Twin Magnolias
Adventurist
I'll start this by saying my dad is the best. I started talking to him about wanting to build a trailer a year ago. Beginning in November, he and I began talking about design; simple stuff first: dimensions, height, suspension, etc. Then he started drafting it and decided he wanted to give us the finished trailer as a Christmas gift. We used Evernote to swap ideas and collaborate on design.
My dad is retired, and has the time to undertake that kind of a project. However, he's had both knees, and a shoulder replaced. He also has diabetes. Framing out, welding it up, and getting a rolling chassis would be a big project for anyone to do by themselves. Considering his health, as well as the oppressive Florida heat/humidity, and I never really expected it to be finished by Christmas.
Helping him work on this project was also a difficult proposition because I live about 700 mile away. I'm usually only down in Florida at Christmas and around July 4th. So, after 7 months of him working at his pace, I came down to finish out the first part of the build. For the last week, I've worked about 8-10 hours daily to get it to it's current state.
I'll add to this periodically to document it's beginnings, and future additions/upgrades.
As it stands this afternoon:
My dad is retired, and has the time to undertake that kind of a project. However, he's had both knees, and a shoulder replaced. He also has diabetes. Framing out, welding it up, and getting a rolling chassis would be a big project for anyone to do by themselves. Considering his health, as well as the oppressive Florida heat/humidity, and I never really expected it to be finished by Christmas.
Helping him work on this project was also a difficult proposition because I live about 700 mile away. I'm usually only down in Florida at Christmas and around July 4th. So, after 7 months of him working at his pace, I came down to finish out the first part of the build. For the last week, I've worked about 8-10 hours daily to get it to it's current state.
I'll add to this periodically to document it's beginnings, and future additions/upgrades.
As it stands this afternoon: