My Giant Teardrop build

[Ivar the Red]

Johnny how far are you from Severy Kansas?

del

298.0 mi, 4 hr 58 min

[toypusher]

Well, she's all back under plastic again now, we're suppose to get rain the first part of this week. Next time I think I'll build the wheel wells. Should I put the black goo on them and then some metal? Or would the black goo just be over kill?

Johnny, great progress!

It maybe overkill, but I would use the black goo (or at least somekind of good waterproofing on the wood. You can never be sure in an area like that with water.

Really looking forward to seeing it take shape now!!

[Cliffmeister2000]

Question...What is 74" wide...

187" long...

It's Johnny's floor!!! Finally.

Sweet! What thickness ply did you go with?

[Ivar the Red]

Question...What is 74" wide...

187" long...

It's Johnny's floor!!! Finally.

Sweet! What thickness ply did you go with?

1/2" over 2/3 frame.

[del]

Hey...I just like to hear (see) myself talk.

one more trip to Ace Hardware after work and the floor should be on by page 14 or 15

Are you sure, I am predicting page 31. Folks I think he is trying to have more pages than the puffin build by Steve.

del

HAH!!! page 13! A page sooner than I expected....thanks for the motivation Del.

So I transposed the numbers, no big deal right?.............................Right?

del

[Ivar the Red]

I had a bit of a brain fart when planning the frame and floor joints. Instead of making the joints land on a "floor joist" the joint are just kind of out there in the middle. Rather then tear it out and start over, I came up with this to join the floor and keep out the water and what not...

I'll be working on this and the wheel wells this weekend. But I have to make time for my daughter's 13th birthday sometime in there. They want to got shopping in Oklahoma City. Hmmmm maybe a side trip to Harbor Freight to check out the sale.as with all my drawing, the above is not to scale.

[toypusher]

Johnny, why don't you just put another crossmember where you need them. They don't really need to sit on a crossmember of the trailer. I mean, what demensions are your wooden crossmembers and how thick is the decking plywood??

[starleen2]

Johnny, why don't you just put another crossmember where you need them. They don't really need to sit on a crossmember of the trailer. I mean, what demensions are your wooden crossmembers and how thick is the decking plywood??

Agrees with toypusher - the addtional crossmenber will negate the need for t-molding and keep the seam from flexing. 1/2 ply gets pretty bouncy at the seams. I tried to join some 3/8 with a plywood backer glued and screwed in place - It didn't hold well for me. I eventually backed it with a 1x4 screwed and glued and it holds just fine

[Ivar the Red]

Yep, there I go...overthinking things. It would only be 3 more 2X4s...easy and not that much weight.

But that means more black goo. I hate that stuff. I was gonna use the cut offs from the floor plywood. Oh well, at least I got to draw another pretty picture.

[toypusher]

You never posted pictures of the new jack (and associated instructions)!!!!

Sup widdat??

[GPW]

With the possibility of yet another Stimulus check , you might be able to finish it...hahahaha

[Ivar the Red]

A little progress today...

old jack location


old jack, new location


new jack

This may be temporary, cause I don't really like this jack, I wanted one with a wheel, and it just barely clears the ball on the Durango. Oh well that's all I could get at the time, so it'll work.
Now on to the wheel wells.

[del]

A little progress today...
new jack

This may be temporary, cause I don't really like this jack, I wanted one with a wheel, and it just barely clears the ball on the Durango. Oh well that's all I could get at the time, so it'll work.
Now on to the wheel wells.

I have seen jacks like that, and most of them the little foot comes off, and a wheel goes on. If the foot comes off, then take it to a trailer supply place and find a wheel.

del

[Ivar the Red]

Not much more "real" progress, just want to show off the new lights that allow me to work into the night.




I did get the parts cut and painted for the wheel wells. It's hard to work when you keep running back inside to check football scores. More tomorrow.

[satch]

Do my eyes decieve me? a floor? Way to go Big John, we may see you at a gathering yet...2015,maybe? Razzin' ya Bro, don't keep the neighbors up too late!