Cargo Trailer Window Installation (How To)

How to frame, cut, and install a window in a cargo/enclosed trailer. Subscribe for more videos about our trailer's conversion into a camper and full-time traveling!
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[@BOBBERtheKID]

3:34 made my stomach turn, when I was a teenager I had a coworker drop a piece of sheet metal on my hand and nearly cut my thumb off.

[@babbalouie3074]

Very informative. Wasn't sure about cutting the structural ribs on the side of my trailer. The way you showed to do the install, makes perfect sense. Thanks.

[@amberpennington1217]

guys, thank you! we just bought a class A rv that needs a window replacement and were quoted $1300 to fix it. now that i know how easy it is, i am buying an RV window and installing it myself (saving $1150!)

[@middleofwherever7157]

Amber Pennington Happy we could help. Good luck!

[@kbwaldron]

I have this task to do as well, complicated by the nature of my original build. When I started to watch this I did not expect you would have done anything different. However your approach to the build and the order in which you did things was different, and very helpful in my own planning. Thank you.

[@francinemarshall9451]

I love your wonderful example of yourselves being your most real selves ... inspiring me! Plus showing me exactly how to put in additional windows in my squeaky-new travelling art studio, a 13' 1965 Aristocrat cutie I've named "Art Throb."

[@NorCalHkyplayer]

Have a cargo trailer use for toy hauler for trips to Nevada desert .. Need windows in it to cool it down ... Perfect video! ...gives me confidence to do it myself...

[@decrkl]

Excellent video. I'm converting a cargo trailer right now and this really help especially where you show how to build and attach the frame. Many thanks.

[@EddieMathis]

Great install vid, please document the rest of the build. I am planning on converting cargo trailer to a camper to pull behind my Jeep. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

[@Tony-123]

Looks great !!! Hope you share more videos of your build.

[@mitchs36s]

I would love to see more videos of the lifestyle you guys have chosen to pursue. It's refreshing to see what the more alternative choose to do with their escape from the rat race. Keep it up!

[@checkingoutgypsymike2075]

I found it very useful, I've not seen another video that made a header out of plywood to support the beams your cutting thru like this. Not that others don't, I've just not seen one. I was thinking i would have to weld some cross bracing on top and bottom, and was worried about the heat peeling paint on the skin if i did. I was thinking just weld the interior face, and pop rivet some homemade L brackets in the four corners of the inside area. Very glad i watched this.

[@Dave-sw2dm]

Nice. Very nice to have a garage door tall enough to work inside. I don't have that luxury. I am sticking with windows that fit between the wall studs, but I like how you substituted the plywood to support where the studs were removed.

[@kenneth6731]

I own a lot of tools, I mean a LOT. Those oscillating saws are the best thing to come out in 40 years!

[@VW.907]

Well hell yeah, I'm doing something similar. Thanks for the good idea of supporting the window frame with the metal ribbing.

[@arifminhas1699]

Impressed with ingenuity of cutting the metal to create solid support

[@chrismaggio7879]

Thx! Starting my windows tomorrow and you made it seem relatively easy. I have skills but have never done the window install.

[@robmazzitelli]

Great video. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@burncon2]

Good job adding the interior support 👍

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks!

[@AbortedEvolution]

Cheers, mate. Starting my conversion this summer. Thanks for the vid.

[@RandallsRestRelaxation]

Just subscribed. Great work. Keep up the videos on this conversion!

[@SimpleLivingForever]

Nice job, thank you for sharing and showing us how to install it step by step!

[@partydogrick]

Nice..I'm gonna get one of those oscillating saw tools... great build..

[@masterchief8855]

Awesome install. Nice airborne tattoo

[@googiekali11]

Wow...you made that insanely easy.

[@tom_olofsson]

Nice project. Really nice result.

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks!

[@chrisdurbin5985]

Smart idea to creat brackets out of the aluminum supports...thank you. I'll be installing a window using your technique

[@joycesrvlegacy-4635]

Thanks for the "how-to" ! Very helpful.

[@ihaveriffs8261]

Cool! Let's see some more!

[@Ohsage1111]

Excellent vid. Thanks. More please

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

Thank you so much for sharing this! Much appreciated. You two make a cute couple! Praise be to God! - Have a blessed week! The Mrs. - Tina

[@Browniiie92]

I also don't know what to do with my arms sometimes, Thanks for the video!

[@claudemaximus9409]

You guys are fun thanks for sharing 🇨🇦🙏

[@travelingman8230]

Really really well-done video and tutorial, thank you very much, you made my decision to do it myself very easy. WELL DONE.

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks! It’s a very doable diy project. Good luck!

[@isldties]

Awesome video, very informative.

[@archman]

awesome video!!

[@organogold8]

Thank you so much for this 😊 you explained everything so well

[@chrisjames9262]

This was so so helpful thanks!!!!

[@kennethrogers1129]

Cool, that is exactly what I need for my cargo trailer

[@robinflory6109]

Good job guys👍

[@jordan_frederick]

Thank you so much for this video! It's very informative!!

