FoamStream...

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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:04 am

If I may offer myself as an example of a Fool … All that time I had months ago to paint the roof on the FoamStream … Well, we’re already well into Hurricane season , already had a serious storm , and I STILL haven’t painted the roof as yet. :roll: Since then a little mold and dirt have accumulated on the Gripper , so we’ll have to clean that all over again , making more work that could have been avoided ... And now it’s been raining Every day , so we don’t have an opportunity to do anything … yet … :rainy:

Moral of the story …. Don’t put things off , only makes more work later !!! :duh:
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:30 am

Still raining , I’ll have to rent a garage or barn for a couple days to get the painting done … This rain every day is getting old … :rainy: That says a lot for a trailer that can fit in a garage … An oversize outside trailer must live outside … in whatever weather passes by ... :roll:
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby bonnie » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:59 pm

Hey, are you bugging out?


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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:56 pm

Bonnie , thanks for your concern … Looks like we’ll be “sheltering in place” .. A good bit of the storm (Harvey) is west of us ( for now ? ) and it looks like we’ll just get rain , which is no surprise as it’s rained All summer… But I pray for those poor people in Texas :worship: …. That’s gonna' make Katrina look like a minor inconvenience.. :frightened:

Bonnie , How are you doing ? Got that trailer ready ?
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby bonnie » Sat Aug 26, 2017 7:57 am

Still working away at the trailer. Retiring was a good decision for me. I am poorer, but much happier. Hope to camp before snow flies


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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Sat Aug 26, 2017 8:36 am

Yes retirement is Great , but we’ve never worked more . I changed from being self-employed for 47 years , to now working for the Wife !!! hahahaha :lol:
Bonnie , Good Luck !!! Best wishes !!! We’re always interested in your progress so please send pictures ...
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Postby bonnie » Sat Aug 26, 2017 1:13 pm

Will do.


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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:44 am

Most remarkably , it’s going to be DRY this weekend … :o So if I can get in touch with my helper , we’ll get that Foam Stream top paint work done … FINALLY !!! (Fingers crossed )
And we did have an inspiration to make a drip edge for the front , came to me in a Dream after eating late night Pizza , a Canvas drip edge, waterproofed , painted to match , and that 18 oz. canvas gets pretty stiff once painted … ( and we Have it already ;) ) But we must comment that the existing Gorilla Tape and aluminum tape combination has worked admirably keeping the underneath DRY … :thumbsup: I’m thinking maybe a roll of Gorilla tape should be a part of every Foamie road repair kit. Regular Duct tape would have been Dust tape by now .
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:34 am

My helper is coming over today and if the weather holds out we'll FINALLY get to paint the top of the FS … Stupid weather ,it’s rained all summer …

My lesson learned, don’t procrastinate . Paint while the sun shines ... :thinking:
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:00 am

The proof … 150890
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Now we can start on the Ant damage , some “patching" is required , a good test of our Foamie repair kit … ;)
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby bonnie » Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:41 pm

Well done!


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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:31 pm

Bonnie ,Thanks !!! I can’t tell you how much a relief it was to get this done … especially with yet Another storm headed in this direction … :o
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby Ned B » Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:11 pm

GPW wrote:Bonnie ,Thanks !!! I can’t tell you how much a relief it was to get this done … especially with yet Another storm headed in this direction … :o


You've got to admit you've been ahead of the curve since you built it... looks great though!


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Re: FoamStream...

Postby GPW » Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:56 am

Thanks Ned , we’ve been Lucky , but I don’t expect that to hold out forever… We can see storms have become predictably more intense ( for whatever reason we care to believe or not :roll: ) Now I’m really thinking we need a Foamie Boat too ... :o There just seems to be no end to being prepared ...
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Re: FoamStream...

Postby ghcoe » Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:27 am

just build a boat platform under the foam stream. Best of both worlds.
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