It's been a busy couple of months getting ready for the first desert trip of the season which is this weekend. This little saga started with a couple of blowouts that demolished the passenger side wheel well in April last year, thank you ST tires.
- Rebuilt the wheel well, Giant RV had a new plastic liner that fit the triple axle.
- Flipped the axles using Dexter over/under kits. They were hitting the frame and water tanks causing some havoc with plumbing.
- Repair the broken water tank connections.
- Repair the broken black/gray tank piping (where the two connect was leaking).
- Rewired the brakes to a central point and soldered every connection, using weather proof twist on wire nuts over that. Plugged into truck to make sure it passed the controller tests.
- Added support on both ends of the wheel well to resolve a sagging wall that was also sliding away from the trailer.
- Added a new support in between two tires in the wheel well, not exactly on center but directly between the windows that are over the well.
- 6 New tires, saving up so the next purchase is 16" rims and Ribs.
- Replaced one of the roof vents, for some reason it was the only one that was destroyed by the sun, had three or four cracks in it.
- Installed 4 new MaxAir vent covers to protect all of the roof vents and allow them to be opened in the rain.
- Spread about 1/2 tube of self leveling Dicor on the roof to seal up any spots that were showing cracking or separation.
- Recaulked both wheel well skirts (I had to remove 1 for the repair), the front cap, both sides at the front, the under edges of front walls/skin, brake lights in the back and two windows that had separated.
- Wire wheel and paint the entire front A frame, some light surface rust from rocks and gravel strikes.
- Build a new wheel well box inside the trailer. I have the "oak" cabinets and used an oak stain on pine, not quite dark enough. Maybe a dark oak would have been better.
- Cleaned out all the broken wood from inside the trailer cave man style (leaf blower).
- I also did a huge rebuild on the MX bike (motor, all bearings in suspension, suspension seals and rebuild.
Ready to roll out Friday for a nice three day weekend.
Don't take life too seriously, it's not permanent.
06 Weekend Warrior FSC3200, Axles flipped, Bridgestone Duravis Tires
2005 Ford F250 PSD 4x4
07 Yamaha YZF450 White/Silver, 94 Husqvarna WXC610
2008 Polaris RZR 800, 2011 Honda CBR1000RR & one Goffin Cockatoo
