1920s Douglas Fir Log Motorhome
Like its name says, it was a motorhome made entirely out of Douglas fir. As in, it was a single Douglas fir that had been hollowed out and then turned into a mobile home. Built for married couple E. A. Wade of Aberdeen, Washington, the log motorhome sat on a 1920 3-ton Dodge Brothers chassis, and offered all the creature comforts of home, but on the road.
The monster motorhome was completed in 1926 and set out on great adventures in October of that year. To build it, a 434-year-old Douglas fir was cut down; it measured 9.4 feet (286.5-cm) in diameter and was 311 feet (9,479 cm) high. The lumber from the entire tree could have been used to build four 6-room houses, and the 8 by 16 feet (244 by 488 cm) section used for the motorhome took a team of three men five whole weeks just to hollow out.
