The Final Week Before Departure Day
Posted 01-04-2015 at 08:14 PM by VBSchmidt
With a morning departure planned for Dec 20, it was all hands on deck to get the trailer finished. It was a perfect storm, considering the last weeks before Christmas are filled with visits, parties, and trips out of town.
In the last week I laid the laminate flooring, installed the sinks (I fabricated the rear sink from a stainless steel bowl), installed the taps and hoses, plumbed the drains, replaced the missing sections of belly pan, and finished my repairs and modifications to the rear bumper. I also put on a new propane regulator and lowered the propane tie down to hold 20lb tanks.
I decided to install a 1.5" hitch receiver in the bumper to hold a bike rack. Rather than weld the bumper back in place I installed brackets and bolted it in so it is removable in the future. Obviously this needs to be sanded and painted still.
The trailer had the arms for a vintage Reese Strait-Line hitch. I sourced a head and bars to match and bought a new shank long enough to set up the weight distributing properly. I wire brushed and painted all of this in the last week as well, and set it up for the proper weight distribution the night before we left!
In the last week I laid the laminate flooring, installed the sinks (I fabricated the rear sink from a stainless steel bowl), installed the taps and hoses, plumbed the drains, replaced the missing sections of belly pan, and finished my repairs and modifications to the rear bumper. I also put on a new propane regulator and lowered the propane tie down to hold 20lb tanks.
I decided to install a 1.5" hitch receiver in the bumper to hold a bike rack. Rather than weld the bumper back in place I installed brackets and bolted it in so it is removable in the future. Obviously this needs to be sanded and painted still.
The trailer had the arms for a vintage Reese Strait-Line hitch. I sourced a head and bars to match and bought a new shank long enough to set up the weight distributing properly. I wire brushed and painted all of this in the last week as well, and set it up for the proper weight distribution the night before we left!
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