Work this winter has been slow. However the floor is all cut and put down. I just need to get the ends cut and the body placed back on the frame. So close I can taste it!

I had a friend make some replacement parts for the door handles. They work great and will not break like the pot metal ones did.

slow to no go on the trailer

Life has been a little nuts this summer and I have not had much time to work on the trailer. My hope of having it done by the end of the summer is out the window so to speak.

I did get the floor all off of the trailer and have started grinding the rust off. I am getter her ready for paint.

 The shop smells so much better after getting rid of all the rotten wood and all my little friends!

And to think the first guy I had working for me thought we could save the floor....."it's not that bad"
he says. Needless to say he is not working for me on this trailer!

Frame is the barn!

Excited to finally get the frame in the barn. Tooting my own horn here. I got it backed in with marks help. I only had to redirect the trailer once.
Did a lot of work on her this week. Almost have all the rotten floor up. I found this neat stamp on the under side of the wood. Hope to start sanding the frame soon.

Lift off!

late last night we finely achieved lift off! Mark and I worked until about 8:30pm getting the body off the trailer. It is now suspended from the beams in the barn. We (Mark) needs to get the body higher so we can pull the trailer out from under the shell. So close now!

have the bus moved and hope to have the trailer in the barn today!

This is a pic of what Matt with Complete RV did to seal my windows. Silicon on both sides of the glass. The line of silicon is very thin and not easy to see.

Backtracking

I have decided to coat the inside of the trailer with Rubberize it. It's a paint or spray on rubber coating.
"It is environmentally friendly, easy to use and cost effective. And with over 800% elasticity, this waterproofing coating expands when it needs to! And, it can be applied as a sealant to most surfaces – concrete, wood, even rusty old metal to name a few.

There are unlimited uses for this innovative coating technology. Use it to maintain and waterproof almost anything, from your leaky roof to ponds and fountains. Paint around skylights to secure a leak-proof seal."

The above is off there website http://www.rubberizeit.com

So I have removed all the  bubble wrap insulation I had put up to prepare for doing the Rubberized coating. It was hard to remove all that work. I have saved the pieces as the silver bubble wrap insulation to reinstall. It is quite expensive.

This is a shot of what I removed. I did not take long to remove.   :(    Lots of work but I think the rubber paint will be worth it. 

I talked to a representative of Rubberize It, and he told me I should only need two 5gal buckets to coat the ceiling and the walls.

a day of frustration, panic and plan changing.

I must say getting the body off the frame has proved to be a big challenge. It's much like trying to move a 32 foot long spaghetti noodle. I am not at all sure that I can manage to get it off. Here are the latest pic of the frame under the floor in the bedroom. The body is up high enough to complete what I need to on the frame and get a new floor back down. The inner frame rails look good and still have a lot of paint on them. The outside rails are very rusty.

My boyfriend just picked up an 1966 18ft Oasis. Cute little thing needs some work. Hopefully not as much as my Spartan does! Will do some tlc on it a little down the road. For now we will solve the leaking problems it has and take her out camping.