Popular Post Smallpatch Posted January 25, 2017 Popular Post Report Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) Needed a trailer badly while building a go-cart track in 1980. I buy nothing new it seems. I found a guy who had bought out a horse trailer manuf. This might be better I thought for all the axles were of the dropped axle design so they would be lower to the ground for easier access and exit. Only thing was, they were too narrow. Never fear I thought. I bought three axles cut them in two and added some heavy duty pipe in the middle enough so the width of the beds would be 76 inches wide. Not remembering how I come up with that number. And the long one 18' long? And most lumber yards stock 16 and 20 foot 2x12's. Lots of things I am wondering about from that time The wood floors in both trailers have finally went to the happy hauling ground. I used at least 1/4 thick metal under the floors and some 3/8" thick. This time I could buy 2x6 way cheaper than 2x12's but hey there are exactly 120 holes already there that match up to 2x12's I used a drill press back then. Now I would have to use a hand drill. Too bad I don't have a magnetic drill. I sold them way back yonder but never dreamed I could use one in retirement. This is why I am typing this today. Labor is not the same on a person if the same job is done more than 45 years apart. I used a 2 quart paint cup both times with the gun about 45 inches on hoses from the cup. This time I would say this set up weights at least 100 lbs more than the last time I painted this trailer... I also deducted back then I completely built 2 trailers and painted both trailers in the same time it took to grind off the paint off this tandem axle trailer and repaint it. I think this time one good coat of primer will out last me so......No I didn't do that to the cat, He was already that color!!!! That 2 quart cup was a time saver back when I had the repair refinish shop. I could put one coat on a bedroom suit without refilling. Unscrewing the dam thing was a bitch though!!!!!!! The rubber gasket cup seal use to not last long then they switched to a leather gasket and that solved the problem... The stars was on my side all yesterday for the wind started lightly blowing from the north and continued all day long so I left the motor home sit just outside the door and didn't have to move it because of the painting. Edited November 20, 2017 by Ron Dudelston tags added p_toad, Fred W. Hargis Jr, HARO50 and 3 others 6 Quote
HARO50 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Posted January 25, 2017 Funny how jobs get harder the older we get! Nice work, though. John Quote
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted January 25, 2017 Report Posted January 25, 2017 Do you ever sit still for more than 2 hours? (Nice, BTW.) Grandpadave52 1 Quote
Smallpatch Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Posted January 25, 2017 Fred this is the one I had already moved everything out of the barn then moved the trailer in , took of the wheels, put the trailer up on jack stands stripped off all the running lights and got it ready to start grinding the paint off then something changed the plans, put the wheels back on, moved the trailer out , then moved the motor home back in. Now I remember the guy buying the boat said he can't wait, he wants the boat now, not tomorrow or next week, now. So that other time telling about all this work, didn't happen, I had to put a water pump in the boat motor so he could take it right then... Sooooo a guy at church who is as old as I am is dying and he told my wife when he found out she does stained glass to bring a big trailer to his place and she will get many years accumulation of a stained glass shop, a big shop all for free if we can get over there before he dies......Here my big trailer was sitting there with no bottom, we had ripped out the boards a few months ago... we had just filled a 53 foot semi trailer full of her stuff and his stuff, no telling where it will go if we ever get it over here... So you see I ain't the one who acts like I am working all the time. Besides just working out in the shop is the most enjoyable stuff I do since I don't do it for the public any more. I haven't walked down to the dock to fish in a long time, not fun like the shop work... I got lots of pictures with me holding some huge bass, I let em go right there so I can catch them little later only bigger. I don't know but I could be catching the same one over and over and over. And hey, this stuff I call carving, I don't even own any chisels to be used with a hammer so my carving is the lazy kind, I have electricity so why not use it. Fred W. Hargis Jr, HARO50 and Grandpadave52 3 Quote
Grandpadave52 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Posted January 26, 2017 20 hours ago, Smallpatch said: Too bad I don't have a magnetic drill. I sold them way back yonder but never dreamed I could use one in retirement. Whew Patch...wears me out just reading all you've been doing... Check with your local tool rental store (not the Big Box rentals departments). Ours carries mag base drills to rent...IDK the cost...may be cheaper to hire a couple HS kids to drill the holes for ya'. In fact, might check with a local FFA chapter...would be a good project for them Hard to tell if your shop cat is in approval of the project to this point or not..they can be pretty finicky. Keep the pictures coming...I really enjoy seeing this kind of shop work too. Quote
DuckSoup Posted January 26, 2017 Report Posted January 26, 2017 20 hours ago, HARO50 said: Funny how jobs get harder the older we get! They get heavier too. Patch, your wheels are always turning & your skill levels are well rounded. HARO50 and Grandpadave52 2 Quote
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