's just that it comes after the dark winter...).

Checking the measurements on the iPad

Morning light

Making sure the bed is big enough

Here comes the kitchen

Inspite the pics, I actually helped :) Next phase: measuring out the perfect sized windows, and then getting some to Finland!

/ Tiina

Truck at the shop

There has finally been some progress in the project after a slowish winter. We took the truck to a guy we know from the Volvo circles.

There it goes!

And there it is, at the shop

The container followed on a trailer. Our guy designed and built the subframe and we are really happy with the result! The subframe sits on a three-point mounting with the pivot at the back.

 

Of course the colors could possibly match even better...

The truck itself got some taking care of as well. The front middle seat was installed (it was lacking, but it'll be nice to be able to travel with everyone in front, if we want to). Also the back supports of the other front seat and the back seat were missing and got installed as well.

Our guy took the combo to the vehicle inspection, which is mandatory in Finland. Suprise suprise, it didn't pass!

So now we are waiting for some magic to happen :) Hopefully at the next inspection everything will be OK.

We will start working on the container when we get the truck back on our yard and the weather warms up a bit. We had a warm winter and now a slow spring. We bought 3D-plans for the interior design from our local carpenters, so we have great guidelines and measurements to start working with. The next purchase is probably going to be the windows.

Hopefully there will be some developments soon!

Have a great spring!

/ Tiina