75. Texas Prairie Road Trip

Rodney is crossing the Texas Prairie like his relatives did back in the old covered wagon days. I’m sure that his pioneer kinfolk did not travel with air conditioning and a CD player.

Rodney is enjoying the cool of the Texas Panhandle morning.

74. Lake Meredith

Ron & Laine set up camp overlooking the lake.

73. Rodney Dreams

After a hard day of Teardrop camping Rodney needs a little nap. Let’s see what he might be dreaming about.

72. Second trip to Palo Duro Canyon

For the first time, we got all four trailers together. Along with some good brisket, Joan brought deer corn and milo, so we had lots of company over for supper.

71. Air Conditioner field tests

We did some operational tests of the removable air conditioning doors at Palo Duro Canyon where the afternoon temperature was in the upper 90's. It took me 4 minutes to change doors and install the air conditioner. Joe did his in TWO minutes. (But he's had practice, and he used good tools.)

It appears that our system works really well. We built a flange onto the air conditioner with aluminum angle channel, and simply bolt the assembly into the door opening. I was worried that the AC weight might cause the door to sag, but that's not the case. The torpedo hinges are quite strong. Joe says he wouldn't be afraid to pull the trailer nor to open and close the door normally with the AC installed. He went ahead and installed an exterior door latch on his. I believe he is right.

The 5000 btu AC unit cools the trailer down to walk-in beer cooler temperature in about 15 minutes. I pulled up the covers and slept good in mine.

70. Torpedo hinges and air conditioning

No posts on this blog in a long, long time. Know why? Because it's been too hot, that's why.

Here are pictures of Joe's trailer with his air conditioning unit. Our torpedo hinges allow for quick and easy removal of the door, so for each of our trailers, we made an extra door with an air conditioner mount. This allows us to leave the AC (and door) at home if not needed, or to carry it in the truck if its going to be hot.

It is your typical chain store 5000 btu AC window unit, weighs about 40 pounds.