The Mad Dash begins...

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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby redwing1967 » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:59 pm

Lookin great Mike!!!

Any plans for detailing the outside or just leaving it all silver?

Any pics of how you ran the electrical?

Could you possibly get a panoramic of the inside so we can get a feel for the size?

I know...lots of questions.

P.S. Thanks for having me over a couple of weeks ago. Learned a lot. Of course I also have millions of other questions but figured I'd better hit you with them one at a time.
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby mikeschn » Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:20 pm

I think we are ready to go...

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Better change those wheels though...

Okay, here we are, the real McCoy!

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Oh Geesh, I feel so small next to that big horn!!! 4 slide outs!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby dales133 » Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:35 pm

Awsum mike i love the shape
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby redwing1967 » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:08 pm

The wheels definitely were the finishing touch. Looks awesome. :thumbsup:
That's probably the profile I'm going to go with but on a slightly smaller scale. Just have to decide if I'm still buiding for the motorcycle and skipping the galley or building for the Focus/Escape and going a little bigger. :thinking:
Did you ever get a final empty weight?
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby KCStudly » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:21 pm

Looks good. :thumbsup: Hope you had a good outing.

How did it sleep? Anything that you want to change or add?
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby S. Heisley » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:32 pm

Congratulations! You did it! :applause:
The trailer's lines look good with your tow vehicle. :thumbsup:
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby mikeschn » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:55 am

dales133 wrote:Awsum mike i love the shape


Yep, the shape turned out better than I expected. :thumbsup:

redwing1967 wrote:The wheels definitely were the finishing touch. Looks awesome. :thumbsup:
That's probably the profile I'm going to go with but on a slightly smaller scale. Just have to decide if I'm still buiding for the motorcycle and skipping the galley or building for the Focus/Escape and going a little bigger. :thinking:
Did you ever get a final empty weight?


Yes, the wheels are a good match!

I'll put the profile online for you guys! It'll be able to be scaled!

Haven't got the final weight yet, but I will. I should mention that it towed like it wasn't even there. Makes for a good choice for dashing across the country!

KCStudly wrote:Looks good. :thumbsup: Hope you had a good outing.

How did it sleep? Anything that you want to change or add?


It was a good outing. We slept really awesome in there! Don't know if it was the 5" queen sized mattress, the central air conditioning, or the 2 dog night? :lol:

Additions? Yes, I want to build a galley. This time we didn't have a galley, only 2 coolers back there. 1 of the coolers was the ballast! :beer:

Thinking about adding drawers under the shaker bench too. Other than that, just little finishing up stuff...

Oh, the trailer did bounce around quite a bit on 36 in Indianapolis, so maybe add some shocks.

S. Heisley wrote:Congratulations! You did it! :applause:
The trailer's lines look good with your tow vehicle. :thumbsup:


Thanks Sharon... I never looked closely at the tow vehicle lines, but now that you mention it, yea, they do work together! :D

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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby GPW » Sun Sep 06, 2015 5:52 am

:thumbsup: 8) :D ... :beer:

psssst !!! Best not mention this in the general discussion or everybody will want one ... :o
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby tac422 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:39 am

Mike,
Very nice Job. It looks awesome, but then, I already knew you do good work :lol:

"Oh, the trailer did bounce around quite a bit on 36 in Indianapolis"
What is the air pressure in your tires ?
I found the Big Pink rides a whole better if I reduce the pressure.

Where did you get the wheels ?
They look great !
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby PKCSPT » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:51 am

Looks really good.
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby aggie79 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:07 am

That is a very "race-ie" profile! Looks fantastic.
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby capnTelescope » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:21 am

Outstanding, Mike! Fast build and excellent results. Thanks for showing us how it's done! :applause:
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby OP827 » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:39 am

Great trailer, looks so much better and "futuristic" next to those humongous rigs.
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby GPW » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:31 pm

Also comforting to know it will likely last 50 times longer than that ugly tub parked behind it ... Designed to Fail ... :roll:
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Re: The Mad Dash begins...

Postby Mary C » Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:55 pm

Awsome Fantastic and moving! To know it took so little time to build and so neat!! Congratulations and enjoying it So wonderful!!! :applause: :applause:


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