How to build a teardrop trailer.
It has been a few days since my last post. Much has happened. Senior Management and I got the outside walls skinned, filled all of the holes, and put the first layer of epoxy on them. I also put a thin layer of polyurethane on the inside of the walls. The walls are wood and …
Yesterday, I awoke feeling good (7 straight hours of sleep!). This is a rare event because of the wheat allergy. Usually, I am awake at night with itching, a migraine, breathing problems, or stabbing pains. A good night of sleep is often motivating. It is just one more reason I am glad Senior Management and …
Today is a good day! It is always a good day when it rains because it cleans all of the airborne wheat out and I can breathe (No dust mask for the first time in almost a month). It is also a good day because we got one of the walls completely framed up. See …
Well it is a new week and time to resume work on the jPod. Yesterday, Senior Management and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. I had made some plans for the day to treat my woman out. We ended up doing some of them. She actually wanted to work on the jPod together for part …
Today was inspection day and the trailer passed. It is now licensed and street legal. This will make getting additional supplies easier. The officer inspecting the trailer was impressed with how beefy it is. I have put some final statistics on the Chassis page. The walls are cut out. I have put some photos of …
I had great plans for yesterday but not much happened. That lurking beast (work) needed some attention so I did my website development thing for about 10 hours. Senior Management and I did get the floor on the trailer and I got some paperwork taken care of for tomorrow’s inspection. Today, I got my temporary …
Yesterday I got quite a lot done (although it doesn’t look like much). I went through the cycle of painting the bottom of the floor four times with Rust-oleum and then putting automotive undercoat on it. It turned out quite well. I have added photos of the process to Body:External. I also finished a wiring …
I am having a pretty bad reaction to the airborne wheat this morning and I’m feeling sluggish. It is time for lots of medicine and something to make the medicine work faster. That means it is Hammer Time. The jPod build had its share of surprises yesterday. We got the floor all glued up and …
My blog has seen a dramatic increase in traffic since last Thursday. This is because I finally exposed myself to the largest forum of teardrop builders in the world. Welcome to all of the mikenchell viewers. This forum has been invaluable in the planning of the jPod and I thought I’d share it with the …
I finished the Chassis today. I got the lights hooked up and working on the first try and put all of the hardware, that didn’t need painting, on. I need to tie up the wires and I am done. Washington State Patrol called today to get a trailer inspection done next week. I am very …