In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

So begins the trailer rebuild.

Discussion in 'The DIY Room' started by Pallet Pete, Mar 4, 2018.

  1. raybonz

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    Great color choice Pete! Love your trailer!
     
  2. huskihl

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    I'm up north a ways. An hour sw of da bridge
     
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    Thanks Ray it’s gonna be awesome!

    Ramps will be Grey.
    Just went out for lunch and a breather it’s icing like mad now..

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    One coat down!

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    Ya missed a spot.:rofl: :lol:
    Looking good Pete
     
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    Thanks!

    I missed a LOT of spots:rofl: :lol: needs a second coat :whistle: professional painter I am not.:rofl: :lol:

    It’s probably gonna look good at a distance anyways:rofl: :lol:
     
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    Looks good from my house;)
     
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    20' or 20mph is good for a trailer
     
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    Looking good Pete. Almost time to update the avatar pic.
     
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  10. Pallet Pete

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    Well I’m exhausted now... Only thing left is paint the ramps

    2 coats of green probably missed a bunch of it but I won’t know till the suns on it. I also painted the hinges like an idiot hopefully they still slip inside the pipe. Tomorrow is the smoke grey on the ramps if it’s still good then the on to wiring...
     
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    Has been a few years hasn’t it:rofl: :lol::whistle:
     
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    Unless your my level of OCD:whistle: it’s got a lot of missed spots I think but nothing a spray can won’t fix. :dex: Hopefully:hair:
     
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    Looks great Pete but I think cleaning the paint off the hinge pins would be a good idea..
     
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    Yeah, once you grease them they'll probably turn into a gooey mess with the paint/grease mix. Little brake cleaner and a few paper towels should knock that out.
     
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    I’m planning on removing the paint tomorrow I’ve got some decent sand paper and paint stripper to use. I didn’t even notice until after it was done... :picard:
     
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    Get some yellow on there and you’ll have a John Deere trailer....:D... Lookin’ good there....:salute:
     
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    Shocks are Yellow!! :rofl: :lol: Thanks brother!!!
     
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    A little carb cleaner will take 'er right off. The sooner its taken back off the easier it will be.
     
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    Project update time.

    I just looked at my batteries and am really disappointed. The marine battery I have is dead. Even though I have it on a maintainer. :( Turns out the maintainer is also dead....

    Doesn’t look like I will be hooking up the winch right now. We still need to get 10 guage wire and a safety plugs for the winch and battery. It was going to be charged off the auxiliary charging on the trailer plug so we shouldn’t need an isolator which is good.

    The deck is going to be happening this week hopefully:thumbs: today I’ll be running wires and getting it ready for lights to be installed. The downside is the LED work lamps don’t work:hair: I’m not sure what happened they worked good when I tested them a few weeks ago. Those will be getting torn apart to see if I can figure out what’s wrong. One has three Led out and the other doesn’t come on at all.
     
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