Project Choose Your Own Adventure

[ScottyB]

so a couple things going on in the picture here.



Craigslist smiled favorably upon my mortal soul last week and blessed my quest with 125 sq ft. of 5/8" Berg & Berg red oak engineered flooring for $4-tay bucks. hells to the yes, definitely getting used as the galley floor, possibly galley counter, and probably the side wall interior. not worried about the cabin floor since that will have a matress completely covering it full-time. the veneer is a beefy 1/8", so plenty of meat to sand down and restain a different color if the mood strikes. some of the planks saw a lot of traffic and need sanded and recoated, but some were up against a wall and look brand new.



if i did both entire side walls, and the whole floor front to back, i'd still have ~20 sq ft. left over, so imma be super picky and just sell whatever's left. i can't go too crazy though, because that oak ain't light and i have to mind my tongue weight/balance.

second thing, the tape marks. that is the "maximum" footprint of this thing when shoved into the corner of my garage, after moving all the other junk out of the way. the "box" on the taped area is where the tire and fender would be. so in actuality, the body of the trailer will be in about 9" in from the sides of the box, and of course at the front end the trailer frame "vees down" to the hitch point so its not very wide there. here's the thing though...you'll notice my subaru is up past the line in the meat of the trailer body. this will be a game of inches when done. i'll be parking the subaru on the trailer-side bay of the garage, and if i place the nose of the car just ahead (toward the hitch) of the trailer wheels, the nose will poke in a few inches inside the trailer track width enough that i can get the ass of the car inside the garage door. it'll be that tight (THASWHASHESAIDYEAAAHHHH). i'll be hanging some marker strings from the ceiling to touch my windshield when i pull in to get the placement just right. either way it'll be entertaining.