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Camper roof cleaned and I’ll seal it tomorrow. I always amazes me how much dirt I wash off the top of that thing.
Did the same today. Plans tomorrow to seal it. This thing lived its previous life among the pines. Spent a couple of hours cleaning the awning as well. Some small spots still on the under side but with the dark upper you can’t really tell. Will spend some time with simple green and a magic eraser to get the bottom in better shape in the future.
We went and pulled the camper out of the storage building yesterday. It is an indoor riding arena the rest of the year so they require everyone get their campers out on the same day. It has always worked out well for us, with little waiting. Cost is about $73 / month for 6 months .... so, not bad cost-wise as far as I'm concerned.
Predicted high temp of 30 degrees here today. Sleet and freezing rain falling. It doesn't look like I will be de-winterizing right away.
Can't wait to dig in to the few mods I have in the works.
I had a few dad pops the other night, ordered some LED strips for under the awning. Tried to cancel the first order which did not work so I'm going to install one set under the camper and one under the awning. If only this God forsaken weather would change for the better. It was 74 Thursday and 80 Friday, today the temp is falling and we are expecting snow tomorrow. Unreal.
Friday brought home the steel for building the trailer hitch for the rear of the TT, yesterday I stripped off the rear set of stabilizer jacks, low pressure propane hose and LED reverse lights. Today before I go into work I hoping to cut off the six factory brackets for the optional rear cargo tray, then I can start to lay things out with parts clamped in place and get them tacked up.
FINALLY!! We were able to get three nights in this weekend. Everything went really well aside from a water pump that wouldn’t hold pressure. Thing ran for about 15 minutes before I ordered a new one. Installed that yesterday with no issue. Ready to go again in a couple of weeks.
Here are the three pictures I took over the weekend. I also got to push the golf cart just under a mile since I forgot the charger. Also there were no morels to be found this weekend. Hoping for a bushel next week.
Progress on the TT's new rear receiver hitch has been slower than I was hoping for but as usual life, work, Spring yard work and fence work to contain an especially gifted escape artist new dog have eaten into my available time off.
I'm not a trained welder at all, just a self taught hobbyest with a little 110V MIG and a 220V TIG/Stick/Plasma that are typically dusty from sitting unused but I really do enjoy the entire process of fabrication and I wish I had more time and opportunity to work with metal. So far I have the side frame assemblies that will be attached to the TT rear frame (bolted in double shear) welded up and ready to be drilled and mounted to get the crossmember sized and cut hopefully tomorrow. I know my beads are far from perfect but I think with all things considered they are decent, but any and all comments are welcome on them, I'm a student of metal work and always looking for more info that could improve my skills.
Everything here is 3" wide heavy wall channel and all welds are TIG as I didn't feel the 110V MIG was up to the task.
I'm not sure how to avoid those little nips at the end of my beads, I don't always get them but here you can see an example to the right side of the bottom weld.
And the flip side of the same brackets all cleaned up.
I pulled mine out of the back yard where it was parked all winter and put it on the driveway. Still way to dang cold to use it, need to dewinterize and fix a few things before I use it.
Progress on the TT's new rear receiver hitch has been slower than I was hoping for but as usual life, work, Spring yard work and fence work to contain an especially gifted escape artist new dog have eaten into my available time off.
I'm not a trained welder at all, just a self taught hobbyest with a little 110V MIG and a 220V TIG/Stick/Plasma that are typically dusty from sitting unused but I really do enjoy the entire process of fabrication and I wish I had more time and opportunity to work with metal. So far I have the side frame assemblies that will be attached to the TT rear frame (bolted in double shear) welded up and ready to be drilled and mounted to get the crossmember sized and cut hopefully tomorrow. I know my beads are far from perfect but I think with all things considered they are decent, but any and all comments are welcome on them, I'm a student of metal work and always looking for more info that could improve my skills.
Everything here is 3" wide heavy wall channel and all welds are TIG as I didn't feel the 110V MIG was up to the task.
I'm not sure how to avoid those little nips at the end of my beads, I don't always get them but here you can see an example to the right side of the bottom weld.
And the flip side of the same brackets all cleaned up.
Hopefully I won’t screw this up being on the iPad...
I’m terrible at it, it the way to get the slag out of the end of your weld (assuming a stick weld) is to push it out with the rod. For the start of the bead, it’s leaving it there a little longer in the beginning and for the end, you push back at the very end. Literally moving backwards from the end of the weld just a little bit. That’s at least what I know...hope it helps!
To be honest though, those welds look pretty darn good for a bobbyist welder. Even the guys who weld all the time have those issues. Well done!!
Finished up the install of my Propride hitch and took the trailer for a test pull on the interstate it pulled awesome compared to the previous equalizer hitch. Before even a passing car would cause white-knuckle sway now nothing even when I tried to get the trailer to sway nothing. Now I need to cut off the excess chain off the safety chains and it will be ready for some travels.
Finished up the install of my Propride hitch and took the trailer for a test pull on the interstate it pulled awesome compared to the previous equalizer hitch. Before even a passing car would cause white-knuckle sway now nothing even when I tried to get the trailer to sway nothing. Now I need to cut off the excess chain off the safety chains and it will be ready for some travels.
Bet that moved the trailer far enough back that the barn doors will both open too. I can only open the passenger side when I'm hooked up...driver's side hits the motor on the tongue jack. Very nice!
Bet that moved the trailer far enough back that the barn doors will both open too. I can only open the passenger side when I'm hooked up...driver's side hits the motor on the tongue jack. Very nice!
Never really thought about it but with my Hensley I can easily open the barn doors with plenty of room.
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