this was done this morning way too cool

this was done this morning way too cool

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The trailer as of 9:21 tonight. Almost brought a tear.

 

My welder has dedicated his Saturday to fabbing and welding my extensions gussets so I can walk through my tiny house with hitting my shoulders on both sides . Thank you Rob. I am getting excited again.

I have been waiting for a year. Not due to my welder, but weather, money, and all that life could throw at me. Long sad story. None of that matters in a few days My trailer will be home I will be painting the new metal and laying down the outside flooring.

The center of the trailer will be covered in temporary plywood until I run plumbing and and electrical conduits, and do the fun job screwing plywood up to the bottom to cover the frame.

In order to make the tiny house easier to work on I will be nosing it in. How?, by adding a receiver to the rear of the tiny house. My welder will build a bar with a coupler attached so the trailer can be pulled out from behind. Later a trailer with generators, water tanks, propane, and solar panels with be hooked up to the rear. When I need to replenish propane or water during dry seasons I can hook up my jeep and take the utility or should I say utilities trailer to top up whats needed. This made more sense than have a large propane tank attached directly to the tiny house.

I saw an article about converting my generators to propane, not a big deal. What was exciting, was the quick disconnects for the propane that got me to change the design. Then I thought I can add everything to an existing utility trailer. I could replenish all the needed supplies and if I needed to run the generators they would not be vibrating the Tiny house. I have an l-shaped gas tank I acquired from a friend with a hand pump, that could be mounted on the trailer. There a re more advantages are I do not need to re-orientate my tiny house to get better solar panel efficiency. I can turn the trailer into the sun. At my latitude the sun can come in from any direction depending on the time of year.

Disadvantages if the trailer is stolen I loose all of my potential power and propane. With the quick disconnects on the power and propane I can hookup temporary services quickly. Depending on money I may leave one panel and some batteries on the tiny house just to cover such an emergency.

In Alberta one more advantage. I can actually haul a trailer behind the tiny house on the highway here if I need to.

Back to the frame. Here are a few pictures of work my welder is doing right now.

http://youtu.be/syk4aHX_uhE?t=1m22s cool tiny community In Germany.

Take care Rod

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