Stretching my 1988 17 ft Bigfoot

[Mike Morrison]

Hey Ken. I was great to meet you and your wife. Hopefully our paths will cross again. I have often thought it would be a neat project to gut and redo a fiberglass trailer. But to gut one, then cut it in half and add a piece to the frame and body and put on a second axle - amazing. Your result is outstanding!

[lhanna]

Well, you must be done by now and looking for something else to do. I just have a tiny 1300 trill with a couple FG repairs needed. Come on down! LOL No seriously. AMAZING! Lucky wife with such a handy guy and such incredible woodworking skills! Soooooo jealous!

[Yves Pelchat]

Congratulations on a job well done, Ken. It was a huge project to begin with, but you have a unique trailer now. I also have a B17 and I'm looking forward to replacing the Bigfoot decal set on my trailer. The graphics on yours is magnificent, and gives me ideas.

Yves.

[bec]

Wow ........ just wow ! ( just saw this thread for the first time ) WOW !

[bama gail]

wow!!! great job lot of hard work i know you will enjoy for years to coming.

[rabbit]

Beautiful work. In the late 70s, I helped put an extra 6' smack in the middle of a 38' fiberglass center cockpit ketch. What a mess!!! We always said it would be the end if the owner encountered a sea of acetone.

I'm always interested in effects of refurb on curb weight. Most of us are aware of axle ratings and stingy about tow cap. and mileage, so avoid the really weighty blng (yes, I have seen granite countertop in a small trailer!) but the little bits and pieces that make it just that much stronger and that much easier and that much prettier all add up. I wish you could give us the figures on weight per linear foot for the short version and the long. My guess, based mainly on looking at the pix of cabinetry, bedframe, is that you're doing your best to minimize the porking up.

jack