When the refurbished miter saw didn’t run I suspected defective brushes and ordered replacements via eBay. They arrived this morning and it was a five minute job to fit them before testing the saw. Everything worked correctly and Jan has now advertised the saw for sale.
It’s cost me about $30 to get it to the above condition.
Last night I thought long and hard about the installation of the rooftop tent on the camper trailer. Fitting it to the existing roof rack was the easy options. You can just see the flat black roof rack between the base of the tent and the trailer in the photo below.
Removing the roof rack would lower the overall height of the combined tent and trailer but it would also entail a more complex installation operation. Moreover the upper indicator lights would need to be relocated along with the shovel mounting brackets.
The conclusion was that the height was the critical factor. I need the trailer to be able to fit under both garage doors and when Ken arrived this morning I informed him I wanted to undertake the more complex option. I’m grateful that he went along with the decision as the tent would now need to be lifted off and on the roof. This was going to be a heavy task for a couple of “oldies”.
The situation wasn’t helped by the temperature. This was the first day of a forecast heat wave. We drank a lot of water during the operation.
After five hours the tent installation was completed.
Ken poses!
Ken then suggested we connect the 4x4 and check the trailer will fit through the garage door opening. I drove whilst he checked height clearance. The result was 35mm of clearance. A success!
Remaining task to be completed
- Relocate the high level indicator lights. This will involve making some new brackets.
- Fit the batwing awning on the port side
- Fit the shovel bracket somewhere. This will involve repairing the original holes.
- Fit the shower en-suite tent. Probably across the front of the trailer box.
4 comments :
re the indicators.
Can you put the top bolt through the bottom bolt hole and then add a bracket for the bottom bolt to the trailer?
That's one option under consideration Dave. However it would result in the light protruding below the bottom of the camper lid.
I've bought a pair of these in black https://www.dun-bri.com/Catalogue/Commercial-Vehicle-Lighting-Accessories/Multi-Function-Lamps/Compact-Combination-Lamps/DBG-MICRO-I-LED-Rear-Combination-Lights to supplement the low mounted combination lamps on my new trailer build. They are pretty small but extremely bright.
They do (for uk) Tail, Stop, Indicator
Could be worth swopping to a smaller light
It's an option Dave but I'm trying to do the relocation at zero cost.
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