Well.
First of all, I get called all sorts of things, but when someone calls me James, my first instinct is I'm in trouble..... However, right now , I'm feeling pretty confidant that I'm doing everything right, at least by my standards.
When I woke up this morning I felt motivated to get stuck into it. For the last few months I have felt a type of motivation, lets call it fear, but my short attention span has had me doing ten things at once and none of them well. It was two weeks yesterday that we leave, I have a full week off work before we do so that should help me nail everything. Speaking of work, that's the main reason I'm here less frequently than I used to be. I spend a lot of time on the road in the job I've now had for eighteen months and I just don't get the same amount of time sitting at a keyboard as I used to , anyway, back to the job at hand.
The new trailer needs some work to get it up to speed. We needed a license plate holder with lights, preferably one that hinged to avoid being knocked off by rocks or getting bent when we tilted the trailer.The pull out ramps needed to be set up so they met the deck at the same height as the car wont go on if there is a two inch difference.Done.
We needed a jockey wheel and I also worked out that as we always have the three foot high axle stands with us that we could use them as the stands at the front of the trailer when it was tilted, so the pipe clamp you see on the draw bar is set at the right angle to take the stand when the trailer is tiled for loading. I had to change the winch mount as it was too high and mount the roller guide for the cable. Done.
The underside of the deck was a bit rusty, I figured schutz was the best idea there as it wont chip off and needs minimal prep, I used white for thermodynamic reasons, where we go the ground temp is about 140F. The top of the trailer will be in white enamel for the same reason, the added bonus is it will match the tow vehicle....Done.
I need a box to cover the winch, i welded one up out of .040 plate. Done
Tomorrow I start on a repaint . Now I have bragged in the past about my painting skills, well not specifically about my skill in painting but more my ability to do things quickly. It avoids the basic criticism that my brother ( who taught me all sorts of things including how to back a trailer) would make ..."
well, you might be slow, but you're bloody rough"
I'm not a show quality painter but I have a sense of perspective that means the job gets done. Bondo is not a dirty word here, and I have a bucket of clear so I'll be able to go buff crazy. The good news is that a friend who works for Canon has found me someone there who'll duplicate our decals, so the car should look pretty fresh...mmmmm gooo.
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