Travel trailer, cargo trailer or.....

[theCryptofishist]

What's all this obsession with guy lines? Can't we have gal lines, too?

[moonrise]

Well, with my set up done, I can now attend the event for under $1000.

Now I'm working on a shade design for moonrises horse trailer that has no stakes or guylines.

Yup, and I'm getting ready to make the call, this week, to order the aluminet, for your brilliant desgin, truly brilliant!

Muchas Gracias FIGJAM

[FIGJAM]

What's all this obsession with guy lines? Can't we have gal lines, too?

Guylines are sexist!

Thats why I'm doing away with them.

[ygmir]

What's all this obsession with guy lines? Can't we have gal lines, too?

Guylines are sexist!

Thats why I'm doing away with them.

there's a company here, that sells the casting polyurethane, in different viscosities and such, and it can even be made to "foam". I wonder, if it could be poured inside the EMT you're using, to add rigidity? If light enough, but "full", I bet it'd stiffen the conduit substantially.

[gyre]

That will work.

[Canoe]

there's a company here, that sells the casting polyurethane, in different viscosities and such, and it can even be made to "foam". I wonder, if it could be poured inside the EMT you're using, to add rigidity? If light enough, but "full", I bet it'd stiffen the conduit substantially.

In addition to the Hope Depot type sealing foam, available in both rigid and flexible versions, there are "spray" cans of foam available that are typically used in custom industrial manufacture. These foams are intended to be sprayed inside a tube or cavity. They come in rigid (normal), flexible and structural versions. It's been twenty years since I worked with them; I assume they're still around?

[FIGJAM]

bump

[BlackRockCityPimp]

bump

thanks... pure genius

I especially like the little extras, charging posts, outlets, and the awning/shade. Whats nice about what you illustrate in this thread is that the design can be slightly altered easily for bigger trailer thus getting a bigger pod if its need for a group of people. Only thing I would alter is having the bed a little bigger and moveable since I tend to stretch out and like to sleep outside sometimes. Thanks for posting the pix and sharing your work with us. Have you considered sharing this with instructables, ehow, and the like? Alot of people outside of BRC would love this.

[FIGJAM]

The bed is not ancored to the pod.

If the pod was 4" wider, I would have put it across the end, doubled the width, and hinged it to fold up with no need for legs.

[ygmir]

I got a 5x5x10 enclosed W*%%( Car*& trailer the other day.....I'm thinking of making one of your fab rigs, from it.
And, if I don't get time, I know someone else could do it........

yer a genius, FJ!!

[FIGJAM]

I'd love to see a pic.

If it's 5' between the wheels, I'd consider widening the frame to the outside of the wheelwells for the extra space.

If it's already enclosed, that might be tougher.

[ygmir]

I'd love to see a pic.

If it's 5' between the wheels, I'd consider widening the frame to the outside of the wheelwells for the extra space.

If it's already enclosed, that might be tougher.

yeah already enclosed.

[FIGJAM]

I'd love to see a pic.

If it's 5' between the wheels, I'd consider widening the frame to the outside of the wheelwells for the extra space.

If it's already enclosed, that might be tougher.

yeah already enclosed.

That's exactly what I was going to buy originaly, but the more I looked at having to crouch and the cost of the ones I found, it was cheaper to design my own.

The other thing was the gap where the wood and sheeting come together at the inside top corners.

I would'nt want water to get in that gap when I hosed it out.

The first thing I would do with yours is make the inside white so I could see better and it would be less dreary.

[FIGJAM]

Bibbity bobbity bump!

[Canoe]

Even better: NyLock nuts. Takes more time to install, but they will NEVER come off.

How do NyLock nuts hold up in heat?
Any concerns?

[gyre]

What kind of heat?

There are locking threads for higher torque loads and temperatures.

A tip about locktite is to never close the bottle tight.
That's how they go bad.

[Canoe]

Playa heat?
Say air 95F max, plus any additional if they're in the sun?

[motskyroonmatick]

Playa heat?
Say air 95F max, plus any additional if they're in the sun?

Not an issue with normal atmospheric temperatures.

[Thorormr]

Playa heat?
Say air 95F max, plus any additional if they're in the sun?

Not an issue with normal atmospheric temperatures.

Definitely a non-issue if the ambient temperature remains survivable. Nylocks generally have a nylon or other malleable plastic insert (thus the vernacular inclusion for similar products) so unless the temperature gets hot enough to melt plastic, which some nylons will melt around 350F losing structure slightly below that, it won't be a problem. If they are holding critical components together you may want to consider something else like nord locks or even toothed washers. The nylon is good for sealing the threads and stopping the nut from spinning off the bolt if it shakes loose but it doesn't really bond.

[Canoe]

Thanks!

[gyre]

Nylon is mostly good for light load, high vibration resistance, in my experience.

There is also double nutting with jam nuts or other.
A jam nut with a locknut on top works well, bearing grades required in mind.
Castle or other nuts for safety ties or flagging for security.

When possible I use flat and lock washers at a minimum.

[Canoe]

Nylon is mostly good for light load, high vibration resistance, in my experience.

There is also double nutting with jam nuts or other.
A jam nut with a locknut on top works well, bearing grades required in mind.
Castle or other nuts for safety ties or flagging for security.

When possible I use flat and lock washers at a minimum.

Where would you place semi- & permanent Locktite in that?

[gyre]

It's effective when used properly.

Many use it a lot to save money on hardware.

I recently used it on a rifle receiver where other locking methods are not viable.
High grade, but small hardware.
The threads are the weak point.


There's a good book on hardware by Carrol Smith.
http://www.carrollsmith.com/books/nutsbolts.html

[FIGJAM]

Everything worked as designed!!!









Wind was about 25mph when these pics were taken.

Plenty of time to build for your burn!!!

[Ratty]

Wow!! Great set up. I'm very impressed. I sleep in my van but I need a new shade structure this year and yours will be perfect when adapted to my roof rack. I don't think I would leave it extended in a wind storm. I'm not sure how securely roof racks are attached.

[Dr Jet Sinister]

I am constantly amazed by your ingenuity FJ.

[AntiM]

Wow!! Great set up. I'm very impressed. I sleep in my van but I need a new shade structure this year and yours will be perfect when adapted to my roof rack. I don't think I would leave it extended in a wind storm. I'm not sure how securely roof racks are attached.

Somewhere buried on this board is the story of a shade structure suspended from RV roof racks, two or three RVs, I think. High up, making a nice, large lounging area. Hard to get to in a hurry and lower. Torn off at least one of the roof racks in a sudden blow, ripped it right out of the metal. That had to be expensive when they turned it in.
Sorry I can't think of where that's posted.

[FIGJAM]

My current ideas for shade using roof racks involve the rack as support without actualy attaching the shade to the rack.

The shade is ancored to the ground only so that if the worst happens, the grommets rip out and only the tarp can fly away.

[Canoe]

My current ideas for shade using roof racks involve the rack as support without actualy attaching the shade to the rack.
The shade is ancored to the ground only so that if the worst happens, the grommets rip out and only the tarp can fly away.

Watch out that the wind moves the tarp back and forth over a support, or the support is on a vehicle rocking in the wind, the tarp abrades and wears a hole or even in half.

[FIGJAM]

The shade material will be be stretched tight enough to prevent rubbing.