Author: Daniel

A friend posted this photo recently and it caught my eye. I was planning to use “ship lap” wood siding for FRHT. This door appears to be fabricated with a similar lap technique, plus decorative studs. I don’t think I’d go for the Star of David look, but the Wonder-Woman-esque chevrons are quite attractive, I … Continue reading A-door-ation

And now, a short rant. When inspecting the trailer, I noticed the side marker/turn-signal lights were a bit of a distance from the chassis, so I measured them. 8′-8″ lens to lens. Okay… but I thought to be street legal non-wide-load, 8′-6″ was the limit. WTF? You’d think the professionals who designed and built the … Continue reading A Short Rant

Yesterday felt very unsettled for both M and me and I was trying to figure out why. Then it dawned on me: the presence of the trailer in the driveway is more than just 2700 pounds of steel (and a little bit of rubber). It’s more than the start of a big project (which it … Continue reading Unsettled

July 28, 2017 – Trailer chassis is delivered, right on time. The day before, I got a phone call from the manufacturer alerting me to an incident at a gas station 200 miles away – evidently, someone backed in to the corner of the trailer and damaged the tail light. You could call it an … Continue reading Deliverance