Nov 21 2024

We are almost to the painting part …just one more thing to do.. Make that two.

The new Tongue !

Couldn’t line it up with the old tongue one under this one.. it was not true.  But the frame of the trailer is square so I’m going with that.  Worked out good .  one more piece to weld on the front and some hooks for the safety chain, but I’m not sure where it goes.  However I am sure where this goes…  The front cross plate.

It’s really just a cover for the tubes so they don’t fill with crap.  I almost forgot about a spare tire mount..  That’s next.

And here’s how I did this..  For extra support this will be bolted to the front wall, and that is planed to be 3/4 plywood.  And we are ready for some paint…

Yes nice colour… That’s my little bit of brown to make the red darker. How about a new video update..

Will need two coats as usual, and once that’s cured I can get too the wiring and my aluminum plates.  Taillights are coming soon so that should finish up the wiring.  So let’s make a place for those lights.

Yes it’s my one bit of fanciness.  But really it’s to cover the holes from the old lights. And with some of the extra aluminum sheet I made these purely decorative triangle plates..

Now time for some wires.. And as always I run ground wire direct to the lights. Using the frame as the ground can end up being unreliable over time.  Also all the new LED lights that I use have a ground wire coming out with the other two. This trailer will have the simple wiring. That’s a four pin plug with just three wires running down each side to the back.  Here’s the harness I found in my stash.

And two amber marker lights …also from my stash.  No penny lights on this trailer.. we are going more conventional, but still LED’s.  And they have a nice home on the front angle brace.

Below are the lights I have on order…

 

See !  Ground wires..  yes they put a wire ring to attach the ground wire to the body / frame. But not me..  I was going to go with the long skinny lights like I used on the Westward Ho trailer. But I’m going with these because they work best on this trailer.

And the license plate light and side markers are all in one..  Easy peasy..  And as simple as it gets. While I’m waiting for the lights to come, I tipped the frame back on it’s side. This way I can weld the eye that the safety chain will attach too.

Remember the trailer is tipped on it’s side… so the eye is welded to the underside of the tongue.  There’s the jack with the BIG wheel that is going on this trailer.  While I was in the painting mode..  I painted the good side of the wheels.

Sure would be cool to find hub caps for these.  My coupler and tail lights came !  A couple of holes later and….

There you have it.  1/2 ” grade 5 bolts with ny-lock nuts.. Not coming off any time..  And I got right to work on installing the two tail lights.  Solder and heat shrink inside loom, Nothing better. And I got to try out my new trailer wiring tester that I made.

I like these tail lights they are perfect for this trailer.

I tried the wheel jack and it’s too big, and too tall. So I’ll have to see what to do for a jack.  Here’s a quick little update video…

And with that it’s time for a new page..

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