John61CT wrote:If she tries, just reveal it was your plan all along.
Humans need "hardening" against the cold just like plants.
You just **pretended** to "forget" the fuel.
S. Heisley wrote:This is an extremely well done raindrop. Very impressive.
I wouldn't worry too much about getting teased over forgetting the propane but I'll bet you won't forget it ever again!!!
tony.latham wrote:Makes me wonder if I shouldn’t go for a five pound bottle?
I calculated that a Propex could run for 12 hours with a five pounder.
Next time you’re bored, please snap a profile photo of your ‘drop with that bottle.
Tony
John61CT wrote:Sometimes opening the valve too quickly kicks in the excess flow "check valve".
Here are the best pictures I have of the propane bottle in the wild:
tony.latham wrote:Louis:Here are the best pictures I have of the propane bottle in the wild:
Thanks for the pics. I've been staring at a paint roller all day and seeing your 'drop gives them a bit of relief. That trim around the front windows must have been a bear.
Tony
Louisd75 wrote:tony.latham wrote:Louis:Here are the best pictures I have of the propane bottle in the wild:
Thanks for the pics. I've been staring at a paint roller all day and seeing your 'drop gives them a bit of relief. That trim around the front windows must have been a bear.
Tony
I dunno... I could stare at a paint roller for quite a while if it meant I was getting a new shop
The window trim wasn't too bad. I started with the middle window. I ran two very long pieces of all thread through the center holes on the top and bottom portion of the trim rings with the poly-carbonate sandwiched between the two trim rings. It helped having an extra set of hands. I then did two nuts as jamb nuts on each of the pieces of all thread, on the inside part of the trailer. I used another nut from the outside of each all thread rod to tighten the whole sandwich together. The jamb nuts sucked the inner trim ring into place, I just had to double check to make sure everything stayed lined up. Once I had the center tightened together I put a couple of long bolts with nuts through the next holes and tightened the nuts to pull it in. After that, I pulled the center all threads out and replaced them with the final bolts. I did that from the center out, alternating left then right. Install a long bolt to suck it in, remove previous long bolt and replace with final short bolts.
It was a lot easier than trying to install my prefabbed roof/ceiling by myself I built it on the floor and then lifted it into place. I also managed to install it upside down, which I didn't catch until after screwing and gluing it into place. I think that's the biggest downside of working solo... there's not usually anyone to catch your mistakes until they're well established. The roof/ceiling upside down isn't the end of the world, but if I'd done it right then I would have a nice crown for shedding rain instead of a small valley that tends to collect water. I did seal the heck out of everything up there.
I've learned a lot building this trailer, my next one should go much better.
One other issue that I ran across on this last trip was that I finally bottomed out my suspension, and the tire does indeed make a wee little bit of contact with the fender. I've got the material to make a new spring hanger for up forward, so I'm planning on moving the forward mounting point down 1" and forward 1/2". I'm pretty sure it happened when I hit a pothole on the freeway. It was a harder hit than planned because by the time I realized that it wasn't a shadow I didn't have many choices other than hitting it full bore or trying to swerve. I've been very impressed with the towing manners of the trailer. I don't consider myself all that experienced at towing, but the trailer has just been great in that regard. We had a pretty good outflow this past week from the Fraser Valley, which meant that I was dealing with a lot of crosswind across the farmland stretches of the highway and the trailer just shrugged it off and stayed right behind me where it belonged. Buffeting when passing big rigs was non existent. I read all these horror stories about people needing weight distribution hitches and how sketchy the braking is and how the trailer pushes them around and I can't help but feel that we went the right direction with our trailer. It's truly a joy to travel with.
Louisd75 wrote:
I've learned a lot building this trailer, my next one should go much better.
KTM_Guy wrote:I said this to my wife the other day and she listed all the things that need to happen first before I can start another.
Tile the master bathroom floor.
replace the tub faucet in the spare bathroom. This also means a full tub retile.
Finish the shed.
The list goes on.
I haven't told her yet but I have been doing some rough drawing to build a roof top tent. She wasn't a fan of them that is why we are building the teardrop. But there are some places I want to go that I just don't want to pull a trailer.
I have a #5 tanks, and am kind of wishing I have a=the #10. When I got the #5 I wasn't planing on the Propex. That with the Partner Steel stove, may not last as long as I would want. And the propane camp fires sound like a good idea here with the summer fire bans.
Todd
KTM_Guy wrote:What was your altitude when you had problems? When I was checking with Westy about what elevation the Propex will work I was told in the 8-9,000' range most regulators would work but above that it needed to be tuned but I can't find the email now what the pressure was. But he said with a properly tuned two stage regulator people have been using them to 13'000'.
Todd
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