The trailer came via UPS this past week in four big boxes. My dad put together the frame and attached the tongue in the living room one evening, and today we took it outside to continue the assembly. With winter finally back, we can't do any epoxy work, so it's a perfect time for the trailer.
Just the frame, tongue, and springs. You can see my trusty, ancient laptop in the shade at the bottom. This computer should have died by all technological standards at least three years ago, but it stalwartly carries on and can still run a CD with a PDF of the assembly instructions, which we are following exactly. We are using a torque wrench to tighten most of the bolts - it's fun and easy to use, I had never heard of these before.
Axel is on (although we were missing four nuts to attach two u-bolts - either never made it in the bag, or very possibly fell out during shipping since there was a hole in the bag and a box was torn and beat up). So we have to get those before we go driving anywhere...!
We did all the wiring - hooked up the tail lights and running lights. Trailer isn't even finished and we already have a light to fix, talk about a bad omen for a trailer. One of the bulbs was broken during shipping.
We also attached fenders and wheels, then the shade encroached and we got cold, so we stopped for the day. Rolled it out of the yard - it rolls great.
Great blog!! We are enjoying the ride through construction of this boat. Stories and photos are excellent. We feel we are right there building it along with you. The gunnels look great, and I don't think its a "tub". Fantastic description of the mast assembly, never imagined rolling up a mast. It looks beautiful. And making a trailer in the living room....classic! Chuck
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