Sankey Tent Trailer

[Arlo]

Jockey wheel issues:

The location is way too narrow to the rear spare wheel!

On the other hand the rear door opens now without hindrance of the hand brake lever! :victory:

So the original bracket came off.

It was used for the new designed bracket:

It's similar to the MKIII design.

New position on the left side.

Let him swing!

Painted black:

 

[Mark Harley]

Very nice fab work!

 

[Arlo]

Thanks Mark!

How to fix an 130 tub onto a Sankey?

The original fasteners were done for sure.

Something new had to be done!

Preassembled

New brackets are to be weld on too.

Additional two rails will support the tub.

Rear, ...

... front corner ...

... and front fixing pionts.

Overview

Well, this will need some conter balance! :Wow1:

 

[Arlo]

Front subframe to the tub:

Walls are doubled.

Some more sheets are to be done and riveted.

Some more conter balance:

Time to get it colored!

 

[Arlo]

Some more details:

Foregot to mention:

Thanks for watching!

 

[Arlo]

To get him illuminated:

The steel connectors of the lamps liked to be ruined by corrosion.
This is the way out: Sticked them into a solid Aluminum bracket!

My camera went out of duty this time. Following pix were shot during the time the lathe was on duty.

Time will tell if it will work.

 

[Arlo]

Mudflaps:

Brake parts:

 

[Arlo]

Assembling:

Ready to go! :victory:

 

[Thoma_s]

Looks very nice

 

[Arlo]

Thanks Thoma s!

After some years in use the leaf springs looked a little bit rusty.

To get them refreshed they had to be disconnected.

With the rear and front legs push the chassis up until the springs are unladen. Wheels even are just touching the ground!

Unscrew the nuts from the spring clamp.

Swing the clamp plate connected to the damper out of the way.

Unscrew the shackel bolt of the rear end.

Let the spring leaf come down.

Same procedure on the other side, dismantel the leafs, put some colour on them if you want but grease them!

It only doesn't look like new afterwards, they'll work as new!

Be sure the centerbolt's head finds the hole inside the axle plate when assembling! :Wow1:

Thanks for watching.

 

[Arlo]

Got this solar panel last year for free. :wings:
Well the company doesn't work anymore?
But this panel is still on duty!

 

[Arlo]

Summertime!

We still have a lot of rain and uncomfortable weather conditions here. But the daylight is much longer present! That's about the good vibrations about this region.
But thinking about the long period of bad vibrations, while camping outside, it will be much more comfortable to have an oven inside, keeping the crew warm!

So I bought an used wood feeded Swedish army oven with a long chimney.

Pitched up the tent (to get it dried, to be honest), made a hole in a sidewall and lined the chinmey out with a bent of 50°.

The ripp-stop wall will be protected from heat by aluminum sheets, which can be closed by an other one in fact the sun will be outside.

To get the chimney hold in place, it is supported by this:

And it works well!

Set on the hell fire again:

The radiation tube gets warm, but that will be ok, I hope ...

... the aluminum sheets doesn't get warm.

The only remaining thing is a rain protector. This is on duty.

Sounds like a plan A?

Cheerio

 

[biskit]

Defo sounds like a good plan, looking great, love the under cover cooking area. Can you cover the sides in to enclose this area.:Wow1:

 

[RLD]

very well done i do like all the work you have done on it

 

[Arlo]

Thank you for your complements!

And yes, all walls can be closed by side walls. But then the oven is hidden! :Wow1: