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« on: February 02, 2012, 08:36:12 PM » |
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started buiding a 14ft trailer for a family member on tuesday, picked up the chassis i have custom made and galved.
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2012, 08:39:03 PM » |
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looks/sounds like a ,BIG JOB,, breaking out
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2012, 08:39:20 PM » |
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kit came on tuesday morning, 2 x 20ft x 8ft 11mm grp sheets and 2 x 8ft ones. all the capping and angles and a twin skin fiberglass roof.
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 08:42:36 PM » |
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had the fully boxed stainless archs made,[ stops any water getting any where that matters] and cut the side rail and fastened on..because she intends to keep it a good few years i got som 3 inch strips of 3mm ally to go under where the floors join. again to keep the water out.
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« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 08:44:32 PM by dobber »
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2012, 08:47:36 PM » |
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next was to cut the 18mm coated ply for the floor, counter sunk some stainless 8mm bolts to bolt through the ally strips. nice tight fit up to the side rails.
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2012, 08:54:16 PM » |
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.dropped all the boards down and cut them to size, at the price they are now its measure 20 times cut once.
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« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 08:55:47 PM by dobber »
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2012, 08:56:50 PM » |
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.pillar drill has really come in handy for the repetitive drilling. get the first panel bolted into place. the first one has to be held even when bolted till the next one is fastened to it to make it stable.
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« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 08:59:27 PM by dobber »
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2012, 09:01:19 PM » |
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made some clamps to hold the joints till we slot the roof on. used them every time since neccessity made me invent them.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2012, 09:12:38 PM » |
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Is trailer building your business then Dobby?
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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dobber
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2012, 11:37:33 PM » |
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love building em mike.
only build them mm when needs be, realised years ago that what folk were paying 30 k for i could do my own for 8. dont have the overheads and build them in my own time. seems to be something that i have an eye for but too busy to do it full time.
cut the door appature out of the end panel, once nearly split the panel because you have to cut so much out, learnt that if you leave a strip across the bottom its a lot stronger for lifting and you would have to cut that much off the door panel to fit the capping anyway
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2012, 11:40:44 PM » |
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roof blew over in the wind and damaged the truck even after i told the lads to put a good lean on it. what can you do, my fault for leaving it there. very little wieght to them.
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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2012, 11:42:59 PM » |
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cut the side rail for the door to fit, like to keep job tidy and make lads put every thing back in place so we know where it is for next time.
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« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 11:47:06 PM by dobber »
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« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2012, 11:50:07 PM » |
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prep the roof for fitting, measure all and drill all the bolt holes while indoors and easier to do than when up on top.
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« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2012, 11:55:03 PM » |
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all the sides in place, measure the center of each panel and mark it and the centers of the roof then when the roofs on crow bar every thing to line up. pre drilled roof makes it far easier. before i cottoned on to marking the centers we had trouble getting the whole thing square,
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2012, 12:01:11 AM » |
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once the box is together, start trimming the door frames up after we sort the corners. instead of bolting the corners which i think are ugly i put a 2inch angle down the inside with panel adhesive on then pop rivit it in to the grp while putting a straight edge on the outside to make sure its all straight
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