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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/7

Postby eaglesdare » Thu May 10, 2012 7:03 am

i like this a lot! love that shape. you have me thinking of changing my second one altogether now. :wine:
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/7

Postby GPW » Thu May 10, 2012 5:30 pm

Eagle ... (musically) “ Don’t go changing “ ... :roll:

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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/7

Postby Aligator944 » Mon May 14, 2012 10:22 am

This weekend was about the interior and door. Cut and installed the two taller cabinets and one of the side benches. With Sunday being mothers day, I did not get as much done this weekend as I would have liked. I think I will need to get more done in the evenings during the week since I only have 3 more weekends till our first trip. Some photos:
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/14

Postby Oldragbaggers » Mon May 14, 2012 10:28 am

Nice cabinetry. Looks very spacious inside.
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/14

Postby logman7777 » Mon May 14, 2012 9:49 pm

Keep up the good work! This is a definite motivator for me to build a 1200lb Foamie Wild Goose clone since a wood one would be closer to 1700lb..
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/14

Postby eaglesdare » Tue May 15, 2012 6:48 am

i am loving this! very nice indeed :wine:
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/14

Postby Aligator944 » Tue May 29, 2012 9:23 am

Over the past two weeks work slowed somewhat due to typical Seattle spring rain. With the trailer in the garage, there isn't room to keep building. Luckily the weekends were nice, so I was able to roll the trailer into the front yard and keep moving forward. The outside paint is just about done. My son and I won out and we went with an olive drab green, it is darker than the pictures show. To affirm our color choice a twin engine WWII bomber made several passes over our house yesterday! Many thanks to all you who served our country, and are currently serving, in the armed forces and especially to those who gave their lives so that we can be free.

I finished up the last drawer and doors for the interior cabinets and there are now two coats of poly on the wood surfaces. I still have some painting left in various places and need to touch up the interior side walls. I also decided to paint the trailer frame. There is still lots to do, but now I can complete some of the bigger items like the window and skylight installation. I bought some heavy duty black vinyl for the upper side walls and need to get working on them. I have 2 more weekends till our first trip, must continue to press on! Here are some pics.

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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby wagondude » Tue May 29, 2012 10:18 am

This is really looking cool! Can't wait to see the finished product.

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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby eaglesdare » Tue May 29, 2012 10:35 am

oh man, that is really a nice looking foamie! :applause: :wine:
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby starleen2 » Tue May 29, 2012 10:39 am

:thumbsup: Nice looking cabinets
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby KCStudly » Tue May 29, 2012 2:47 pm

+1 on the cabinets. The whole thing is really starting to come together now! :thumbsup:
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby RAYVILLIAN » Tue May 29, 2012 7:36 pm

Your doing a great job on a great trailer. You will love the comfort of this design. You've done what I thought about doing on our second Winter Warrior but I chickened out and used luan under the canvass. I'm thinking about doing a second hatch, since ours is about a 80lb press to lift, and using no luan this time. I used a long heavy piano hinge on my hatch and covered it with vinyl irrigation hose over the top. Used plastic hinge on the hatch on the tongue box and haven't had a problem with the hinge leaking but the rest of the hatch leaks.

Anyway this is a great looking trailer.

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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby Aligator944 » Wed May 30, 2012 4:01 pm

RAYVILLIAN wrote: I used a long heavy piano hinge on my hatch and covered it with vinyl irrigation hose over the top. Used plastic hinge on the hatch on the tongue box and haven't had a problem with the hinge leaking but the rest of the hatch leaks.


Right now I have a 6' piano hinge holding the top in place. I plan to add a plastic "living" hinge over it to waterproof it. For the relatively small movement of the hinge, probably only 20 degrees, I don't think it should be a problem having two slightly offset hinge points.
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby Aligator944 » Wed May 30, 2012 4:06 pm

I have a question for you guys. Can I use 14-2 regular house wire to run from a cheap harbor freight 400/800 Watt power inverter to the 12 volt battery? In keeping cost down, I already have some romex laying around that I would like to use.

Thanks for the compliments and input.
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Re: Wild Goose .... for now update 5/29

Postby satch » Wed May 30, 2012 7:18 pm

I used a heavy duty extention cord. Most say stranded wire holds up better to solid due to vibrations, but I never heard of any issues with solid.
Figure, I'd use stranded just in case
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