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02-09-2014, 11:29 AM
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#141
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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This made me happy. . Browsing the home despot this morning looking for an enclosure for my solar controller and found just the thing. It wants to be within 5' of the battery. Check!
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02-09-2014, 09:26 PM
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#142
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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I don't guess I ever explained my username...
My parents' friend made this sign for their camper in 1969, by Dad's recollection. I don't remember that rig, but it's been in every one since. The one we kids grew up in was a BIG Franklin slide-in, '70 model I think. After that rotted away and the kids were gone they had a Scotty, then retired in '98 and hit the road fulltime in a 32' motorhome. After a few years in that they traded into an even bigger 5th wheel. 35' maybe? Monstrous.
Anyhow, now the big rig is too much for them and they've "landed". I (being the heir) begged for the sign to carry on the tradition.
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02-09-2014, 10:02 PM
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#143
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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Today I got the battery wires run into the camper, and built the enclosure for the new fridge
And fiberglassed it to the hull via the original baffle. Anybody that can do this stuff without making a godawful mess, please 'splain!
Now I just need to line the flue side and top with some flashing, then prep and paint the exposed wood inside before final fridge install.
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02-09-2014, 10:06 PM
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#144
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martins HeirCon
I don't guess I ever explained my username...
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It's...it's like you're reading my mind!
Honest to Pete, I was just wondering (once again) where your username came from. I'd just about decided it was an actual name of some European derivation... and of course indicating a lo-o-o-o-n-g and Royal Heritage.
Not sure how I feel about finding out otherwise, since I have so few opportunities to claim an Association with Royalty...but thanks for the explanation anyway!
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02-10-2014, 05:53 PM
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#145
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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About ready to put the new reefer in. Instructions said fireproof material in flue area.
Used some scrap aluminum coil. Now waiting on paint to dry on inside mounting area. Guess I'll cut access hole for gas and electric service, this has got to go in tonight! Eleven days 'til vacation!
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02-11-2014, 04:25 AM
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#146
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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It's in, plumbed and wired. Works on both electrics, no propane in the tank yet for testing.
After all the figgerin', I could have moved it 1.5" further back/ out of the camper. That's a project for another day.
Also installed charger on the side of new fridge enclosure, tested it on a dropcord
I've cut off the trailer's power cord for replacement. It was as stiff as my knees.
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02-12-2014, 04:49 AM
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#147
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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Fire!
Gog some propane on the way home from work, installed the stove. Tested it and the refrigerator, check.
Picked up a bike rack for the back bumper.
And pulled the hubs to repack them again. I already packed them, I'm just not fond of the watery grease. Using blue marine grease this time, after I take them to work and run 'em through the parts washer.
Mounted new farkles while the wheels are out of the way, too!
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02-12-2014, 10:17 AM
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#148
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Senior Member
Name: Dave W
Trailer: Trillium 4500 - 1976, 1978, 1979, 1300 - 1977, and a 1973
Alberta
Posts: 6,926
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Farkles?
By the way Glenn, great thread. You have taken your trailer a long way towards restoration. Good job!
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02-12-2014, 10:44 AM
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#149
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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In the adventure moto world, farkle covers just about any accessory/gadget/doodad you add to your rig. For instance, your fully farkled bike may have heated grips, tank bag with map sleeve, GPS RAM mount, rack trunk etcetcetc. I don't know WHY they started calling it farkling , but Google just told me it's a combination of function/sparkle.
Anyway, that's how it crept into my lexicon. Francesca used the term without batting an eye... Maybe she's a FF too!
Thanks for noticing the work. More to come!
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02-12-2014, 01:03 PM
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#150
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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There's an ascending (descending?) scale of farkling, most extreme being those practitioners who give exotic and involved "practicality" justifications for some doo-dad they really only added because it's purty. I myself am an accomplished member of this group.
Just ask my long-suffering husband!
