Now it begins.

[bledsoe3]

SmokeyBob, I clicked the link on you post. I really like the pictures there. Mostly because the link goes to my gallery . I would be interested in seeing your dust cap tool though.

[DoWopBox]

IraRat


Putting this trailer together has been a learning experience. The first minor problem I encountered was with the 3/8"x3/4" & the 3/8"x1" bolts. The head of the bolt is 5/8" US standard but the 3/8" Nylon nut is 17mm. Lucky for me I have both US and Metric tools.

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The bolts are 16mm (close to 5/8") and the nuts are 17mm.

[IraRat]

When you cut and pasted that link, when I click on it, it brings me to MY personal gallery, not yours. It'll do the same to anyone else too--bringing them to their own gallery and not yours.

I looked at your dust cap thingy, but I'm all confused. It's been so long since I assembled it, I don't remember:

Didn't I just tap them on with a hammer? Wasn't that all there was to it?

[SmokeyBob]

bledsoe3 & Ira, Sorry about the wrong link to my album.
I bet you all enjoyed looking at you own album.

Try this one, I'll get it right one of these days.

http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/album_personal.php?user_id=1169

Ira
You can use some type of hammer to put the caps on but you will usually end up putting dents in the cap. Using this 2" pipe keeps you from denting in the dust cap. You hit the end of the pipe with your hammer. On your car or truck you would have a hub cap or wheel cover to hide the dust cap. With the cap exposed on the HP trailer I wanted the cap to look nice.

DoWopBox
Thanks for the heads up. Your right about that 16mm. My set of open end metric wrenches doesn't include 16mm. So when I tried a 5/8 wench the fit was good. I guess the difference between the two is very small.
Well you learn something knew every day.

[Gerdo]

Hopfully you can fix this problem.

[bledsoe3]

bledsoe3 & Ira, Sorry about the wrong link to my album.
I bet you all enjoyed looking at you own album.

Try this one, I'll get it right one of these days.

http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/album_personal.php?user_id=1169

That link works better. But still like my pictures.

[mikeschn]

Since there is no rear hatch in what I am going to build. I plan on leaveing the axel in it's original position. I'll adjust the tongue weight by moving things around in the camper. I do that all the time for my other trailer and it seems to work out.

Are you sure you want to leave the axle in the original position. According to my CAD program the wheels are in the way of the door...



Here I've moved the wheels back, and also added the window in the back you mentioned. There's a porta potty in the back too... maybe I'll make a rendering of that tomorrow...



Mike...

[mikeschn]

Okay, I had a few more minutes this evening...

Looking at this, it doesn't look like you have enough head room. You might have to put a dropped floor in the back there...



Yes, I know I didn't center the porta potty and put a cabinet on each side. But you get the idea!

Mike...

[SmokeyBob]

Mike
Those are some fantastic CAD drawings. May I ask what kind of program your using to make these drawings with.

That axle placement is giving me some concern. I'll get out the old tape measure tomorrow and rethink this.

I thought about the head room with the porta potty. I had my wife sit on the porta potty and I measured from the floor to the top of her head. It looked like we could do it. But I'll know more when I start building. I told my wife about the dropped floor, she said no way, that was to low for here. So I thought why not raise the roof. Increase the back two feet of the roof about 6" and have the front part of it slope like the front of the camper.

If this covering with the PVC pipe works I could just put the porta potty outside.


Gerdo
I thought the same thing, how am I going to flip this over. With the axle assembly sticking out past the center of the trailer it acted as a counter weight, making the lifting part easy. Next I put a hydrolic jack under the trailer frame below the axle and raised it about 2'. Then I just lifted up the upper half of the frame and swung it over.

[IraRat]

Mike, could we see at least ONE curved detail on this, like the fenders?

If you slant a wall 1 degree this way, another 1 degree that way, you now have the world's first TD that can't be detected by radar.

[Cutterpup]

If you slant a wall 1 degree this way, another 1 degree that way, you now have the world's first TD that can't be detected by radar.

Ira that would be the first stealth drop

[mikeschn]

Mike, could we see at least ONE curved detail on this, like the fenders?

If you slant a wall 1 degree this way, another 1 degree that way, you now have the world's first TD that can't be detected by radar.

Ah yes, the stealth teardrop. That one is still on the drawing board!

And Smoky, I use TurboCAD and Ironcad!

Mike...