stumog
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So I wanted to build my own trailer but in all fairness I don't have time between now and when I need it. Been looking for a few months lost a few and ended up with one.
So this weekend was testing. Backed it up Thursday booked Friday off and happy days...
Or not. Leaving home heard a squeak and wondered what it was anyway drive on thinking about it, stopped and checked hubs for heat and all cruiser and trailer about the same.
Ok drive on
Squeaky now and again my mind is doing flips of what it can be. Decided it can only be the bearings. Stop and check now driven for 45 mins ish. All fine still.
Squeak squeak we go.
Short hope on motorway and pull in at first services. One Trailer hub is pretty hot. Found problem.
So decide to go home and strip down and get bearings. All apart easy in no time.
Back on the road at 3:40 bit later and now going to hit the M5 south Friday traffic great.
Sitting in traffic gets on my nerves but all is well. I am on edge the entire journey.
Weather is getting worse and worse as we head for North Devon.
Get there in the poring rain at around 8pm.
Start setting up trailer tent and oztent for me, my wife, 2 year-old daughter and the mother inlaw.
Did the oztent easy ttt up no worries. Ask my wife to put the bedding in the tent for us while I walk around the field in the rain with daughter.
M.i.l is running across the field shouting that my wife has her foot stuck in the leather??? ( she is foreign) so I run towards are camp thinking what do we have that's leather and she could get her foot stuck?
So get there can't find her so start calling and get the response in am here....
What flipping use is that. She is now crying too...
So go around to the tent to find my wife half in half out with her foot jammed in the ladder.
So it was ladder not leather...
So I pick up the tent to take my wife's weight off the ladder that has trapped her foot in-between rungs. She only has flip flops on.
Then foot pops out and she climbs in tent, now I can't stop the tent heading towards the floor so shouting at her to get out quick as I am not sure what's happening.
She out now stood on the side so I put her in the cruiser and looking at her toes...
Big toe you can see the bone, nice just what you want, calming her down took a bit so now to look at the toes as there was no blood coming out.
She can move but very sore and swelling up as you watch.
Ice pack and wine is a great healer.
Route cause make sure the top of the Trailer is locked before you enter.
So we decide to stay there not go to A+E see how it is in the morning.
Still raining.
Wake up in the morning at 6:30 to make a bottle in the rain nice. Then we were playing on swings and jumping in puddles will my wife had a lay in.
Till around 8:30 go back to the camp to find out that her foot is much better and doesn't need treatment.
Went to charge phone nothing.
Check fuse on the aux In the back blown very odd as nothing been used on it for ages.
Slow breakfast and messing about with stuff we decide to hit the beach.
Pack stuff up get ready to go jump in the cruiser and drive off. No starty start. No click or anything did have dash lights.
Volt gauge says 12.5 in main battery and 12.2 in aux in car. Now nothing running off aux in cruiser this weekend.
How odd. Jump start off Shaynes vitara nothing. Hmmmm
Played with the voltmeter for a bit and some head scratching only to find a 10a fuse gone. No I have no idea what fuse does what in mine as no key to locations or hand book.
How can a 10a fuse stop a mighty 80 in its tracks can't be that.
Fires up first time result. Off to the beach.
Lovely walk and paddle but did forget my wetsuit so no surfing....
So go back to camp nice beers Bbq and lots to drink.
Top fire and chats great evening and things got alot better soon forgot about all the troubles over the past 2 days.
Back to the trailer on this tread.
I am going to do a few mods which I will document here as I didn't do a build thread on my cruiser and not enough trailer builds about.
So here are some pictures to go on with.
Starting her young enough?
So this weekend was testing. Backed it up Thursday booked Friday off and happy days...
Or not. Leaving home heard a squeak and wondered what it was anyway drive on thinking about it, stopped and checked hubs for heat and all cruiser and trailer about the same.
Ok drive on
Squeaky now and again my mind is doing flips of what it can be. Decided it can only be the bearings. Stop and check now driven for 45 mins ish. All fine still.
Squeak squeak we go.
Short hope on motorway and pull in at first services. One Trailer hub is pretty hot. Found problem.
So decide to go home and strip down and get bearings. All apart easy in no time.
Back on the road at 3:40 bit later and now going to hit the M5 south Friday traffic great.
Sitting in traffic gets on my nerves but all is well. I am on edge the entire journey.
Weather is getting worse and worse as we head for North Devon.
Get there in the poring rain at around 8pm.
Start setting up trailer tent and oztent for me, my wife, 2 year-old daughter and the mother inlaw.
Did the oztent easy ttt up no worries. Ask my wife to put the bedding in the tent for us while I walk around the field in the rain with daughter.
M.i.l is running across the field shouting that my wife has her foot stuck in the leather??? ( she is foreign) so I run towards are camp thinking what do we have that's leather and she could get her foot stuck?
So get there can't find her so start calling and get the response in am here....
What flipping use is that. She is now crying too...
So go around to the tent to find my wife half in half out with her foot jammed in the ladder.
So it was ladder not leather...
So I pick up the tent to take my wife's weight off the ladder that has trapped her foot in-between rungs. She only has flip flops on.
Then foot pops out and she climbs in tent, now I can't stop the tent heading towards the floor so shouting at her to get out quick as I am not sure what's happening.
She out now stood on the side so I put her in the cruiser and looking at her toes...
Big toe you can see the bone, nice just what you want, calming her down took a bit so now to look at the toes as there was no blood coming out.
She can move but very sore and swelling up as you watch.
Ice pack and wine is a great healer.
Route cause make sure the top of the Trailer is locked before you enter.
So we decide to stay there not go to A+E see how it is in the morning.
Still raining.
Wake up in the morning at 6:30 to make a bottle in the rain nice. Then we were playing on swings and jumping in puddles will my wife had a lay in.
Till around 8:30 go back to the camp to find out that her foot is much better and doesn't need treatment.
Went to charge phone nothing.
Check fuse on the aux In the back blown very odd as nothing been used on it for ages.
Slow breakfast and messing about with stuff we decide to hit the beach.
Pack stuff up get ready to go jump in the cruiser and drive off. No starty start. No click or anything did have dash lights.
Volt gauge says 12.5 in main battery and 12.2 in aux in car. Now nothing running off aux in cruiser this weekend.
How odd. Jump start off Shaynes vitara nothing. Hmmmm
Played with the voltmeter for a bit and some head scratching only to find a 10a fuse gone. No I have no idea what fuse does what in mine as no key to locations or hand book.
How can a 10a fuse stop a mighty 80 in its tracks can't be that.
Fires up first time result. Off to the beach.
Lovely walk and paddle but did forget my wetsuit so no surfing....
So go back to camp nice beers Bbq and lots to drink.
Top fire and chats great evening and things got alot better soon forgot about all the troubles over the past 2 days.
Back to the trailer on this tread.
I am going to do a few mods which I will document here as I didn't do a build thread on my cruiser and not enough trailer builds about.
So here are some pictures to go on with.
Starting her young enough?
