5.30.13 Propane, Wheels and Tires

5.30.13

Propane, Wheels and Tires!  Although I am not cooking in my trailer I will be powered by propane for cooking on my BBQ and fueling my portable Fire Pit when allowed.  I have such limited space in my little Lizzy that I figure I will haul the tanks on the tongue of the trailer.  I found the tanks at Costco for a great price and they come with a gauge as well to tell me when I’m low.  I spray painted the tanks to match the rest in my smoke blue color and painted the tank tray in the cream color.

Wheels and tires has been my biggest challenge (if you can image that).  The wheels are a 15 X 6 wheel with a bolt pattern of 5 on 5.5 – which was the tricky part to find.  I finally found an affordable wheel at summitracing.com  They were easy to deal with and shipped that same day.  I also ordered the baby moon hubcabs.  J  I painted the wheels the same accent color in the trailer.  You can see in the pictures why I needed new wheels.  One of the wheels was salvageable enough to keep for a spare. 

 

 

I ordered tires from a local discount tire store had them mounted and now she has her new shoes and for the first time in 9 months she’s rolling again! Oh happy day!

 

 

 

 

 

5.15.13 Lights and Water

5.15.13

Lights and water (with help)!  I had to phone a friend for this one and “borrow a husband”. Tom was willing to help and I was willing to let someone help me.  There is only so much 1 woman can do by herself.  He helped me with the wiring and getting her lights in working order, which was a large task because there was some glitches in the way it was originally wired.  Was able to find tail lights and blinkers that were “shorter” than the average to fit inside the covers without melting the plastic cone lights on the sides.  I also had to order a licence plate light from Vintage Trailer Supply. 

 

 

 

 

Next we worked on getting the water working.  I had already bought all the parts we needed and he helped get them installed properly.  My old faucet was too rusted so I purchased a new one from IKEA.  I will not have contained water on board and I did not install a grey water tank.  So with that in mind we installed the standard hose hook up on the outside of the trailer and just attached a drain tube that will lead to the outside of the trailer and drain into “something” (not yet determined – a bucket perhaps?)  We also had to cap off the hot water line since I don’t have that option.  And Viola! We have water.