Body lift question

[JCPOTTERF]

I completed my belly pan last week. I then flipped it over and installed the axles, shocks and wheels. I took it for a ride around the property and it followed me everywhere i went. So I then moved the gantries back to the body and test fit the two together.
Quite a rush setting it down and slipping it around the belly skin /C channel. So there it sits till i get some riveters to help me fasten it together. I'm not out of the woods yet but I can see the path to get me there.

[flygrrl]

Looking very good! Does my old heart good to see a flowering tree too. This morning we have snow-again. I just can't wait to tear into my full monte and build some gantries in the driveway. Patience, patience...
Leonie

[Frank's Trailer Works]

This is always a major step. As many times as I do it, I still am very nervous until it is complete. Good job!

[cwf]

Love the wheel wells. That will help!

[md airstream]

Hey there ,
Have ‘’76 31’ sovergn LC totally gutted and floors removed . It seems necessary to remove curved outer belly pan section to do so . Any other way ? If so is best way to remove the hundreds of rivits perhaps to grind head off with 4” zip grinder and punch them through . What’s the official way to perform this task ...
I have knuckle boom truck to manipulate trailer once out from under shell ...
Thx.

[Belegedhel]

Yes, you will need to remove the curved sections of belly pan (at the least). As for the rivets, I used a "rivet removal tool" which is basically a drill bit with a guide that keeps it centered on the rivet head. I have also had good luck by hitting the head with a center punch and then drilling freehand. Whenever possible, I like to use a stout putty knife and a hammer and just shear the rivets between the joined sheets.

good luck!

[Bobby Mills]

Built the gantry on post 14 with a small mod of plywood bracing on both sides the size of my carpenters square for added support to the half-lap joints I cut into the 4x4's.

Working great so far!

Going for a higher grade 3/8 x 4 1/2" lag bolt due to its prematurely failing during install! The head of it snapped when hammering into a harbor freight D-ring for $5. FAIL.

[putback]

Threaded concrete rebar worked for me. Cut to length, nut / washer on both ends.