Trailer stripped
12. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
Here is the trailer stripped down in order to check its condition. Its fantastic to have a heated garage to work in.
Trailer reconditioning
12. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Uh oh. The trailer is +20 yrs old and the frame is no longer straight. Its back end is sagging. Well, I know how it feels. To fix this I will build the wooden camper frame on the (flat and level)Lue lisää
Trailer grinding
12. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Here is how one sands the rust off a small trailer. When your trailer is light enough to throw around life is much easier! The sanding made so much dust that the floor around it was fully coated. TheLue lisää
Trailer repair
13. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This used to be a folding trailer. There is a large hand knob at the front which does two things: keeps the trailer from folding, which is nice when you're towing, and distributes some of the towingLue lisää
Camper floor
17. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
This will be the foundation and floor of the camper. Does it look like I know what I'm doing? Ha. I'm faking it while making it. Right, Sarah?
The black stuff is roofing tar. Interesting stuff, that.Lue lisää
Go with the flo(or)
19. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
What I was SUPPOSED to do with the floor was glue the insulation to the plywood, then glue a thin plywood over it all, and put the tar on that. This is the less involved method: stick the insulationLue lisää
DIY spray booth
19. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Today was too cold outside to finish spray painting the trailer so I had to make a gas chamber / redneck spray booth. By the time I finished my respirator filters were bright red and my clothes wereLue lisää
First mistake
19. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Yesterday it dawned on me I had done the floor wrong. Damnit! Well, too late now - the floor is now following a different build method.
The stripped trailer weighs roughly 165 lbs and 15 is on theLue lisää
Marriage
19. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
The parts were married today. Much hilarity ensued. The carriage bolts weren't long enough (not anticipated) and when tightening its locknut the bolt just spun on the plywood (anticipated, but no oneLue lisää
Learning the hard way
20. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
I learned that some jobs simply cannot be done without special tools and experience. Well, got one less rim to worry about now.
Hows the marriage going
20. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
For better or for worse this is how I shimmed the bed.
Coincident Measurement
23. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
My camper has rounded corners. The radius of the corner is 2 feet. How long a piece of rubber do I need to go around the corner? 3.14159 feet. Science!
campare släpvagn, miniatyr
25. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Pieces for the walls and roof all cut. Som assemblie rekvired.
Framing
30. maaliskuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Framing has begun. Mistakes are ongoing.
2nd picture: when your construction adhesive is so thick that your caulking gun folds, do you give up, throw away a full tube, and not finish the day's work?Lue lisää
Quick insulation
1. huhtikuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Real quick couple of insulation panels done
Second milestone reached
2. huhtikuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
The walls went up today. The trailer is now too big to get a clear picture of it indoors. It's nice to be making visible progress.
Radiii cut
5. huhtikuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
When you need to cut some curves you get creative. In the first picture there is a coathanger with tape marking off the different lengths I need to cut. In the second picture you can see I am stayingLue lisää
Roofing the easy way
5. huhtikuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Putting the roof on a (curved) trailer is an unusual challenge. You have to use wood thin enough to bend but still thick enough to have some strength. People use a plywood that is 1/8" thick commonlyLue lisää
Starting the rear hatch
10. huhtikuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
Making the rear hatch is also an unusual process - you don't really do anything like this on a house, for example. It has to be curved, movable, waterproof, and must seal against the trailer on allLue lisää
End of project
14. huhtikuuta 2016, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
My employer has changed policies on vacations. I am not going cross-country. There doesn't seem to be any reason to finish the trailer when it is mostly a learning process that won't stand up to theLue lisää































