Breaking "Ground" Again

I've gone and done it. Started a third trailer.

Saturday we moved it.

Sunday I cut off unnecessary metal parts and ground out rust.

Monday painted places without paint,

built the floor joists, and decided on the fastening system

for connecting the structure with the metal frame.

When Rian and Jess came home we moved the trailer

around to the back of the house where I'll continue building.

Another Trailer Purchased

For $300 a duel axel 18' foot boat trailer came into my life on the 1st January 2011. I'll start collecting supplies, with no clear date to begin. Planning stages for now.

Lots Going On

I'll post some pictures soon of the current happenings in the physical world. Meanwhile, in cyberworld, I'm working on a new website for showcasing this info in a more organized way.

August 2010 Trailer #2 Completion

For Sale or Rent

Contact us if you're interested:

j e n i n e . a l e x a n d e r AT g m a i l DOT c o m

Framing the Floor Joists

And then a little bit more work later:

It was a long day, with many setbacks between hardware stores, staples, hammer tackers, and a stream of lovely visitors... onto the prying-jacking out of our work so we could get on with the finishing of undercarriage (stainless steel staples with 24" aluminum flashing), then lay the whole thing back in place (lay in this context = sledge hammering), fluffing and cutting in soft cheeked denim cotton insulation, stretching out ye old salvaged tar paper, and! by the end of the day we covered up for rain just in time, so you can't even see all the work. Nice trick.

Welding Continues

The rented welder. This one a Lincoln only 110V, worked well.

More than one bolt holding on the boards on this car hauler. A two person job getting them off. One person holding on top, another from below.

Finishing up.

Rolling out with an ingenious system.

(Remember, my house is blocking the driveway now, so no truck has access here anymore,

until I move further out the driveway at least.)

And there she blows!

Outriggers attached. Real purdy.

The Move

Things moved close to the ground so they don't fall around.

Smooth pulling out.

Amy in red.

Truck paused with house; next trailer's turn to back in.

New trailer getting backed in to place for welding and building to come.

I stood inside my house at the beginning of the move. It was incredibly quiet and still. I had visions of creaking and things falling all over the place. There was very little swinging, and the books I left on the shelves were fine. Tomorrow Amy and I will begin welding on the new trailer with Janelle. Thanks to Greg and Amy for their doing the whole trailer in reverse business.

DMV & Metal for New Trailer

Waiting at the DMV to register the new trailer. Locked doors. Long lines.

A new ring for the new project.

Success. Suppose I'm Jenning.

Big thanks to Michael at Kauth Bros. in Santa Rosa for his friendliness and allowing us access to the scrap pile for finding the 4" channel iron Amy and I will use for our trailer.

It looks like this. Purchased used via Craigslist from Mr. James Brown.

Yesterday before the move.