Sunday, May 4, 2008

Finished at Last

The trailer is finally finished. I added a Victorian style lock and the hanging lights. Also finished wiring up the trailer lights. Here is a tip for wiring the lights on Harbor Freight trailers. Because the trailer is bolted together an each piece is painted, there is no way to guarantee a good ground for the lights. I ran a separate ground wire for the lights and everything works correctly now. The next posts will be in a new blog all about our travels in the new caravan, Woo hoo ;)



4 comments:

newbella said...

Your caravan looks fantastic. Well done! I'm looking at building a reading-style caravan myself. When it's on it's way i'll post pics and comments. Agen well done :-)

Brian Schmittling said...

Thanks for the complement. It took me over a year to build as I was not in a hurry. Think about changing Tim's plans to make the benches wider and higher so they can serve a a proper seat and bunk. My caravan can sleep 6 comefortably. Good luck and look forward to seeing your progress.

Brian

Broadbeans said...

Your bowtop is magic, Brian, and looks beautifully finished. You must be very proud if it! Keep us posted of your travels, please!I've got Tim's plans and you've inspired me to start building soon! Best wishes from Johnny Broadhead, England

Unknown said...

I just order the book and plans from american carvan. I tried your jcwhitney part number and it didn't show could you post a picture of the wind deflector maybe i could find the picture of it that way...thanks :)