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Title: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.(Mod I)
Post by: Phil Coopy on October 28, 2008, 10:01:07 AM

Joyce and I bought motorhome this summer and it wasn't long before we saw the need for a dingy(sp?) car to bring along on trips. So I traded a 1/3 scale Spacewalker and some money to a friend for a cute little GEO Tracker already set up for towing. Not to be paying on too many insurance policies at once, I got rid of my old Chrysler Town & Country van, and that left me with nothing to haul planes to the field.  I had an old 4X8 trailer rotting away behind the house, just waiting to be scrapped or refurbished. So with some plywood, Gorilla Glue, and instructions from the internet on how to build a teardrop trailer, here is what I came up with.

Phil

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Richard Grogan on October 28, 2008, 10:24:41 AM

Sweet! H^^

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Post by: Paul Taylor on October 28, 2008, 11:00:29 AM

Very Kewl !!!

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Bob Reeves on October 28, 2008, 11:23:18 AM

Wow! that is fantastic.. You really did a nice job  H^^

Where is the before picture..

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: jfv on October 28, 2008, 11:26:25 AM

I think that surely qualifies under BOM!

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Richard Grogan on October 28, 2008, 11:54:13 AM

Forgot to ask: How did you protect the cool woodwork from the rain, polyurethane?? I think I need one of these!

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Post by: posthole_digger on October 28, 2008, 01:02:34 PM

Can you tell us the internet site that has the plans?

Paul

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Larrys4227 on October 28, 2008, 03:10:38 PM

Phil - That is fantastic!  I remember you talking about it with me a couple weeks ago. Are ya gonna have it at the TBFL contest this weekend?

Great job!   FlySafe!  Larry (Larrys4227)

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Phil Coopy on October 28, 2008, 05:25:40 PM

Paul: I found general instructions on how to build a teardrop trailer on  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_To_Build_A_Teardrop_Trailer
and I just adapted it to my needs. I was just lucky to have one of the trailer frames from Harbor Freight that is shown in the instructions.

Richard: I used MIN WAX HELMSMAN SPAR EURETHANE because of its advertized UV protection.


The one pictured is as it was right after I put the box on it, but years later after standing in the sun and rain in Florida with little attention, it was pretty rotted out.

Phil

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: proparc on October 29, 2008, 11:43:28 AM

Oh lookout-we got ourselves a craftsman!! y1

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Scott Hartford on October 29, 2008, 11:56:23 AM

Outstanding!!! H^^

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Post by: Dwayne on October 29, 2008, 02:37:19 PM

Very nice! Looks small enough to tow behind a motorcycle...hmmm

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Bob Reeves on October 30, 2008, 09:14:52 AM

One of our club members builds and sells motorcycle trailers... With enough interest he might be talked into building a plane carrier.. http://www.honkytrailer.com/

Can't find an after picture right now but this is the before picture of one I drug out of the weeds and rebuilt...

Title: Re: How I used Gorilla Glue this week.
Post by: Phil Coopy on October 30, 2008, 03:22:52 PM

Latest upgrade...Mod I.....Coca-Cola kewler..


Phil