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Happy Veterans Day and thank you to anyone here that’s served for our freedoms. Had some time off today, thanks to you bad mama jamas, and decided to take the trailer for a little shakedown cruise, wash and weight it. Before I even left, I notice an issue…the awning makes for very tight...

Did snap a quick photo of the electric plug. The NOCO unit isn’t the cheapest, but it seems to be top quality. As you can also see, I’m debating fenders. I was going to wait until spring when I do the rock rail…but I think I’ll screw some to the side for now and fix them come spring. Winter...

Your trailers coming along very nicely BTW. I browsed it the other day.

Got a few more little items checked off the list. Purchased some whatever-looked-decent-for-cheap sound deadening material from Amazon, enough to do the inside of the roof. About $100 for 72 square feet and that’s was enough for the ceiling and a few square feet to spare. Thanks again for the...

Just asked the wife and she said go for it. While she hasn’t thought it was that bad, beside the hail storm, she wouldn’t mind it being a bit less of a “tinny” sound. I’ll grab some sound deadening and throw it on inside before I seal it up, it’d be easy enough to add some rubber coating on...

Not a bad idea, thank you for sharing it. Our last one was done without sound deadening and the only time it bothered us (that I’m aware of) was when it hailed on us..that was loud. The last one was a curved roof though and this one is flat, so it might just be a bit louder… I personally really...

Took some time today to wrap up the insulation. Still need to tape it in after finishing up the wiring and a few other things. Quick tip: before you put the ceiling insulation in (and the wall insulation if you just have screwed in skins on the side walls) go through and caulk the roof/wall...

I did consider an amber color for those for the night vision reason, but ultimately that’s why I added the amber side light and will put another one in the galley area probably. The ambient lighting is primarily just a general camp sight light for late into the evenings when we want to be able...

Got started on a few things, finished none of them. Decided to replace the floor and reuse the original floor for the bed platform. The ‘cheapest of the cheap’ origional OSB was hacked up pretty decently with the install at the factory; damaged edges, misdrilled screw holes and a couple damaged...

The wife and I are fighting each other a bit on some interior design. I want to build the kiddos bed to be on the driver side of the trailer, half towards the front of the trailer and half tucked under the raised queen bed in the back, then a bench with storage in the v-nose area. She wants a...

Installed some porch lights, some under-body scene lights (affectionately called “ground effects” by my wife), cleaned up the fender holes…the used ones and the dozen or so misdrilled ones, cleaned up the 7 pin wiring and sealed up some nooks and cranny’s today. The wild attempts of the worker...

These stock fenders will be replaced and the new fender will be placed towards the back of the trailer a bit more to fix that clearance issue. That said, I will probably run fender-less for a bit as I like attaching the fenders to the rock rail setup I’ll add come spring, instead of to the...

Its best to work with butyl tape when it’s cold… It was cold today, so fourth times the charm and I got the door in correctly. The tape kept falling, stretching and doubling up and thinning out in spots as I attempted to put the door up before. It wouldn’t have sealed well, it sat very wavy on...

Thanks brother, that’s exactly the visual fix I was thinking about, if it ends up bothering me enough. It bothers me less knowing it is indeed square and true and that the guy who put the trim on is crosseyed and lazy…and not me lol.

Got the roof rack buttoned up and awning mounted. Drilled holes in the cross bars and mounted it with simple bolts, though I did put butyl tape under the washers and roof rack feet. I’ve already gone quite a bit over budget, so trying to save a bit here and there and opted for the All-Top...

I got the windows in today and the sealant is setting up, used Sikaflex 221 to mount them. Windows are mounted in the same spot on either side of the trailer. Door is in too, but I need to redo it a bit. The self tapping screws I bought to mount it are junk and need replaced. Annoyingly...

Working towards getting the windows, doors and vent fan in. Started by mocking up the desired setup with blue tape and checking for good visual balance and functional location of it all. Then measured twice, cut the vertical uprights and used an oscillating tool to free the studs from the...

Got some good used tires for dirt cheap, size matches the 255/75R17s on my truck. They are NanKang Mud terrains…but should be just fine for the trailer. The pair is like new and was $136 shipped to my door…for both. Also welded on my jack mount and painted the new tongue. Using Rustoleum...

Picked the trailer back up from the welder friend, he did a great job. Extended the tongue 3 feet, running the new tongue back several feet to just in front of the axle and relocated the safety chain mounts (ignore the chain situation in the pictures, didn’t know they were too short and didn’t...