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TheGillz Trailer
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that trailer turned out great! nice work...looks like a fun maiden voyage...
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Great looking trailer, nice work
Is that an Oz ent on top there?
If so how do you like it?
Yes, It is the smallest OZ, I love it. I really wouldn't have another ground tent, although, this one is really only good for two people, the kids slept in the car...but we will have a RTT on the trailer by next year.
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They are funny??
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Well this week I got to order two new supplies. One an 18" Partner Stove with windscreen, and a Grizzly 25 degree Two person Sleeping bag.
I had a plan to "Horizonize" the stove into my side box so that it pulled out and made the box spaced out for more orginization. Here is the progress and results.
First in this process I learned why AT uses the basic stove with no lid or windscreen, however, I was determined to make screens work since I think they are handy and I like them. Plus it made the process alot more challenging and fun figuring out how to do it.
One of the first things I found in testing was that the stove itself is 12" deep, however the lid is just shy of a half inch deeper as it has to have a lip over the back and front. Well I placed the stove in the box and attempted to shut the lid, and BINK- it wouldn't shut, not quite a half inch short. BUT upon further investigation I found it was the handle and latch that was out past the lid about another 3/8" and so they had to go.
Well I needed walls to house the stove and shelf so I got some 18"x12" 16ga steel from Lowes, measured and marked it and took it to a local sheet metal shop and they did the bends for me, too bad Mike wasn't closer to use his handy Brake!
And here is the space I was working with.
As you can see they are bowed quite a bit when squeezed in there. I spent a good hour or longer with my grinder to get them just the right size, especially in the corners, to fit with minimal bow.
I had planned on leaving the lid on and getting another latch like what came on it or getting two of a different sort and mounting them on the outsides of the stove to keep the lid shut since I had to take the original off of the front, but I couldn't find any that worked, and it would have been very difficult to mount them in such a narrow space with just the width of the drawer glides between the side of the stove and the wall, so I instead hatched a plan to mount "L" metal to the walls that would hold the lid down as it is pushed in.
I had a plan to "Horizonize" the stove into my side box so that it pulled out and made the box spaced out for more orginization. Here is the progress and results.
First in this process I learned why AT uses the basic stove with no lid or windscreen, however, I was determined to make screens work since I think they are handy and I like them. Plus it made the process alot more challenging and fun figuring out how to do it.
One of the first things I found in testing was that the stove itself is 12" deep, however the lid is just shy of a half inch deeper as it has to have a lip over the back and front. Well I placed the stove in the box and attempted to shut the lid, and BINK- it wouldn't shut, not quite a half inch short. BUT upon further investigation I found it was the handle and latch that was out past the lid about another 3/8" and so they had to go.
Well I needed walls to house the stove and shelf so I got some 18"x12" 16ga steel from Lowes, measured and marked it and took it to a local sheet metal shop and they did the bends for me, too bad Mike wasn't closer to use his handy Brake!
And here is the space I was working with.
As you can see they are bowed quite a bit when squeezed in there. I spent a good hour or longer with my grinder to get them just the right size, especially in the corners, to fit with minimal bow.
I had planned on leaving the lid on and getting another latch like what came on it or getting two of a different sort and mounting them on the outsides of the stove to keep the lid shut since I had to take the original off of the front, but I couldn't find any that worked, and it would have been very difficult to mount them in such a narrow space with just the width of the drawer glides between the side of the stove and the wall, so I instead hatched a plan to mount "L" metal to the walls that would hold the lid down as it is pushed in.
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I got two 100lb 12" glides from a local cabinet shop.
Here is the mounting of the Aluminum "L" metal.
I also puchased some nice 1/4" birch plywood for a shelf. Well it turns out that I needed that shelf for more than just looks. As I mounted the stove for the first time I was pleased with how it slid nicely and fit great. Just one thing.
The lid wouldn't open up enough to get the screens to hinge out. It had enough tilt so that the screens opened ever so slightly down instead of horizontal, and they were useless. Well after brainstorming with my wife and mother in law. I hatched a plan. I would mount the stove without the lid just like the basic one. BUT I would just mount the screens to the walls and it closes nicely on the shelf area and makes a nice cubby, I am very pleased with the results and can't wait to use it this next weekend on our first camping trip of the year. (The trip through Utah excepted, as it had a different over all goal, namely helping my wife's mother move here.)
Any way, the rest of the pics...
Did I tell you how much I LOVE having a rivet gun??
And the weight test. Didn't seem to notice the load at all!
And the screens closed....
....and open, ready to cook!
Here is the mounting of the Aluminum "L" metal.
I also puchased some nice 1/4" birch plywood for a shelf. Well it turns out that I needed that shelf for more than just looks. As I mounted the stove for the first time I was pleased with how it slid nicely and fit great. Just one thing.
The lid wouldn't open up enough to get the screens to hinge out. It had enough tilt so that the screens opened ever so slightly down instead of horizontal, and they were useless. Well after brainstorming with my wife and mother in law. I hatched a plan. I would mount the stove without the lid just like the basic one. BUT I would just mount the screens to the walls and it closes nicely on the shelf area and makes a nice cubby, I am very pleased with the results and can't wait to use it this next weekend on our first camping trip of the year. (The trip through Utah excepted, as it had a different over all goal, namely helping my wife's mother move here.)
Any way, the rest of the pics...
Did I tell you how much I LOVE having a rivet gun??
And the weight test. Didn't seem to notice the load at all!
And the screens closed....
....and open, ready to cook!
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Nice job on the stove, that's freek'n awesome. Great use of space. I like the extra door for the storage above the stove.
