7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Converting Cargo Trailers into TTTs

Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby McDave » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:47 pm

Lots of lighting displays at Sturgis this year. I kinda liked the ones that fade from one color to the next, but I can live without the strobe effect.

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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby FlyBye » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:52 pm

flboy,
I must have overlooked the page on your awning. It looks nice! Did you install it yourself or have a dealership install it? That's one item my wife and I would really like to eventually get.
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:09 pm

McDave wrote:Lots of lighting displays at Sturgis this year. I kinda liked the ones that fade from one color to the next, but I can live without the strobe effect.

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Yes, these lights do all that jazz too. I just like a nice steady color..
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:11 pm

FlyBye wrote:flboy,
I must have overlooked the page on your awning. It looks nice! Did you install it yourself or have a dealership install it? That's one item my wife and I would really like to eventually get.


I installed it myself. They are not really that hard to install. The awning is nice. I like to park in the sun for the solar panels, so an awning is needed for the shade.
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:23 pm

Okay, sun is a little lower in the sky. Dialed up purple:

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YouTube Video of Finished 6x12 Trailer:
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YouTube Video of 7*18 with 2ft V-nose Trailer:
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby featherliteCT1 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:50 pm

I am looking forward to tonight's light show. Light us up!
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:56 pm

featherliteCT1 wrote:I am looking forward to tonight's light show. Light us up!


We have a storm coming. I had to roll up the awning. :-( I'll have to do that another time.
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Sun Aug 13, 2017 4:28 pm

Another small item on the punchout list. I lined the closet so all the wires and the backside of the switches and etc. are not exposed. I suppose I'll paint that plywood someday when I do the interior finish coat. ;-)

I will add a cover over the batteries this week to put a floor in the closet. !We need a place for shoes and things like that.

I still have the wires for the tank monitors hanging there in the closet. I didn't get those hooked up yet. They are still on the list... but just not on the top.

Big 8 day trip coming up in two weeks. Not much more to do. I just have some more interior LED back lighting to install and I need to line the cabinet shelves over the dinette on inside.

Never done, I say.


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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:11 pm

I messed up my ladder on a Palm Tree in my backyard getting my Trailer out. It is a tight spot and I was doing it without a spotter. In any case, I bent it up some and you know how aluminum is.. it does not bend back well. I just ordered a replacement and it came it today. A $78.00 mistake.. I am going to cut that tree down this weekend while the trailer is out of the yard. :x :cry:

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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby Padilen » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:31 pm

Guess I'm not the only one that destroys my own stuff.

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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby McDave » Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:31 pm

Yep, those palm trees will sneak right up and getcha'. Now an oak tree, well you can usually hear them coming. I'm afraid I'd have to put that palm down. They're a menace to society.

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PS. On the plus side, that is a shiny new ladder. A little bling never hurts. Unless you're a palm tree...just sayin'
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby Iconfabul8 » Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:31 am

I feel your pain! I backed into a camp space marker on the maiden voyage and dented my fender. I even had a spotter. Well I thought I did. :x
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby hankaye » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:27 am

flboy, Howdy;

Awww, go ahead and keep the trailer in the yard while you cut down the palm tree,
so it can see the vengance you reap upon the tree that damaged it.
To see how good ya are with a chain saw tap a chunk of 2X2 in the ground and see if
you can drop the palm on it. :twisted: , :worship: , :frightened: , :D .

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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby flboy » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:34 am

Hank, I am pretty good at felling a tree, but not brave or confident enough to risk the trailer. That would be ugly. I have way too much blood and sweat into that thing. I might try the 2x2 challenge. All that would hurt is my pride or my shed and fence. ;-)

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YouTube Video of Finished 6x12 Trailer:
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Re: 7'*18' V-Nose Cargo Trailer Toy Hauler Conversion

Postby hankaye » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:42 am

flboy, Howdy;

Sending positive thoughts in that direction ..... :thumbsup:

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