July 9th, 2015: Mobile Castle

[xoxoxoBruce]

This family took their home being their castle to heart. But they also like to be mobile so they built it on a truck.

When traveling, the entire house truck is a compact and tidy package. The roof retracts, the sides of the walls fold in, the turrets rotate inwards and it’s ready to go. When compacted for travel mode, the house easily meets all the minimum road clearances and is therefore very easy to travel with.

Looks kind of small for a castle, but wait..

The castle-truck is completely off-the grid. It is solar powered, heats water through a mixture of solar panels on the roof, a wetback fire, and gas, and it captures rain water from the roof that is then stored in water tanks below the truck. To the rear of the truck you’ll find the bathroom turrets. The turret to the left is the composting toilet, and to the right is the shower turret which also is home to a small washing machine. In addition to being a very unique feature on the house, this design also has the practical benefit of separating the bathroom from the living space..

And a bathtub on the second floor.



This isn't like a mobile home in that it takes some work and time to set up, but if the neighbors get obnoxious you can move.
The interior is amazing with all kinds of clever built-ins and storage nooks.
The video tour showing most of the set up and all the features is 11 minutes well spent.
Would I lie to you, my oldest and dearest friends... except about money or sex?


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