A little progress today. As a note, if you haven’t tried Harbor Freight cut off wheels, DO SO. The ones made for the small hand grinder, 4.5” or so diameter. OMG they are GOOD. They are almost impossible to break. A while back I managed to slip and wedge the wheel in some steel, chipping out a piece by the time I got it unstuck. It still worked fine.
Anyway...
I cut off the LONG tongue and fitted the new coupler, using my little grinder and one of those wheels. Now to drill the holes and find bolts to fit.
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(Notice the blank area to the left of the tongue box in that pic. There will be an access hatch there, to allow storing long things like an EZ up, under the bed. It will also give access to the inside wiring box after the bed is in place.
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You can see the 12 volt ‘conduit’ (drip tubing) and the battery charging conduit (3/4” PVC) in that pic. The wires come from the TV, along the frame and come up through the floor to the junction box.
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The red scribbled area is where the access hatch will be. It is under the bed, which will be almost impossible to access from inside when the camper is complete.