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Holiday Progress! - Part 8
All good things must come to an end. (final update for now!)
When measured floor to top of rafters, the trailer is 97.5" tall. For those of you keeping score at home, the shop garage door is only an 8' door... so... I'm 1.5" to tall!
Luckily my previous camping trailer also used 4 on 4 rims, but had much smaller wheels, so we swapped out my 12" rims for some 8.5" rims, and found the 1.5" of clearance we needed to squeeze the trailer out the back of the shop!
My dad knocked up a truss frame to set on top of the camper for winter storage. The idea here is that there is enough pitch to this frame to keep the snow from accumulating on the top of the trailer before we can complete the internal structure that will ultimately allow for the snow load. Let's hope it works!
Future plans:
Given my current life/work schedule, it looks like the next time I am going to have ANY time to spend on this build is mid to late February, so it may be a while before the next update.
My goal for my next visit is:
1.) Finish Ceiling
2.) Install all electrical that is IN the walls. (tail lights, clearance lights, ceiling fan, etc.)
3.) Install some of the internal walls to finalize the core structure of the trailer.
Stay warm, and stay tuned! (And thanks for reading!)
All good things must come to an end. (final update for now!)
When measured floor to top of rafters, the trailer is 97.5" tall. For those of you keeping score at home, the shop garage door is only an 8' door... so... I'm 1.5" to tall!
Luckily my previous camping trailer also used 4 on 4 rims, but had much smaller wheels, so we swapped out my 12" rims for some 8.5" rims, and found the 1.5" of clearance we needed to squeeze the trailer out the back of the shop!
My dad knocked up a truss frame to set on top of the camper for winter storage. The idea here is that there is enough pitch to this frame to keep the snow from accumulating on the top of the trailer before we can complete the internal structure that will ultimately allow for the snow load. Let's hope it works!
Future plans:
Given my current life/work schedule, it looks like the next time I am going to have ANY time to spend on this build is mid to late February, so it may be a while before the next update.
My goal for my next visit is:
1.) Finish Ceiling
2.) Install all electrical that is IN the walls. (tail lights, clearance lights, ceiling fan, etc.)
3.) Install some of the internal walls to finalize the core structure of the trailer.
Stay warm, and stay tuned! (And thanks for reading!)
