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Postby SamR » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:23 am

looking good!
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Postby Michele » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:50 pm

The bed/seat on the door side is framed.

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Postby Michele » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:53 pm

I got my crates today. Now it's starting to look like a dog hauler. :thumbsup:

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Postby mikeschn » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:07 am

Looks good...

Hmmmm I'm now trying to figure out how to haul two dogs in my Giant Teardrop designed for 1.

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Postby Michele » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:50 pm

2nd bed/seat is framed

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Postby Mary K » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:28 pm

:( The pup's dont get to ride in the car with you? :(


Nice wood work on the frames. :thumbsup: :applause:


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Postby Michele » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:25 am

Mary K wrote::( The pup's dont get to ride in the car with you? :(

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Yes, they will be riding with me. They have another set of crates in the tow vehicle, safety first. ;)
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Postby mikeschn » Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:18 am

Yea, my dogs ride in the car with us as well. When I just had one I used two crates, one in the car and one in the trailer. Now, I plan on moving the crates from the car to the trailer when we are setting up to camp. :phew:
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Postby len19070 » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:31 am

Michele wrote: Shastas are my favorite vintage trailer and that is what I had my heart set on buying before I realized that it would not fit in my garage. So I'm pretty sure I'm going with the classic Shasta Z paint job.
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Postby b.bodemer » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:05 pm

Lookin good Michele... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Love the Shasta look too!
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Postby Michele » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:51 pm

I got the front wall up today.

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And the doorway cut out.

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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:05 pm

:applause: :thumbsup: Gosh it looks like a TTT! Really nice even work on the door way :thumbsup:
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Postby peggyearlchris » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:27 pm

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: It sure is looking sweet. Great job there. :applause: :applause: Peg
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Postby Michele » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:28 pm

This week, I have been preparing to run my wiring. I am installing 120V only as all of the dog events that I attend have shore power. I have all of the boxes installed.
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I also got the countertop put in.
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Postby Michele » Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:11 pm

I got one of my light fixtures up. I wanted to put the box on a hinge so that I would still be able to get to the wires after the roof is on. I went in the store looking for some kind of specialty hinge that would make it come out from the wall. The guy at the hardware store said that all I needed was a piano hinge and that would make it come down enough to get to. I can't tell for sure because the roof is not on but it doesn't seem like it tilts down far enough to do any good. I used hinges that came out of my old camper so if it doesn't work, at least it didn't cost me anything.

I bought these really small, 7 watt, fluorescent bulbs from Ikea to go in the fixtures. They have this frosted, rubber like coating on them and they are supposed to not get hot.
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