Different sleepers

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  1. Siinman

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    What size of clean and dirty water tanks do you have? Also how hard is it to find a place to empty the tanks out? I see some rest areas have them but not very many. I don't pay close enough attention to this but will need to know in a few more years as I want one.
     
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    I pick it up Thursday but stopped by where it’s at today while passing through and went over a few things
    I believe the freshwater is 40?
    Rest areas and a lot of flying j stops have an event dump
    He said once you get going you’ll just end up knowing which ones are on your route and use the same couple places

    The shower and sink water goes on the ground. Not sure if there’s a separate tank for that??
    The toilet has a cassette that pops out to dump
    He said it’s easy and not a mess
     
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    Was this entirely idle curiosity or a plan you want to implement?

    Know someone thats just got a gutted 120" (i think) that he had planned on putting on his stretched pete but never got around to it and sold that truck...
     
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    My 72" Aerocab is currently being stretched to 102" using part of the existing factory sleeper...shower, toilet, sink, dinette, fold down bed, large fridge, microwave, 32" smart tv, surround sound. I too am tired of truck stops and just want to be self sufficient.
     
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    These factory sleepers could be laid out much better
    I have a Peterbilt Ultraloft that I sold to get my big bunk
    And Pete says they had X amount of drivers and X years getting it right
    Really?
    There’s so much wasted space
    How about a bed that is on cables or some drive that puts it to the ceiling?
    A shower that also lifts, by that I mean it would collapse inside itself like a gift box where one overlaps the other
    Then when collapsed it would be your kitchen area. Push a button and the top goes up and you have your shower?
    I would sit in my Ultraloft and other prior trucks and just see all the better ways of doing it
     
  6. Siinman

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    What does something like that cost?
     
  7. TheLoadOut

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    Since I'm using the shell of my factory 72" it saved me quite a bit for the stretching to 102". 33K
    It will look almost like this...
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    How is the heat / cooling in extreme conditions..? Like TX in the summer ND in the winter…….
     
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    Rooftop air keeps it cold as ice in summer - Generator has 7500Kw to keep it as warm as you like in winter.
     
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    Might as well do it in style. That's sweet.