Burt Gummer
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My dad bought this is 1996. We didn’t use it much for the first few years until I started a lawn care business around 2000. I’ve since been through three sets of tires, numerous lights and it’s collected a few dings in the fenders. Dad had talked about painting it the last few years but we never got around to it. I loaned it to a “friend” Father’s Day weekend last year, 2 weeks before dad passed away. It then survived an equipment shed fire but got banged up pretty good. Jack got broke on it and welds got broken on a fender trying to get it outta the fire. I didn’t realize what had happened to it til about a month after the fire cause it was still at the farm where they had the fire. Guy promised to get it fixed. Fast forward to two weeks ago, I finally got it back after being gone for 10 months and me threatening to report it stolen cause no one would tell me where it was and when I was getting it back. It had been sandblasted and painted and the repairs made. I bought new boards for it Friday night and worked on it Saturday between rain showers and finished it today. Looks like a brand new trailer.
Day I got it back
New Decking boards on the sides
Start of the floor yesterday. Started and stopped a few times cause of rain and quit. I ordered a box of thread cutting torx head bolts to put the new boards down with. Started by getting under it and marking the existing holes which meant I had to put the board in place, mark the holes, flip it, drill, then flip again to put the bolts in. That got old quick. Had to rip a 2x6 down to start the pattern and finish it. That’s how they were on there originally.
After I got tired of getting under it and back up, I started drilling new holes from the top and bolting them down that way without getting under it. The last board was sammiched between two boards and I had to walk on it to get it to pop in place. They’re all nice and tight and it turned out great.
Of course, I needed wood that was just shy of 14ft, but 14’ treated lumber is unheard of. So I had to buy 16’ stuff. Now I’ve got a bunch of scraps that aren’t good for anything but bird houses
Day I got it back
New Decking boards on the sides
Start of the floor yesterday. Started and stopped a few times cause of rain and quit. I ordered a box of thread cutting torx head bolts to put the new boards down with. Started by getting under it and marking the existing holes which meant I had to put the board in place, mark the holes, flip it, drill, then flip again to put the bolts in. That got old quick. Had to rip a 2x6 down to start the pattern and finish it. That’s how they were on there originally.
After I got tired of getting under it and back up, I started drilling new holes from the top and bolting them down that way without getting under it. The last board was sammiched between two boards and I had to walk on it to get it to pop in place. They’re all nice and tight and it turned out great.
Of course, I needed wood that was just shy of 14ft, but 14’ treated lumber is unheard of. So I had to buy 16’ stuff. Now I’ve got a bunch of scraps that aren’t good for anything but bird houses