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02-14-2014, 10:13 PM
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#151
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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Wired the exterior lights tonight. All new wiring, no crimped splices, all soldered connections. Also added the required corner markers. Previous owner bondoed over the holes, but I was able to reopen them from inside the hull
The new LEDs have the same 3" spacing as the originals.
Used some DOT conspicuity tape to make reflectors front and rear, too
Interior lighting next. A week from right now I'll be halfway to the Keys!
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02-15-2014, 08:23 PM
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#152
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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A little work on the TV today- our SUPs are too wide for the factory rack, so added some Yakima round bars and fairing from my pile of stuff
It's a lot of aerodynamically dirty stuff on the roof, but the extra gas doesn't even add up to one day of board and paddle rental.
INNO locking rack is some good gear. Borrowing this one from a friend, like it so much I may buy my own
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02-16-2014, 06:36 PM
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#153
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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Shakedown cruise up to the lake to retrieve the paddleboards
Paddled around in long drawers and sweatshirt .
Rack worked well.
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02-16-2014, 09:59 PM
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#154
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1972 Boler American and 1979 Trillium 4500
Posts: 5,137
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[QUOTE=David Tilston;441448]Farkles?
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Also an easy game to pack for camping. Five dice, pen and paper.
Farkle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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02-17-2014, 08:48 PM
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#155
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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More noise and smoke tonight at Bamtech! Only three more nights before departure 8/.
I wanted a windup underslung spare but didn't get it done. Instead, I mounted this bracket I had laying around
Also cut off and rewelded the receiver hitch. It was out of level about .0026218 inches, and it bugged me! Now the bike rack is plumb.
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02-17-2014, 09:05 PM
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#156
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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Hmmm...
A/C, spare, and-how-many bikes on that rack? That's lookin' like a lot of weight behind the axles, especially since I'm pret-ty, pretty sure you already added a nice new foam mattress back there.
I hereby request- perhaps even demand- that you weigh the tongue before departing, do the two-part weigh at a highway scale along the way, and report back as to how she tows.
P.S.
Have a good time!
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02-17-2014, 10:10 PM
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#157
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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Well, she towed just fine on the 50-miler to the lake and back yesterday. I intend to permanently ditch the AC, just haven't made time to engineer a solution for that gaping hole.
Truthfully, I WANTED some tail weight to balance the battery, propane, charger, and fridge up front. I don't know if I'll make a scale on the trip, but like I said there's plenty of loose ballast to shift.
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02-18-2014, 11:45 AM
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#158
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Senior Member
Name: Dave W
Trailer: Trillium 4500 - 1976, 1978, 1979, 1300 - 1977, and a 1973
Alberta
Posts: 6,926
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What is suppose to be in that gaping hole is an emergency exit. Just a pane of glass that hinges out, with no screen. I keep asking Joe Thoen, at Trillium / Outback, if he has one. He gets lots that don't have the escape hatch. They are the same as your front one, with out the rock guard. He sells them for ~$100. An easy fix for your AC hole. Delivery to Georgia would likely cost more then $100.
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02-18-2014, 12:06 PM
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#159
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Senior Member
Name: Glenn
Trailer: Trillium 1300
Georgia
Posts: 451
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It looks like there used to be a jalousie in that hole, I can see the spindle for the crank.
For now , I may just rivet a white aluminum panel over the hole. Our biggest dislike is that the AC infringes on the bed space. That, and the fact that it leaks when it rains.
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02-18-2014, 12:30 PM
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#160
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Senior Member
Name: Dave W
Trailer: Trillium 4500 - 1976, 1978, 1979, 1300 - 1977, and a 1973
Alberta
Posts: 6,926
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Makes sense, since your trailer is a 75, and the escape hatch came later. I am going to be near Atlanta late in March. I just called Trillium / Outback. They are checking to see if they have any at the moment. I could buy one, disassemble it and bring you the six panes, the side, and middle pieces and the mechanical linkages. The top and bottom pieces are too long to fit in the luggage. This would allow you to change it back to a jalousie. Let me know if this is of interest to you.
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