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[TomC]

Like DrDave I too detest gasoline powered anything (have a Diesel gen standby at the house, 2 Diesel engines in the bus, still have my Diesel big rig, and have two Diesel cars).  If you're tight on money, look for a low hour Diesel (less than 5000hrs) that is used.  Make sure it is a brand name and not Chinese.  Good Luck, TomC

[cody]

Musicman, I'm not trying to hijack the thread or to derail it in anyway but are you sure you want to use a wood as soft as red cedar for the cabinetry?  I've done custom cabinetry for many years and have always cautioned people about the extreme softness of cedar and can't remember how many times I've had people come back with complaints about every ding they've put in after only a short period of time. 

[Dallas]

Like Cody says about dings in cedar, you may also want to go a different route for your cabinets because cedar swells and shrinks quite a bit.
Once you put the drawers together and get them set up in the bus, the humidity will change, the drawers will stick, or fall out and the faceframes and sides will swell and crack.
Dallas

[Dreamscape]

I used cedar in the bedroom on back wall storage area. I like the look, but knew that area would not get much abuse. I will use hardwood in the bathroom and front of the coach. Have not yet decided which wood to use. Might be a mixture of oak using black walnut for accents/inlays.

Happy Trails,

Paul

Dreamscape

[Hartley]

On the subject of cedar. If it's the one that has the heavy cedar smell. You have not lived until you have been in a coach sitting in the sun that was completely done in cedar.

I was in one Eagle that belonged to the Sixma family that was in Arcadia one time, The smell was so overpowering that you couldn't stay in there for more than 5 minutes or you couldn't breath and eye watered.

I put the cedar closet liner panels in my closet I just enclosed in the bus and it already is so strong and odor that I am considering painting over them to seal out some of the smell. It's very strong stuff.

It still wouldn't offset the smell of gasoline fumes however...

[musicman]

Well guys you make a valid point about the cedar..I want the woodsy look in the coach so I might go with Knotty pine, He said I could get that also but Im kinda worried about weight So I was thinking light wood..I want the coach to be rustic but classy..He said I could use V groove instead of the T&G for the ceilings,....Has anyone used V groove and how did it work out..Did it bow enough and still look good?