Back at it again

[NathanL]

Haven't ever posted a bunch on here but I'm back at teardrop again. Stopped early last year when I got a new job that required 900 hours of work per week or close to it.

Now I'm in the mood trying to figure out where I stopped and why. I spent all day making list and poking around. I've got lots of free time having lost my job because I couldn't get a written diagnoses of everyones guess of what was wrong with me after 5 months. The good news is among other things I was diagnosed with including massive reoccuring strokes, MS etc...it turned out to be a disease common in children and will recover 100%. The bad news is having sat on my rear end for 5 months things go very slow lol.

Some people call it procastinating, I call it getting organized. I've been doing a lot of organizing ahead of any real work.

Hope to have some pictures up of real work soon.

I'm going to spend a lot of time on here soon becuase I might try and simplify a few things. It's 5' x 9'6 basically a benroy and the walls are done, the roof is on, the hatch is made but not hinged etc...on a harbor freight trailer. I might try and simplify to make a decent length trip this late summer and take it slow on finishing. In the past my trailers (I've built a few) were used as base camps while treking out west and backpacking to have a nice place to get out of the weather after 3-5 days and a more comfortable bed. That's probabl a thing of the past at least for a while, so trying to simplify and repurpose.

[aggie79]

Nathan,

Glad to see you're back at building again. I'm even more happy to see that you've but medical issues behind you.

Look forward to some pictures.

Take care,
Tom

[NathanL]

Did a little today. Trying to decide if it's worth going to a living hinge for the hatch that I have already or keeping the hurricane hinge I made it for but still haven't used. Probably comes out about the same.



I have a cutout for my door that is just barely over 26" x 36" which is the common size for the large door. I had originally planned to make a door but I'm thinking now of ordering a premade to save the hassle of hinging and tramming it out etc....Now I have to revisit all my decisions that I made in the design of the trailer. That pesky brain again.


Yeah I'm pretty glad the official diagnoses of "massive brain damage" "you'll be a vegetable in less than 6 months" etc....turned out to be a misdiagnoses. Funny now, not so much at the time.

[ctstaas]

Hi Nathan and welcome back. Working on my TD makes me feel good and gives me goals. Meet nice people, end up with a rig as nice as Tom and Linda's, and be just a little faster then Slow Cowboy.http://tnttt.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=2&t=59799#
The ideas, laughs,tips and techniques I get from this forum provides a lot of motivation and is much appreciated.
Enjoy, Chris