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thank you! Happy we could help

[@Geronimo1501st]

you got to do the airborne shuffle and exit the door like a true jumper. I just bought a 20ft car hauler GVWR 9600lbs empty it weighs 3200lbs. My wife and I want to convert it into a mobile home , I hope you continue to post more videos brother. Oh and which unit did you serve in? 1-501st 2002 till 2009 here.

[@Casca-su3ty]

Yes am very interested in this window installation

[@ratoneJR]

Really nice work. You da man

[@0609householder]

Great video thanks for the help

[@Bricktown982]

I like them. Cute couple

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks!

[@remgu2000]

Great video. However the wife should wear safety glasses too. Those metal studs can have filings fly off. Awesome project though!

[@jcardosa02]

damn. beautiful work

[@aired-downdisconnected4125]

Great way to frame that in without welding in a frame structure around the windows. 👍

[@middleofwherever7157]

More than 2 years later, and it’s held up perfectly!

[@stephanie89407]

Nice job thank you for sharing.

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks!

[@searsing7382]

Good job

[@sumatai1]

Well done!

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks!

[@BeersBikesandTheFlag]

Sub frame for the window...outstanding!@

[@rosscarroll558]

great job

[@lorismith3072]

Great video. I'm looking to convert a 7x12 but not the most mechanical person in the world. You made it look easy. Did you put another one on the other side?

[@middleofwherever7157]

We put a smaller window on the other side of the trailer. At the beginning of the video it shows it briefly. It didn't require us to cut any studs though.

[@savagewarriorzz2199]

Nice thank you!!!!!

[@paisa007]

Nice vid, thanks

[@ricford39]

I'd be curious to know if there are any issues 4 years after the installation. Made it look easy. Thanks.

[@middleofwherever7157]

4 years later and still no leaks!

[@adamsfamilynfun1409]

Where did you get this window brother? Nice work

[@elainejozwiak6117]

What are the supplies needed to install the window

[@pirate74]

Spot on, AIRBORNE!

[@middleofwherever7157]

Abb A ALL THE WAY!

[@oldguy5458]

I know this is an older video,,Just wondering where did you buy the windows? Great tutorial, Thanks for showing,,, Best Regards

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks. We got the windows out of a totaled camper that someone was parting out. Cost us $40.

[@tidedownoutdoors5411]

yep, that was pretty helpful!

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks!

[@FreddyBfromDaBay1]

Dope placement of your wings. Go airborne!

[@kevinhoag4235]

hey where did you get your window from? great vid

[@kkosm1]

Kevin Hoag got it from a storm damaged, totaled fifth wheel found on a buy sell trade on Facebook. Guy was parting it out

[@gfrank8058]

Thanks for sharing. Awesome job. GF1 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😎

[@ANeedToFill]

Thank you, nice video! Can you tell me what the last piece of rubber you put around the rubber is, around 4:48?

[@bighammer587]

Calvin Sant , That’s a trim strip / closure strip that hides the screws, comes with the window typically

[@kkosm1]

Trim ring. Comes with the window

[@jonathanbrazeau970]

what is the width of the trailer? and with regards to this particular window, you're just screwing it into the sheet metal?

[@FamilyChannelfun32]

Beauty

[@CricketRacing63]

Where did you get the window from an what is the size of it ? Didn't see in the description.

[@thesolpurpose3109]

Ha you guys are cool! Are you traveling?

[@oldschooldiy3240]

Good vid! But, silly question, why the tape on the outside if you were planning to cut from the inside?

[@kkosm1]

oldschooldiy catches most of the metal shavings and damper vibration for a cleaner cut

[@oldschooldiy3240]

@@kkosm1 I was always taught cutting through tape like that will gum up the blade and it won't cut as effectively! It worked for you, so no problem!

[@wm973]

Nice job. Most people say they had it installed. What do you think you saved by doing it yourself? Where did you get your window?Again nice job....DING.....

[@middleofwherever7157]

W M We installed two windows. Between the two of them, I'm sure we saved at least $2,000. We posted on our local Facebook buy sell trade asking if anyone had a camper they were parting out and ended up buying the windows for $50 total from a guy that had a tree fall on his camper.

[@wm973]

Big savings! And doing it yourself wasn't very hard to do. One fell out while on the road going cross country a long time ago and I found one in a junk windows lot. It was really easy and everyone should think of doing a self install. Again, great vid and thanks for the reply!

[@porshiarice8246]

Can you install windows into my 8.5*24

[@jcardosa02]

please tell me what is that seal that u used after screwing it in?

[@middleofwherever7157]

Butyl tape

[@chinafish60]

Great info, thank you, as noted by others, wife safety should be prime concern.

[@middleofwherever7157]

Thanks! I’ve also noted on previous comments, this type of saw is very safe and is used to cut off casts. Here’s a video of a guy explaining why and pressing the saw to his skin with no injury: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXTalqysqKd6g5I

[@mauriciofemat6314]

hey my friend, I just starting the same project. Can you help me where you got this windows?

