[VAC] Re: Making a living in an airstream for three years

[John Brooke <aggressivecreative@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey there Dan Weeks,

I have noticed your postings about your working from your Argosy many times, but I
just can't let this one go by.

I have been living, restoring and working full-time in my 1975 Argosy 28 - The "Tin
Ten", Three Winters in the Frozen North is enough particularly after this one.

I have wrap around windows both ends, great for Mexico and lots of other windows,
lots of heat loss, for sure. Each year the trailer gets better, the first Winter I
could not have the lights and the furnace on at the same time. The previous owner's
hobby seemed to be knitting wiring. Anyway the "Tin Tent" had a bedroom in the rear
and that ended-up as a perfect wrap around workstation for my computer, printer,
scanner and all that stuff. Replaced the weird Magnetec converter with Todd and
basically sorted out and re-wired the entire trailer - replaced the floor and the
plumbing and all that dirty jazz. I just use the 30 amp ac power supply in the park
where I am located - no water supply and no septic. So it is possible to get by and
turn out paying work right from the Argosy and I have been doing it for, as I said
at the outset for over three years, winter and summer. Experience has taught me to
just keep it simple, other that sealing the windows with plastic film and
insulating the VistaView windows and of course rebuilding the under belly and
insulting with fresh fiberglass, I don't do very much more to prepare for Winter. I
use my 26 year Suburban furnace and balance the heating with a couple of ceramic
heaters for and aft set on low. I also use an air purifer/ionizer that moves the
air around. My black and gray water tanks are both heated as was set up by
Airstream originally/

The Argosy is ready to roll when my bank account allows, Ole!

John Brooke
1875 Argosy 28
Located in the Four Seasons Family Nudist Resort in Freelton Ontario