Ashland VA Meet Up

 The Three Amigos

 Brian's Commander

 Jim's Champion

 Bass Pro Shop elevator

 Big fish tank

 Brian and Jim

 More animal above

 Brian's 1957 3E14 Transtar

 Jim's 1953 2R5

 John and his 1948 M15A

 Brian and his 1957 Transtar

John's Champion

Bull Horn Testing

Here is the 12 volt bull horn connected to a battery charger. It sound a little throaty compared to the 6 volt bull horn, might be because the battery charger have enough current output.

Here is the 6 volt bull horn connected to a 6 volt battery.

The Lone Bed Board

Put the first bed board on today. Each end is retained by three 3" stainless steel screws. These screws will be under the angle iron when installed. The rest of the joists are retain the bed board by the Grabber screws from underneath so there will be no screw heads exposed on the surface of the bed.

Bed Deck Board Grabber Installed

These "Grabbers" are stainless steel brackets designed to attach the deck boards from underneath the bed so there is no screw heads seen on the surface of the deck boards.

New Bed Substructure Installed

 Completed substructure

 I cut the bottom out of a vinyl gutter and used that to isolate the MCA treated 4x4s from the frame. Here, I heated the vinyl and used a routed 4x4 to mold the vinyl around the rivets and bolt the protrude on the top of the frame.

 Bumps from the rivets

 I used a routed piece of 4x4 to form the bumps in the vinyl

This is the attachment. 1/2" stainless steel bolt

New Cross Member Installed

 Here is my getup to straighten the frame

 I attached the new cross member with grade 8 bolts

Bed On, Bed Off