The Cat house

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The Cat house

Postby Gambam » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:32 pm

My design is mostly Weekender with a few changes.

It is 4 tall x 5 wide x 9 long, built on a HF folding frame. I'm building over the wheels to get to 5ft.

It was first planned to be 4 tall x 8 long, but I was lucky and had 20 sheets of 4x9 frp donated to the project. They are brown, but they are not uv (outside) so they will be getting a nice very light grey color paint job.

Outside - I already ordered my windows. And yes that is a BIG door, but I am a BIIIGGGG boy
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Inside - nice little under bed storage that will act as a footwell on less then perfect days.
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Let me know what you think.
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Postby angib » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:48 pm

Two things you might want:

- A bit more than 36" high at the door? 36" will work but isn't generous, particularly if you've got a deep mattress sticking up above the bottom of the door. Cutting the depth over the door from 8" to 4" would give you a 40" high door and still leave plenty of body strength.

- A bit more than 72" on the length of the bed? Even us stumpy Yurpeens* expect to get a 78" bed.

Andrew

*Historically, tall Americans used to be the stereotype, but I saw recently that the average Dutchman is now 3" taller than the average American.
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Postby Steve_Cox » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:18 pm

angib wrote:Andrew

*Historically, tall Americans used to be the stereotype, but I saw recently that the average Dutchman is now 3" taller than the average American.


But, do they play basketball? That is the question.....
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Postby Gambam » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:48 pm

thanks for tips, :thumbsup: I'm only 5'7" and the wife is 5'4" so I was hoping 6' would be enough. We'll have to try an expirament with some scrap wood I've got. 8)

The door will deff end up taller, It was drawn more to get a sense width.
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Postby Gambam » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:34 pm

Here is a idea of the graphics for the sides

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Postby SpeedWagon » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:51 am

We have a lot of tall Dutch folk up in Michigan, and non of them would like your choice of graphics on your trailer.
Nice trailer, its just the graphics. :o
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Postby Nitetimes » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:56 am

SpeedWagon wrote:We have a lot of tall Dutch folk up in Michigan, and non of them would like your choice of graphics on your trailer.
Nice trailer, its just the graphics. :o


Somehow I failed to see why those graphics should offend tall Dutch people :QM :QM :QM :QM :QM :thinking: :thinking:
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Postby alaska teardrop » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:04 pm

Nitetimes wrote:Somehow I failed to see why those graphics should offend tall Dutch people :QM :QM :QM :QM :QM :thinking: :thinking:
    Doesn't have anything to do with the Hollanders. It's the rivalry between Ohio and the University of Michigan.
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Postby surveytech » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:16 pm

alaska teardrop wrote:
Nitetimes wrote:Somehow I failed to see why those graphics should offend tall Dutch people :QM :QM :QM :QM :QM :thinking: :thinking:
    Doesn't have anything to do with the Hollanders. It's the rivalry between Ohio and the University of Michigan.
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That graphic doesnt look like a Buckeye to me.
am I missing something?
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Postby alaska teardrop » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:45 pm

surveytech wrote:That graphic doesnt look like a Buckeye to me.
am I missing something?
    :oops: You're right. Guess I,ve been in the woods too long! :? Go Blue anyway! :lol:
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Postby SpeedWagon » Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:24 pm

Sorry...I saw Ohio and was thinking Ohio State and the buckeyes, and you are showing a much superior mascot from another school.
Sorry Gambam
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Postby surveytech » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:29 pm

If it was Ohio State wouldnt you have to use a nut for the graphic on the tear?
I wonder how that would look.
hmmmmmmmm.

If the graphic was a Nittany Lion it would truely rock.
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Postby Gambam » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:48 am

Yep, this trailer is to tailgate at the other Ohio school - Ohio University Bobcats - now that we have a real coach (former Nebraska coach-Frank Solich) The football program is really taking off.

If I wanted to be like everyone else around this part of Ohio I would paint it like this
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But I've always been a little weird :?

Don't get me wrong I still love the buckeyes, and we won't talk about how I feel about "that team up north". :roll:
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Postby TAILGATINGnNUT » Thu May 11, 2006 7:15 am

See Im not the only tailgating wacko running around. How has everyone been?? My weekender was put on hold due to the fact that I bought a house, finished the basement nad had two kids!!!!!!!!

But, Im back!!!!!!!!
Looking to build the ultimate tailgating machine, anyone help me?
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Postby mikeschn » Thu May 11, 2006 5:52 pm

Hi Nut,

Your design is still here somewhere too...

ah, here it is...

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