slow, subtle, progress!

Yes, indeed we are progressing. Today we went to the local lumber yard and bought some wood and 3" nails. We are planning on going at it tomorrow. Are idea is to build scaffolding to get us on top of the roof. This will give us access to the holes and the air conditioner, which we are looking to remove. The amount of wood needed to make decent scaffolding is a fair amount. We also bought the wood needed to replace the roof frame. For this we bought 2x6's. We are going to use a table saw (when we have access to one) to cut these in half, making them 2x3's.

The following is a list of what we bought at tri-county builders supply (shop locally) today:

eight 2x4x10's
thirteen 2x4x8's
six 2x6x8's
1 lb/3"nails
total = 87$

I hammered out a saw horse today too using wood that made up a bed in the campers original state. It took about 20 minutes. Found some easy plans on the internet and went from there. the truck bed will act as a second saw horse.

After we finish with reinforcing the roof and patching the holes we have a greater problem, at least in my mind. The breaks are going to need work. We will have to replace the bad ones, and then figure out how to wire it appropriately. After our mechanic friend (thanks ian) observed it. He noticed that the old owner dismantled the breaks completely. This worried him (and us even more) that the breaks were unusable. I fear crossing that bridge. If we can't get that fixed then the trailer won't be mobile. The following picture shows its wiring mess in detail.

Etsy money helped get us this far! We also bought a great pot bellied wood stove the other day at a flee market for $150. It sure is nice. It has two burners on it, and a fresh black paint job. I'm posting pictures of that soon.

Remember that you can click any of these pictures to view a larger version. Please let us know if you what you think of our project. We want to hear from you. Whether it be a comment on here, on our etsy, or face to face.

Thanks for reading, and check back soon. Hopefully we will be working all day tomorrow, and at the days sunset I will take pictures of our progress. Will definitely be posting soon.

Cheers,
      -Morgan
       Earth & Hand