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OK here I go!! Build started....New Pic's.....

Postby kirkman » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:08 am

I bought a TS 4x8 trailer yesterday. I am going to build a 5x8 benroy on top of her. Yesterday I cut off the welded on fenders and moved the axle from on top of the springs to below the springs. It was not as hard of a job as I thought it would be. Looks like this will give me the clearance I need with out making big wheel wells. I wish I had a digital camera so I could keep you guys up dated. But alas you will have to use you imagination. That is unless my lovely wife gets me one for fathers day .
:) Wish me luck!!!!!!!
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Postby steve wolverton » Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:22 am

kirkman wrote:That is unless my lovely wife gets me one for fathers day .


Build very slowly until Fathers Day, and then take a million photos! :pictures:

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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:07 pm

:lol: 8) The cheapy from Walmart works. Cost about $15. I know cause the majority of my pictures were taken with it. :thumbsup:

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Postby martha24 » Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:54 pm

Good Luck:thumbsup:
Have lots of fun too. :thumbsup:
Pictures are good for your own "record" too, not just to keep the mad one & others happy. :lol:
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Postby kirkman » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:59 pm

$15 dollar digital camera at walmart !!!!! I will have to check that out. :thumbsup:
I built the floor today and ended up with 2 1/2 inches of clearance between wheels and the floor. I hope that is enough. Tomorrow I am going to flip the floor over and give her a good coating of roofing tar.
:roll: I think that will take up the AM. :thinking: Then it is off to the hardware store for 3/8 bolts. Then to the auto parts store in search of bumper stops to keep my tear from bottoming out the springs and the tiers hitting the floor.
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Postby kirkman » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:56 pm

Day three.....I undercoated the floor, installed the bumper stops, and bolted the floor to the trailer. Tomorrow I will cut out the walls and get them installed....I have to get a camera! 8)
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Postby mikeschn » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:30 pm

You're working too fast, and not getting enough pictures...

Get over to Walmart ASAP for that $15 digital camera!!!

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Postby madjack » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:54 pm

KM, for showing on the web, one of these didgital cameras will work as well as you need it tooooo........ 8)

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Postby kirkman » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:47 pm

Day 4......I went to walmart to day to get a cheep Digital camera and guess what they where out of them.

Madjack...I was going to order the one you found but by the time it gets here I will be dun with my build.

Today I got the walls cut out and installed. Ribs are in and I am ready to do the cabin ceiling. I have to work fast because I don't have a garage so every day it is nice I'm working hard. It looks like rain tomorrow so I might not finish as fast as I would like.
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Postby kirkman » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:21 pm

Day 5........Went to get 1/8 Baltic birch today and they where out so I went with paneling. I think it will look great. When I went to mix up some epoxy I realized I was out so I glued up the scarf joints with tight bond. So I have to wait until tomorrow to install the cabin roof. I spent the rest of the after noon trying to figure out how I want my galley to look.
I still have not come up with and good Ideas. :thinking:
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:48 pm

That's what you get for not finding a camera! :R

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Postby NightCap » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:26 pm

Hey this would work in a pinch.

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Postby kirkman » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:08 am

Nightcap....Now that's funny!! :lol: I'm gonna go right out and build me one.
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Postby Steve F » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:11 am

kirkman wrote:Nightcap....Now that's funny!! :lol: I'm gonna go right out and build me one.


Dont forget to take some pics of the build ;)

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Postby kirkman » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:44 pm

[/b] Day 6....I installed the cabin roof and then put a coat of polyurethane on the side where the foam insulation goes for extra. moisture protection. Then I started laying out my galley. I think this is going to be the hardest thing in the whole project because I don't know how I want it. I guess I should haul out all of my camping gear and see how it fits . :thinking:
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