Weekender Build

[rbourne3]

Started on a weekender today. Trying for a very light build. Got one side and the floor done before I gave out. Too tired to start a proper build thread, but put pics on my site. Maybe during the week...
http://thebournes.us/weekender/weekender.html

[Alfred]

Hey! Looks like a great start!

I've been working on my modified "Weekender" for over two years now! What you got done today took me about 6 months

Keep us posted!

AL in Asheville

[rbourne3]

Thanks. I got the second wall done today, now just have to clean and sand the edges and tidy up the door openings. Is there any reason to radius the door corners? Square corners would save a lot of time.

[rbourne3]

Got the walls symmetrical last night. Made a major boo boo when cutting the ply for them. I built the same wall twice, so the nicer birch ply is on the inside of one wall and the outside of the other. Looks like I'll be painting inside and out.

My walls weigh 45 lbs and the floor 75 lbs. Hopefully I can stay under 500 lbs. Started putting the trailer axle together. I took the middle leaf out of the springs and may remove the small one also. I'll use just the axle assembly from the HF trailer and build the V frame suggested by Mike and Andrew in this topic. http://tinyurl.com/yypdmxy

After mounting the hangers to the axle, I found my floor is too wide. I planned to mount the walls on top of the floors, but decided the extra 1" of glue surface gained by mounting them to the side is a good thing. It also lowers the top by 2". I mounted the axle on top of the springs to lower things a little more.

I like the looks of the square fenders with the square tear, so I plan to use them. Just before going in for the night , I noticed the fender mounting holes on the axle bracket don't line up with the axle. I know they have to be cut off because I moved the axle, but shouldn't they line up? I guess I'll have to mount the tires and fenders and see.

Until tomorrow

[parnold]

I have the HF 1720lb trailer, and I put the axle on top of the springs instead of below. The brackets on mine won't ever reach the mounting holes since the tires are about 4" higher.

Maybe you're looking at the wrong holes? There are a lot of them in that area. I ended up making my own brackets, and will actually bolt them through the body of the trailer. I opted for round fenders to complement my rounded tear.

[rbourne3]

I knew I would have to move them, just wondered why they are not directly above the axle. I was going to mount the wheels today and the trailer is short one axle nut. I hope HF has some spares around.

[rbourne3]

Checking back, I noticed I never finished my build thread. All the pics are available on my website http://thebournes.us/weekender/weekender.html
I pulled it on 1 1000 mile trip and multiple 250-500 milers with no problem. Sure beats sleeping in a tent.