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People have been talking about taking an RMH around to garden shows and such to let the public know about them. Which made me wonder about the options for building one on a trailer. That is probably easiest for open-air displays, where you just provide a chimney that is 10 feet tall, or so. And if people feel their buns getting warm outside on a chilly fall or winter day, it will be easy for them to imagine one heating their house.

There is a man in Britain who, for reasons dictated by the Department of Making you Sad, built a parklet on a little truck. Could you imagine sitting on something like the below, but heated?

I have looked into what it would take to build masonry on a trailer. There is a guide, written by Dan Wing, on building trailer ovens. He says that you should build the trailer from scratch. He provides a number of recommendations for building ovens out of refractory, segmented refractory, or bricks.

Dan Wing Oven on Wheels

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Another option might be to build RMH modules that can be lifted on a forklift. Maybe one module for the core and barrel, another module for a bench. Many fairs and garden shows will have a forklift available for exhibitors. Building modularly would allow the exhibit to be transported by multiple vehicles if necessary. An excellent gasket would be needed between the modules.
 
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And if the unit is made of modules that can be lifted by a forklift, you don't have a demonstrator. You have a product.
 
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Hi Jeremy;
Cool idea!
The problem is not lifting the components, it is during truck transport.
I think that travel damage could be excessive.  
 
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Yeah Thomas, the fact that none of you offer a fully-assembled RMH to be shipped should tip me off to that problem. I guess I was thinking of something that would be partially disassembled every time it was moved. When it arrives at the site, someone would assemble it and repair any cracks with a bucket of cob.

I think it could be beneficial to design an outdoor modular RMH that can be lifted by a forklift for the same reason that Paul builds things on skids. You might want to move it once every couple of years. But you would have to accept that moving it is a process.
 
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