ultra light build

[georgedombeck]

Hi Guys, I am doing an ultra light build, but with a full frame. Having a blast. More pics to follow. george

[georgedombeck]

frame is 4' x 81" because of the profile. Cant wait to get the wheels and floor in. george

[Rickxr2]

George,
Looks like you are off to a good start! Good luck, have fun with it, and keep the pics coming.
Rick

[georgedombeck]

painted, now trying to find wheels. What a pain, everything is the wrong backspacing. g

[RogHodge]

Looking good George.

What are the hubs from? I have the HF trailer and tried to find different wheels- way too much hassle for no return- ended up with the 12â€

[georgedombeck]

Yes, I am using the ultralight profile, 4 foot wide. The axle and hubs are northern hydralics items. Ford/mopar 5x4 1/2 bolt pattern. I am buying the floor tomorrow. g

[georgedombeck]

I fitted up some 15" wheels with 195/15 tires , they work perfectly. I was trying to use too large of a tire before. g

[georgedombeck]

We screwed the floor on yesterday. I used construction adheseve on top of the frame, side rails and crossmembers. My boys and I set the floor on top ( 3/4 plywood) clamped in place and started drilling holes for the screws (self tapping). My boys did the counter sinking and final screwing. Next up, the walls. george

[dwgriff1]

Looks good, but you passed the ultra light stage a long time ago!

And, more than likely, it won't matter. It will still be a great build.

dave

[georgedombeck]

Thanks dave, There was just no way I could build it with out a frame. Its the Ultralight profile I am after. g

[georgedombeck]

Undercoating today. Man this stuff is like Molas...undercoating in January.
I started with a small brush, then I just dumped a pile of it and spread it out. Later I used a scrap piece of stainless to screed? it out, kinda like screen printing ink. then brush to even it out, worked great. The undercoat was free leftovers from a commercial trailer company. I took home a gallon when they cleaned out their 55 gallon drum spray rig. Next I will cut out steps to mount the walls to the floor.

[georgedombeck]

Walls are on! What a pain. I used a table saw to cut my ledges into the bottom of my walls. A router would have been alot nicer. I had to use temporary braces to keep everything square. I am cutting my spars now. Fun. george

[bbarry]

Looking good!

Keep after it and you'll have it campable before you know it! Maybe I'm missing something...what is the cutout in the streetside wall for?

Brad

[georgedombeck]

Just a hole the salvage piece of plywood came with. I am just going to fill it somehow. g

[bbarry]

Just a hole the salvage piece of plywood came with. I am just going to fill it somehow. g

Ah, I see. That's great that you could find some recycleable materials...I had plans of using more in my build, but ended up with mostly new.

Brad