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Project Tent Trailer continues…

Yes, I have had a major lack of posts about the tent trailer project over the last year, but rest assure, the project is still around. I have made small steps in moving forward with the roof rebuild over the past few months and now have a structure to mount back on the trailer. Unfortunately, when I was working on getting the canvas frame ready to re-attach to the new roof structure, I discovered a broken lift cable. Here's a diagram of the lift cable system found on older Lionel/Bonair tent tra...

Finishing the Brakes…

I've finally found the time to bleed the brakes and get the wheels back on. Had the trailer out for a test drive and everything looks to be working as it should, so I'm pretty happy with the outcome of this whole brake project. Being able to maintain the existing surge brake system was a big goal for me as I really didn't want to go through the expense of changing everything on the trailer along with installing a braking controller in our tow vehicle. And now, on with the next phase of this proj...

Trailer Update

After taking a break for a few months on the trailer project, I recently found some time to focus back on this project. I've managed to get the axle back under the trailer, almost ready for the wheels to go on and brakes to be bled. After this, the roof project starts, and even that has had some changes in the conceptual design phase. Here's a few of the latest project pictures... Since taking these pictures I also decided to replace the U-bolts. As I'm sure you can see in most of the pi...