charlieaarons
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How about a door that doesn’t waste 6-12% of scarce indoors space, by opening out instead of in? Unless I am mistaken and it can indeed open outwards with hitting the cab.
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Alloy
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I hope it's a rack for wine barrels?
coastalcop
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I'd rather stop by "Coastal Texas" and buy you a really good beer, brother...
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Spent a HOT day working on the drawbridge.
We mocked up the two 3,500 pound winches and their 1/4" thick steel plate mounting brackets on the upper rear corners of both side walls to take measurements, and then designed and built the attachment points for the winch cables at the drawbridge door (we already had the basic drawbridge framework done).
Then we sheathed the inside of it with 3/4" plywood. Everything was screwed and glued with urethane construction adhesive.
We're gonna wait to install the insulation and sheathe the outside of it until after we've mounted and raised it, as it's getting pretty heavy already.
I'll try to take some pics later.
Finally got the drawbridge hinge ordered too- it's an 8 foot long piano hinge made of 1/4" plate steel, with a 5/8" steel full-length pin. Should be here Tuesday...
We mocked up the two 3,500 pound winches and their 1/4" thick steel plate mounting brackets on the upper rear corners of both side walls to take measurements, and then designed and built the attachment points for the winch cables at the drawbridge door (we already had the basic drawbridge framework done).
Then we sheathed the inside of it with 3/4" plywood. Everything was screwed and glued with urethane construction adhesive.
We're gonna wait to install the insulation and sheathe the outside of it until after we've mounted and raised it, as it's getting pretty heavy already.
I'll try to take some pics later.
Finally got the drawbridge hinge ordered too- it's an 8 foot long piano hinge made of 1/4" plate steel, with a 5/8" steel full-length pin. Should be here Tuesday...
Sounds expensive, but fantastic lightweight solution worth the money to hit those weight targets. I have 450 ah victrons and they are beautifully light helping me keep well within design parameters.
silvrzuki77
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Did you use a house hold inward swinging door as your entry point??????
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Joe917
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Translation: "yes"
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