Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

sundancer268 wrote:
Personally, I think John Deere Green looks better than Orange. Along with the yellow, you would have some unique yard art. Other than that, it looks like you are making good progress and should be fully weather tight soon.

Maybe some Smurf Blue florescent to go along with it? Lol...

Getting closer to getting the roof glued down. That will be a day for celebration! Yay...

Personally, I think John Deere Green looks better than Orange. Along with the yellow, you would have some unique yard art. Other than that, it looks like you are making good progress and should be fully weather tight soon.

On the other end, you need to be ready. Leg ready to attach, impact driver, and a screw attached to the driver, all ready to be screwed in place.







After getting this end of the scaffold up, leg in place, it's time to lather, rinse, and repeat for the other truss.







After adding more braces, I screwed the plywood down, and called it quits for the day.

It is fully solid enough to stay in place, until I finish getting the rest of the braces in, at which point I can add the railing up top.

That's where we stand at the moment. Plan on having more info this week!

Now comes the fun part - adding a 16 footer, (red arrow). Red circle will be explained in next pic.







Here's the close up. The red arrow shows a brace the is screwed between the 2 trusses. I set the end of the 16 footer in place, on top of the brace.

After getting the other end of the truss up, I put a couple of screws in place - green arrows - to help keep this end in place while working on the other end.

When you work by yourself, it seems like about 6 hands would be really helpful. However, since we only have 2, sometimes, a work around in necessary.

In this photo, I had the scaffolding at the rear, so I added an extension to the rear scaffold - red arrow - set the first truss in place, and added a couple of screws to keep it all in place - yellow arrow.

Green arrows points to the next truss ready to go up, with the leg already attached.

donkeydew wrote:
where are the osha approved safety rails and approved steps? don't forget all the bright yellow and orange paint,gotta dazzle the neighbors

Pretty sure I've already got the neighbors "dazzled". Lol.

Railings coming. Probably no yellow nor orange paint.

Bruce Brown wrote:
^^^ Uh...yeah. Maybe a few more legs too, but thats just me.,

Yup. Plan on making it a little stiffer this week before use.

larry barnhart wrote:
Looks to me a brace like an X could be used in a few areas. chevman

I agree. In progress.

where are the osha approved safety rails and approved steps? don't forget all the bright yellow and orange paint,gotta dazzle the neighbors

^^^ Uh...yeah. Maybe a few more legs too, but thats just me.,