Time flies! With the Run 1000 Rally at the end of June, I only had one weeken left to work on the trailer before American LeMans @ Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. With that, I needed to pump out as much work on the trailer as I could, so I didn't really take the time to take pictures during the process. I had a big list of things to do and needed to concentrate on pumping it out as fast as I could in the time that I had. The girlfriend did snap a few pics of me working.
As I'm sure I said a few times already, there was no change of a storage box being made this year, so I opted for a basket to be able to put really anything at the moment, and any weight up front, the better it'll tow. I made it in the rough shape that the storage box will so, with 2 winglets for the propane tank and the hot water heater. I bought the welder outside to the trailer and deicde to fab it up right on it, which would be more efficient use of time with less back and forth for fitting and measurements, just measure, cut, tack, and when it's do your liking, add a few more tacks, then bring it inside to get fully welded. Although I don't have any pictures of the fabrication since it was on-the-fly, I can show you the assembly of all the pieces. Like all that I do, I like to make it modular for flexibility in use and makes for easier storage when removed. I use bolts temporarilly, but eventually I'll switch them over to pins.
The main platform
The rear posts with the crossbar, and bolting up the propane tank holder
The other sides center post and a closer shot of the left side shelf for the hot water.
Front bars and crossbar is on.
And the top rack with the trucks' spare tire on top. Putting it up front to get some weight in front of the axle for the moment.
And before most of the paint was dry, we loaded it up with wood for the following weekend before heading home.
My girlfriend also suggested to make a cart for the water jerry cans, so I pumped that out somewhere between an hour or two.
I did run out of time to make jerry can holders for the front of the trailer, as well as I didn't get to make the trailer legs. I started one, but it's far from complete and still working on the concept....the BAL C legs are just too large and bulky for what I want for the trailer.
Heading down to Mosport, it seems all went wrong. My power steering tensioner pulley exploded, and my supercharger tensioner decided to snap when removing tension since I had to remove that belt to replace the power steering/water pump belt that got pinched from the failed pulley. A junkyard piece was suppose to arrive Thursday, but as of right now, it's somewhere in Granby, which we're thinking BC. Why it's there, I have no clue, but we did manage to make a hybrid with the unused pulley from my friends NA truck and headed off to Mosport Friday morning. We got there in time for supper, and later in the evening, a storm came through suddenly gusting with winds between 40 and 50km/h and torrential rains. The tent wanted to fold in half, which was a first for me. The awning would of done well, but the downfall to that is the poles. They're a twist locking style, but can't handle a hard tension from the ropes to torque them down, so they collapse down. The fix to that will be to modify them or get new ones with pins that lock them in the up position. Other then that, it handled the storm extremely well, and the LED's we installed were a godsend to deal with the awning/room issue at 11pm. It was so abrupt and violent, I don't know how we would of been able to deal with it in the dark, frantically looking for flashlights or our cell phones, or hoping my lonely Dewalt light's battery didn't die at the wrong moment. Here is the setup, where the pictures were taken the morning after the storm.
Wet clothes and towels hanging to dry
Our makeshift shower and change area. This worked great, and it was nice to take a hot shower after getting drenched by the storm.
And the integrated awning LED's at night. They worked wonderfully and very glad we put some extra clear heat shrink to protect the connections.
And back to Quebec after a stop for some sushi in Kingston
