A 12 ft. FEATHERLITE conversion

[lrrowe]

I have not weighed the pink from yet, but do you think that weight will really make that much of a difference in your project? If as MtnDon says, if you do not need to use wood sleepers, then that weight gain is eliminated.

[Prem]

Next summer on a 100* day (for maximum foam expansion), I'm going to spray foam the underside of my trailer in 12" x 8 ft. runs using keroscene-sprayed cardboard as a temp form to resist gravity. Then I'm going to roll it with white elastomeric RV roof coating. Same way I change oil, I'll drive it up on the 4 x 12 wood blocks and use a creeper and a tyvek suit with blue gloves.

[lrrowe]

And lots of face and head protection!

[hankaye]

Prem, Howdy;

Next summer on a 100* day (for maximum foam expansion), I'm going to spray foam the underside of my trailer in 12" x 8 ft. runs using keroscene-sprayed cardboard as a temp form to resist gravity. Then I'm going to roll it with white elastomeric RV roof coating. Same way I change oil, I'll drive it up on the 4 x 12 wood blocks and use a creeper and a tyvek suit with blue gloves.

Have you priced a Tyvek suit lately, what with the Ebola scare, the price has jumped up a wee bit...
(at some unscrupulis retailers, that is).
The elastomeric coating sound good but it's for roofs. Most RV's that have a belly cover use
what is refereed to as "coroplast", the corrugated plastic that the Vote for me signs are made from.
https://www.google.com/search?q=coropla ... 80&bih=673
To help keep water from intruding at the front you could use some sort of sealant of your choice.
Only a suggestion.

hank

[Prem]

Bob,

Yup. Already have the Tyvek suit and full face hood.


Hank,

Yeah. I thought about using Coroplast and still might. It *is* super light weight and pretty rugged against flying stones on back roads. I'd attach it to the floor joists with SS fender washers on SS self-tapping screws. Thanks for reminding me.

P.S. Featherlites come with high density USB on the floor with a near-Kevlar fabric laminated to the bottom. The combo stands up to rocks extremely well. The fabric has texture and will hold the polyurethane glue/foam well also.

[hankaye]

Prem, Howdy;

The SS hardware is overkill (IMO), What I have under my "Home", is just regular self-tappers
and coupled with a large diameter washer work fine. My "home" is now 7 years old and the
bolts underneath are fine. Had to remove a few last year to add a mod to the stabilizer
system and had no problems getting them out or back in. Just food for thought and it may
allow you to pick up a few extra 'Barley Pops' to enjoy after the job is complete.

hank

[Prem]

Overkill?

I only own SS fasteners---a big coffee can full and a few boxes. Two buddies used to give me SS fasteners. Free is good. Cost averaging when one has to buy some and VOILA! -- still cheap.

No electrolysis and never any rust, plus they don't get the heads ripped off with the screw gun for having the torque set high.

[Prem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-UAaGL1QBI

[hankaye]

Prem, Howdy;

Electrolysis, galvanic or dissimilar metal corrosion all pretty much the same thing...
I try to keep my metals as similar as I can, the use of a protective coating as simple
as anti-seize works very well, even close to the Ocean. Torque and speed are not good
when it comes to fasteners. I like to think of it akin to smoking a pork shoulder, low an slow
does it right every time when applying torque as well as ensuring that the proper six=zed socket
is used.

hank

PS. I always liked this Pennsylvania Dutch expression; "The hurrier I go the behinder I get."

[Prem]

I got nun a them problems. An I slowed down too much in me old age already.

Stainless steel screws = shiny forever. A major plus

[mezmo]

Don't forget that other Pennsylvania Dutch saying:
"Too soon Alt [Old], too late Schmart [Smart]".

[hankaye]

mezmo, Howdy;

, I always preferred the more modern version,
"I get so old so fast and so smart so slow"
and there is the classic,
"Throw Papa down the stairs his slippers ... "

hank

[lrrowe]

How about:

"Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth."

From The Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

[Prem]

One of my favorites:

"I've done so much with so little for so long that now I can do almost anything with almost nothing."

I first heard this from an old guy when I lived at the end of a dirt road, 27 miles from Flagstaff. (One becomes a bit of a pack rat out of necessity.)

If you've ever been down remote dirt roads in Baja and have seen an old truck chassis made into a windmill tower, the saying, "Waste not, want not" comes to mind.

[Prem]

Don't forget that other Pennsylvania Dutch saying: "Too soon Alt [Old], too late Schmart [Smart]".

mezmo,

My mom had that on a plaque on the kitchen wall for 35 years.