A couple days ago I posted a YouTube photo video from Chad Nicholls, who built his own 5th wheel from scratch. Today let’s watch a photo video from Bruce Osborn, who built a treardrop trailer from the ground up.
I am so jealous. I wish I was handy but it is a challenge for me to pound a nail in straight so I don’t think I should EVER try to tackle anything as complicated as a 5th wheel or teardrop trailer.
I guess I’ll just sit back and admire other people’s handiwork.
Lots of people are handy with tools and with building things at home. Just taking a look at the number of do it yourself books available on the market shows there are lots of people who like to make things themselves.
Chad Nicholls of Toledo, Ohio is handier than most people. He built a 5th wheel trailer from scratch at his house and it looks great! It took him 7 months and cost him $9,300 which proves that being handy really saves money.
To see the transformation from a pile of “stuff” to an awesome looking 5th wheel watch the photo video below. For more information on the project including Chad’s cost spreadsheet, info on how to build a slide-out, and the RV specs, go to Chad’s website, chadsprojects.com.
Okay, so you are probably wondering why I am promoting a new Animal Planet show on this camping blog. It is partially because even campers do other things besides camp, such as watch television. And it is also because Allison from the PR company Animal Planet works with wrote me because the thought readers of this blog may be interested in the show since it is an outdoors show.
So what is this new show? It is called “Living With the Wolfman,” and it is about a guy who literally lives with a pack of wolves. The guy’s name is Shaun Ellis. He’s a British wolf expert who has become famous for successfully infiltrating a pack of captive wolves at the Combe Martin Wildlife Park in Devon, England. He hopes to promote a greater human understanding of wolves and to help regrow wolf populations.
The show itself, is going to be about Shaun’s efforts to integrate his fiancee, Helen Jeffs, into the wolf pack. Helen will literally have to growl, bark, and bite her way to authority, along with changing her diet and hygiene habits. If Helen is successful, she will be the first woman to ever live with wolves.
The show sounds interesting and I think Helen is incredibly brave to try and do this. She must really love Shaun to go to the extreme of trying to infiltrate his wolf pack. I guess this is an example of someone “doing anything” for the person they love. I love my husband, but I guess I don’t love him as much as Helen loves Shaun because I would never go live with wild animals for him. I’ll wash my husband’s dirty underwear and put up with his snoring, but that’s where I draw the line. If he wants to go live with wild animals, well…he knows where the door is.
And I’ll say what you are probably thinking. Even though Shaun and Helen are obviously very brave and daring people, I think they are just a teeny bit crazy as well!
The show sounds intriguing enough that I’m going to check it out. It’s on Animal Planet and premieres tonight, Tuesday October 21 at 10 pm (ET/PT).
