bobhenry wrote:I'm bustin' my hump I gotta secure the roof and trim out the rear and reinforce the doors and add tail lights and the barn is on the road.
Kinda like someone I know
all the work at the last minute
Tuesday night update .... roof is screwed down and tail lights are on
Had a major engineering rebuild on the tongue. It had bent as some of you said it would and I jacked it back into position but it needed more so we trussed it by using 1 1/2 flat stock and a 4" piece of 1 1/2 square tube. Placed the tube at the front rail of the trailer frame under the tongue and the flat strap was welded to this tube and 3 feet forward and another 3 feet to the rear. A saddle was placed over the square tube and welded to each piece of flat stock to connect them and relieve some of the strain on the tube weld. Then we tensioned the strap by mashing with a monster "c" clamp and welded the edges at both ends. This effectively makes a truss out of my extra long tongue As the tongue load increases the front strap tensions and actually lifts the leading edge of the frame while the rear also tensions to assist the front strap. I know clear as mud but it worked and you can play a tune on the straps.
I'll try and get some pics because this was a very good repair method.
Got 2 more evenings before the big parade and 1 st outing in "Barn to be wild" A little clean out of tools and some door reinforcement and a bit of trim and we are off . Been just under 5 weeks !
by bobhenry » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:06 pm 
