Project "Willow" The standy trailer

[Da'engineer]

Got most of the decking done today had got cut short on time today though




Tomorrow picking-up some more ply and 2x4s to finish up the decking and get her bolted on then I am on hold until payday on the 15th and that's where I drop about a grand. ;D

[Da'engineer]

Got the lights in today



I can finally tow it


Once they are installed...

Plus I've been looking for a mural to have painted on the hatch of the trailer. So I went to Fiverr and had someone draw something up for it and it came out pretty well



I was pretty happy with it. I just need to find a good painter!

[S. Heisley]

Pretty name, Willow. Nice picture, too. Check into having a decal made instead of painting it on. It might be less expensive; plus, it would be removable, should you ever want to. Of course, if you know a good artistic painter who'll do it for a "song"..... (Can you carry a tune? )

We have a member who does decals. I can't remember his member name; but, I'll check elsewhere and see if he does large decals like that.

[Da'engineer]

Pretty name, Willow. Nice picture, too. Check into having a decal made instead of painting it on. It might be less expensive; plus, it would be removable, should you ever want to. Of course, if you know a good artistic painter who'll do it for a "song"..... (Can you carry a tune? )

We have a member who does decals. I can't remember his member name; but, I'll check elsewhere and see if he does large decals like that.

I was leaning towards decals since it will be less of a pain in the butt. But I also know a couple people at work that are really good painters we will see

[Da'engineer]

Today I finished the decking just needs to be sealed and sanded down for correct fit.

I bolted it down with 3/8" bolts about 6 of them I figured that would be more then enough. Might add more.



I got the first stand off and light mounted today but called it quits since it was getting so late got three more to go !



and yes i burnt the wood a little bit o.o didn't think about it till it was too late. But it's good. "it's just a flesh wound"

[noseoil]

Single shear strength of a 3/8" grade 2 bolt is about 4,900#. I think 6 of them will hold a few hundred pounds of trailer just fine!

[Da'engineer]

This is true lol. It's hard to accept facts when you are building things yourself it's hard to get over that it should be good enough mentality and say in confidence that it is good.

[Da'engineer]

Forgot to update this (Yet again) But I got the flooring all sealed up in between the pylwood.. I was worried about water getting in some how lol.. Tomorrow I am going to start building the walls!

Wish me luck!



I used PL premium to glue any holes and cracks water could jump up through. I still need to water proof the wood and re-install the floor.

[daveesl77]

Looking really good! Yeah, those 6 bolts will hold it fine. This is going to be a fun build for you.

dave

[noseoil]

LUCK!

Remember, water gets into edges & end grain. The holes around bolts is one place water can wick into a deck, while running down a highway in the rain. Paint, epoxy, urethane any and all openings, edges, penetrations, seams & joints before final assembly and you should be good for years to come.

What's the plan for walls?

[Da'engineer]

LUCK!

Remember, water gets into edges & end grain. The holes around bolts is one place water can wick into a deck, while running down a highway in the rain. Paint, epoxy, urethane any and all openings, edges, penetrations, seams & joints before final assembly and you should be good for years to come.

What's the plan for walls?

I plan on sealing it as well as I can. for the walls I am using 3/4 ply for the middle and on the outside some thin 1/4 inch good exterior grade ply. and the inside just normal 5mm. Everything is glued together with tbIII and pocket holed for the frame. the outside wall will be screwed down then i am going to use an exterior grade wood filler mixed with hardener to fill the screw holes. As far as painting goes I am on a budget so fiberglassing or skinning is out of the question for the most part. So either a canvas method or something... been working on that all week xD!

[noseoil]

Hopefully you can "skeletonize" the 3/4" plywood a bit to make it easier to tow & better on gas. The strength comes from both of the skins when it's glued together into a sandwich. Here's what I did to a perfectly good 3/4" plywood panel. Not much left once I was finished, but it does weigh a lot less. I wouldn't go much lighter, but this is plenty strong once it's glued & fastened together. The wall is 9' long, so I just used a butt joint with 3/8" dowels & TB2 to join it together. The joint is at the back by the galley, 3 dowels is all it needed. Once the interior 1/8" skin was in place, it's plenty strong and still very light for handling.

[Da'engineer]

I plan on cutting the 3/4 down into 2 in planks to form a wall like you would on a house. To maximize my 3/4 coverage since my walls are 9x6

[Da'engineer]

Not getting as much work done this weekend as I hoped. Tomorrow I am going to start cutting the plywood and fitting it.. Starting to run into some issues with parts.. Since they either want 79 dollars to ship or refuse to ship to alaska..

I went with two coats of spar then two coats of rubberized underbody coating





Took about 6 cans to coat it with the underbody coating. I used 2 pints of spar to do the base coat.

After that I finished mounting the lights for the trailer its coming together pretty nicely.





I will be hooking up the lights tomorrow. The walls won't start to go up till I figure out where we are going to put the trailer since its height will go beyond the height of the garage.... >.>

[Da'engineer]

Day got cut short since it was so beautiful out I decided to go disc golfing! Although it was windy as hell still always a good time.

I got the floor reattached to the frame after the rubberized bottom was all dried.



This took quite awhile since I was by myself.. And the floor is no where near light! Plus I had issues with the bolts threads since I did a horrible job cutting them down. SO I had to go back and re-trim them so I could thread on the nuts.

But next I started cutting down the 3/4 in ply using my Kreg Rip-cut.. which by the way is the most amazing jig ever. I was able to consistently cut 2-in straight planks out of the ply..



I am prefer this method versus the standard skeleton style people go with..Since the walls will be pocket holed and glued accordingly the joints will be extremely strong. It adds a little bit of labor. but We don't care about time.. its all about the cost! The planks pictured will cover most of the wall build minus some cross supports.


Tuesday I will be assembling the walls hopefully if time permits! But who knows. The plywood I bought has a tendency to bow once I cut it down so I'll probably lay some weight down in the middle as I assemble the wall on the floor. I hope it all works out.

In my original design i was going to go with 2x2 boards to join the two walls but I decided to slim them down to 1x2s cutting down on weight!