Beginning to put the trailer back together.

     In the last post, Doug and Rob are helping me with the welding and installing the new surge braking system. We had to cut off the old hitch and make provisions for the new one.
     The next thing we need to do was to "flip" the axle, meaning that we lowered the wheels or raised the trailer to give it more ground clearance.

While Doug worked on the new hitch, Rob set up to weld on the new plates on the top of the axle.

     Once the axle plates were welding into place, the new break lines were installed and connected
to the new hitch.

  




 Now we are ready to install the new floor. I opted for plywood boxes instead of the old sheet metal wheel enclosures to gain more space inside above the wheels. As you will see later this added more space under the sink and bench for more drawer space.  

I mounted the framing and insulation to trailer frame than applied the plywood and venal floor covering to the plywood deck. We are now ready to set up the new walls. The inside of the wall frames are already paneled.


  The walls are up and bolted to the floor.  we can now start the interior woodwork and cabinets.

    















The plumbing needs to be located in order to plan the cabinet space and location of the drawers. I want to add more useful drawers and storage spaces.

      








The Kitchen counter is prepared for the cook stove and sink.




 I installed the shower pan in the back left corner and the grey water storage tank under the frame.










The water lines are located and the Water heater is located on the front left of the trailer.


The sink and shower dump into the holding tank.  The fresh water storage in in front under the forward bunk area.

I replaced the doors on the upper cabinets with sliders. and prepared for electrical breakers in the end of the upper cabinets. We will put the inverter and batteries under the bench seat on the right side to help balance the weight.

The camper will sleep six if they are real cozy. The back bunk is a bench seat for the table which will be mounted there. I replaced all the storage spaces with drawers when ever I could.

   All the windows were in good shape and I was able to find the replacement closing seals for the windows.







 This is about all I have to update you on right now. So I will close. I hope to make more progress  in the next week or so.