With the siding on it was finally time to get a floor down (over the metal grating) and some type of roof overhead. When I acquired the trailer, it had an old, weather-worn, de-laminating plywood floor and no roof or doors. This trailer’s original lives were undoubtedly those of pure utility! Based on the dozens…
Firewood racks need to be neither expensive nor fancy. Their essential purpose is to keep the logs or (ideally) split firewood off of the ground and accessible to decent airflow, to help the wood dry out. Given the opportunity, I prefer to build my log racks out of recycled and found materials. After our complete dock…
With the TNG car siding all stained and ready to apply, it is time to get it affixed to the trailer frame. This phase of the project presented some interesting challenges. First, the frame is neither straight nor consistent in tube size and material. This trailer had lived a hard life before I purchased it,…
With the frame all painted up and drying, it’s time to move onto the siding. To give the trailer a nice, custom built look and feel, I opted to use a tongue and groove car siding. I chose this option mostly for it’s looks and weather tightness, but also for it’s ease in installation, low…
After the frame was thoroughly wire wheeled top and bottom, the next step was to apply a coat of good quality paint. The original plan was to spray the frame with a good quality rust inhibitor style paint, most likely with a sprayed on primer coat first, but due to cost, time, and possible mess,…
With the old wooden siding removed it’s time to get the frame wire wheeled and ready for a good coating of a Rustoleum oil-based paint. Using a Dewalt angle grinder and wire wheel I was able to quickly prep the frame for a fresh coat of paint. Based on different types of steel tubing…
Now that the trailer is safely home and I have a basic game plans, the first thing that needs to be done is get all of the worn and weathered plywood off the frame, so we can see what we have to work with. Based on the half-dozen different types of bolts, screws, and nails…
Welcome to the Enjoytime outdoors Camper Trailer Build Project! One day this past summer, when planning a camping trip, I was struck by the thought of having a home-made utility trailer for hauling and storing our camping gear. After several extended YouTube ‘research’ sessions, I stumbled upon several great purpose-built trailers, one of my favorite…
The Ambient Weather WS-1080 weather station has been operational and gathering data for several days now. So far I’ve been very pleased with the unit. Living several miles north of Fort Wayne, we often have slightly different temperatures and weather conditions than those reported by the television stations and weather websites like weather.com or wunderground.com. It’s…
After a long, cold. snowy winter, the indoor-outdoor carpet on the screen porch was looking pretty bad. We’ve discussed replacing this carpet several times throughout the last year. From the looks of it this spring we knew we wanted to do it before summer. We considered ceramic and porcelain tile options but had concerns about the tiles…