bve wrote:I don't think you want to be tarring the top of the floor, but maybe I am just misreading what you mean?
Burke -- At the time, that was what I meant. I'm not going to do both sides though, that wouldn't make any sense. The side that my flooring and the rest of the build will go on will not be painted.
teardrop_focus wrote:Pls post more pics of the do0gie.
Chris -- I'll post a few more tonight.
down under tech wrote:Hi Dave: It looks like you got a deal on the windows. You are getting your parts the way I am. One piece at a time as needed. The window for your rear door you can tint it if you want to. I think that was the one that was clear.
I sanded and primed my tongue today and posted more pics in my album. I didn't make a post, though. I took better pics to show you how I made it. You are right not to move your axle back. I made my wooden floor frame out of 2x3s.
I bought a new axle to get the much bigger bearings than the HF bearings. I was thinking that you can widen your axle by cutting it in two in the center and place a larger piece of round tube in between the cut pieces and weld them in the wider position with the new wheels and tires you will use. Before you weld it drill two or three holes in the new sleeve both ends and plug weld them to the HF axle halves as well as all the way around the tube. This will make it stronger. Buy 2 new spring mount brackets and weld them in the new place they need to set the axle over or under the springs. Leave the original spring mounts where they are, just turn the axle 180 degrees. If you are using the HD HF frame your axle should be a round tube axle. The lighter HF frame uses a half round axle. It is U shaped. You should not widen this one.
Talk at you later,
Johnny -
I might tint the back window, but tinting it might actually cost me more than just buying another tinted window. If I do get around to tinting it, it will be post-build.
Thanks for posting the pics of the tongue. What you did makes perfect sense now -- it's a lot better of an implementation of what I did with my tongue. Unfortunately, I don't have a welder, so my chassis is nowhere near as pretty as yours.
I've got the nice HF trailer with the round axle as well, but like I said -- no welding, so no widening will be possible.
Your floor frame is really, really heavy duty! With all those 2x3's, you don't need nearly as much chassis -- you could have even gotten away with an A-frame. Despite that, your approach will make sure that it's rock-solid. With strength like that, you could probably offroad with it!
I'm experimenting a bit with alternatives to epoxy, CPES, or bedliner for my external waterproofing. The thread is here:
http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=35403
To summarize, since this is a large TTT, the cost to CPES or epoxy the trailer is enormous -- more than I'll spend on both chassis and wood combined. So, to combat this, I'm experimenting with Titebond III to see if it will work instead of the usual methods.
I'm also working out logistics of my toilet system. There's another thread in about that here:
http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=35370
We're looking at highs in the 60's this weekend. Let's hope we get them; I'll be able to haul the build out and get some progress!
ur Maddie-dog.
