you know what sucks? running out of MIG shielding gas after 5 pm when you've still got a full head of steam.
This was a long day in the shop...but i got a lot done...
for starters, as promised here is a shot of the eezi awn and cargo rack stored overhead. I'm goign to use the rack and tent on the new trailer and keep the shell for lockable security for oversize items, surfboards, contraband, whatever.
Today was all about doors...Last thing I did yesterday was weld in all the stops for the door to close on. I already have weatherstripped to apply after paint.
First, the side door- to make it possible to grab stuff from the front of the trailer without having to crawl inside. Finished it off out of the same 1x1 steel with crossbraces and skinned the inside with aluminum diamondplate. The whole thing is pianohinged and it will have a locking paddle latch and probably cables to hold it when open.
Next, my slides arrived today. Beefy hettich 34 inchers, supposedly with 500 lb capacity. I believe it after looking at the size of these things. When extended, you have to look twice to see all of them.
I built and installed a door for that compartment and test fitted the sliders:
and I think they'll work perfectly for my fridge. I also added a vertical brace in the angle in the door so the skin will have some backing.
The way I figure it, when cooking you'll pull the fridge out and open it, then fold down this compartment
into position like this:
And possibly there will be a slideout that you can pull out from inside. Not sure about that yet. And I have to confess, I have a piece of granite left over from remodeling my house several years ago...and a diamond saw blade...and I need a food prep workspace...I'm actually laughing out loud at how over the top that would be. Hmmmm...
Anyway, further on to the rear of the trailer where I'm scheming a fold-down slide-out stove idea. I found brand-new slides at the local industrial liquidators for $6 A PAIR!!! I love cheap hardware.
So I grabbed a couple pairs and they're just itching to be used here:
I built both halves of the door frames for one side for this.
I'll do an identical setup for the other side of the trailer where the shower will be contained. Yes, it's on it's way from walmart and it'll fit the space I have for it! Only bummer is I couldn't find one gasoline fired, only propane. Oh well, so now I'll be mounting a bottle somewhere.
Speaking of everything having a place....I also did some work on the ambulance doors, crossbracing them and fabbing bracketry to hold my tool kit...
and a pair of gas lanterns.
Most likely I'll add another bracket to hold a fire extinguisher on the toolkit side too...
I think that's it for now...tomorrow first thing will be a trip to the welding supply...or maybe I'll just start attaching all the tanks with the tig since that is low on gas as well...getting both filled at once. We'll see.\
Give me your comments critiques and ideas!
Thanks-
Sam