[@kkosm1]

Mauricio Femat found a totaled fifth wheel on Craigslist/buy, sell, trade site on Facebook. The guy who owned the fifth wheel was parting it out.

[@chrisbruer4545]

2 years late… but hey do you have a link to where you got the window?

[@Brad-ir7dv]

3:00 *screams in osha*

[@ninagalicki627]

Do you feel that cutting the metal frame compromises the structural integrity of the trailer? Trying to decide if we want to install multiple smaller windows in between the studs, or if it would be okay to cut them and frame them with wood vs a welded metal frame. How has your window setup performed so far?

[@middleofwherever7157]

We have had no issues whatsoever. The wall's structural integrity is still great. Also, we have had no leaks in either of our windows.

[@ninagalicki627]

You have no idea how good it is to hear that. Also, where did you have luck finding your large, opening window? We’ve been searching everywhere, it seems, to no avail.

[@middleofwherever7157]

Sorry I didn’t see this comment earlier. If you’re still wondering, we took it out of a totaled rv that was being parted out on Craigslist. I don’t know if they still make the window, but the name of the manufacturer is Hehr

[@roberttrull2525]

Curious why you guys did not use the inner ring?

[@middleofwherever7157]

We bought the window used. It didn’t come with the ring. We ended up making one ourselves.

[@otaviodias9623]

Nice

[@amandaarmstrong374]

Otavio Dias nn

[@junkcarz4720]

Where u get windows

[@jamesnobles4050]

nice movie,,a good woman,best of luck,,

[@chargers2960]

How well has the window held up without a trim ring?

[@kkosm1]

chargers2960 trim ring was attached around 4:48

[@chargers2960]

@@kkosm1 That looks like some kind of spacer or additional sealer. Trim rings are installed on the inside of the window and squeeze the window to the frame of the trailer.

[@jimwelch1957]

So you obviously did no welding but you opened that stud to support the weight of the frame. Right?

[@middleofwherever7157]

Yea. We wanted to attach each stud as best a we could to the window frame. It’s worked out really well. It’s been a couple years now and it’s been towed all over the US and there’s been no issues.

[@RobZ90TT]

Where did you buy the window? I like that style.

[@middleofwherever7157]

We found a camper that was totaled, took the windows out of it, and paid the owner $50. We found the camper by looking on a facebook buy sell trade page.

[@VW.907]

I'm guessing those are 1 1/2 width?

[@mikeshotglass5119]

Who needs that framing anyway! Cute woman.

[@Remas-di7iz]

You should rename the video to: installing a cargo trailer on a window

[@ronburgundy3982]

Make sure you get your fingers as close to the electric saw. Also consider standing on the other side of a clear material such as Aluminum where your husband can see you.

[@wheredidileavemycell]

Bro, use and angle grinder with a cutring wheel..

[@reanderson10]

I was thinking the same. Would have cut all that in half the time with straighter cuts.

[@middleofwherever7157]

Angle grinder would damage the wood frame and wouldn’t cut the corners as nicely. Also, I didn’t have an angle grinder at the time

[@neil19hockey]

Hello what is the cost of the window ? Thank you

[@middleofwherever7157]

We got the window out of a totaled rv on Craigslist that was being parted out. The window cost us $40. A new one would be hundreds

[@chevyvantravel9735]

is that a 6x12 ct?

[@middleofwherever7157]

mimi taylor It's a 7x12.

[@arifminhas1699]

Pls help!!! Can u share where u bought the window from?? Need contact.

[@middleofwherever7157]

We bought it off of someone who was parting out a totaled camper

[@williamcox9632]

hey whats that tool called to cut metal? cheers

[@spadina6234]

multitool

[@kkosm1]

Oscillating saw

[@ziggymarley3814]

Where did u get the window

[@middleofwherever7157]

Out of a totaled rv we found on Craigslist. The owner was selling the parts

[@eyeswideshut2800]

Careful with these metal trailers everyone, seal every hole and SEAL THAT WINDOW WELL.

[@BobbyB3rd]

Where did you get the window?

[@middleofwherever7157]

We found a totaled camper on Craigslist that the owner was parting out. We bought 2 windows from him for $40.

[@NAPP3R]

Where did you buy this window?

[@middleofwherever7157]

Found a guy on Facebook that was parting out a totaled camper. We pulled the windows out and paid him $40.

[@upacreekhomestead]

Why did you find the window?

[@middleofwherever7157]

Found it in a totaled camper that had a tree fall on it. The owner sold us the window for $40.

[@brettmorrill7715]

Dude they make a cutoff wheel for a grinder

[@middleofwherever7157]

Brett Morrill I thought about using an angle grinder, but that could have damaged the wooden frame and wouldn’t have cut the rounded corners as well as an oscillating saw. It takes longer, but it’s a better tool for the job.