Floor, flooring and beyond .

We finished the floor and it turned out okay.  We did have an issue when we bolted it to the frame.  I chose bolts that I thought would go through the wood.  So, I took all the bolts out and then installed large fender washers.  It seems more substantial now, would hate to be going down the road and the whole thing fall apart.  Here is the floor

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This week we took the wheel wells to a metal fabricator and he said they were in good shape and it would be expensive to rebuild them.  So we grinded the rust and dirt, primed them and so far have one coat of truck bed on them, will add a couple of more, they look fine.

We layed the flooring the last couple of days, it was easy once we got the hang of it.







After we laid it, we had to trim off the excess, also went well.

So, we will move on to completing the wheel wells and then start the inside.  After the inside, the walls go up.

Frame and Floor!

We painted the frame in preparation for the rebuild.  We used the Rustoleum system, first primer and then two coats of black.  It seemed to have turned out well.




Then, we moved to the floor.  We decided on a floor that was two 1/2 inch layers of plywood with 1 x 4 framing.  We were relieved when the boards seemed to fit the trailer, we even help up the skin to make sure we were okay and it seems we are.

First, we pained the bottom layer with asphalt fence paint, it is really nasty stuff.

See Susan paint!

Here is the after, hopefully, we are preventing rot.

Then we began building the floor, notice we painted where the seams come together, hopefully, no rot  :-)





If the weather holds, we will bolt the completed floor to the frame tomorrow.


 

We continue .......

We have continued to work on the trailer but took a break to be in Sanibel over the holidays.  It was hot!

While we were away, the bare frame went to the welder who beefed up the frame a bit and added stabilizer legs, removed the waste tank and added new jacks.  New brakes were installed as well.

This is a picture of the frame, before, not horrible.



Here is the after, we are getting some pretty damp weather with rain so priming will have to wait.  This was easy and it did not take as long as anticipated.  Notice the new stabilizers.  The base is welded to the frame but not the legs so they can be replaced when needed.  See Susan grinding!






We have also been working on the skin removing the rest of the stables, and struggling with the windows, rusted screws are "screwing" the process.  Very slow going.

We learned how to use a pocket hole jig and and reworked all the cabinets, they are much stronger than the staples that were used.  Fun tool and easy.





No pictures yet, but we cut the bottom layer of the floor, put it on the trailer and made sure the dimensions were correct.  Held up a piece of the skin to insure the the width matched so we will not have any nasty surprises later.

Onward, I think it will get more challenging during the next few weeks.