Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-20-2018, 12:29 PM
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Outriggers vs stabilizer jacks...continued
JohnB, always fine to hear from you.
My outriggers have to fit on the trailer so they could be up to 15 - 20 feet long, shorter than the collapsed tower at the stowed position. But the weight...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-13-2018, 12:23 PM
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Outriggers vs stabilizer jacks...
Hey, JohnB and all,
Yah, get a load of some outriggers below. The pic is a tower over 100' tall, with an antenna on top of it. My outriggers would be less substantial. Both the single and...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-10-2018, 09:49 AM
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UNIXdude Axle answered plus comments on above
Hey UNIXdude, I read your thread about the Sunny Axles and your Field Day event, you really got'er done, I'd say. You may have some parts I'd be interested in, but for right now, I'm going to sit...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-03-2018, 11:52 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-03-2018, 09:36 AM
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JohnB, follow up on some of ur questiions:
Partial quote:
"1. The metal roof joints at the wall corners looked to be folded over roof metal over the top of the wall siding. Is this correct?"
Yes. But as the roof met the siding, there...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-02-2018, 08:03 PM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-02-2018, 04:29 PM
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Finale Chapter 2 (at last)
The trip to Farmingdale was uneventful, thankfully. The trailer hand about 25 lbs tongue weight before I loaded the boom and some other miscellaneous metal pieces as near to the front as possible. ...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-02-2018, 04:20 PM
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Finale Chapter 2 (almost last)
So, There she is, it's dark, yep. It was aproaching sunset as I realized my strapping just wasn't gonna work. So off to Har-ber Fright I go for some big yellows, and the triangular magnetic...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-02-2018, 03:43 PM
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Finale Chapter 2 cont.
I ended up with two inches of clearance from the back of the fork jack. Since the trailer winch was attached near the center of the tower, I could jockey the tower around and re-positioned the...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-02-2018, 03:39 PM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-02-2018, 12:56 PM
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Yes, JohnB, they were serrated pins. When...
Yes, JohnB, they were serrated pins. When reading a while back, I brushed by this, perhaps in the Axle brochure or here in a post somewhere. But I was completely oblivious. And I finally saw what...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-01-2018, 12:50 PM
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Trailer frame pics
I realize I neglected to post som good pics of the trailer frame, this is before I mounted the winch. in one of them you can see the holes in the center of the "Z" cross-members.
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-01-2018, 10:44 AM
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OH Yesss...
The floor joists are 1-1/2' high by 1-5/16 wide. check the photos above.
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-01-2018, 10:35 AM
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A little more for JohnB and all...
The Frame Mounting Bolts were all corroded to some amount, but many of the ones in the rotted areas were almost gone.
The tanks are solvent welded everywhere. I found the toilet and vent ...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
09-01-2018, 10:29 AM
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JohnB: Have some measurments & info...
The side rails are 60.5" apart, inside to inside, and are of 2" x 3" rectangular steel channel. For clairification, that means the outside measurement left - right is 64.5"
The "Z"...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-31-2018, 10:35 AM
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WhichWinchWentWhere?
OK, why would I mount a winch on the side rail?
1) The tower is lying down with the top accessible.
2) The base of the tower is at the far end of access, and is the much heavier than...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-31-2018, 10:27 AM
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So Long, chum... Hello Star Ray flat bed
On my way to the refuse center. Took long time to load and unload. Between the flatbed and the pickup I got most of it to Mazza, 940 Lbs weight. Cost about $50.00 to dump. Not including AC and...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-31-2018, 08:37 AM
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I'm in Bradley right now, going to Farmingdale,...
I'm in Bradley right now, going to Farmingdale, may still have a chunk of floor around or a shadow of the flooring arrangement may remain on the top of the metal frame, if it hasn't been washed off...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-28-2018, 06:02 PM
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"Foithermore", Yah, SunlineFan, I get the...
"Foithermore", Yah, SunlineFan, I get the impression the dad may of tried to save the trailer, or perhaps a friend or his son. It was a gallant effort , drilling at least a hundred holes and...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-28-2018, 05:52 PM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-27-2018, 09:08 PM
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Mess...cont...
The floor: Covered with carpet, and in some places plywood...when removed the over-cover, revealed a regular series of 3/8" holes drilled about 8" apart, from one end to the other and side to...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-27-2018, 09:06 PM
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Ahggh! What a mess I'be gotten my self into...
Last Question, answered 1st, Sunline Fan, the rear most right wing extensions is 50% rusted, and two or three others are not far behind. Would have to grind off, replace or reinforce. I do have a...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-26-2018, 05:37 PM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-25-2018, 10:50 AM
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Down to the bones...
Hey Sunline fan, Hey mainah,
Either I found 3 more ants nests, or they travel real fast. I keep my Spectracide handy like a .38 by my side, ready to fire.
Well, there's no way I'm-a-gonna ge...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-24-2018, 07:28 AM
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It's sort of sad, chin up, mates...
From the ashes of it's mother will emerge new life... A SunLine Tower Trailer!
What a mess, I must admit. There were no less than 5 active ant nests, 3 rodent carcases, stickey traps with all...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-23-2018, 07:40 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-23-2018, 07:27 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-16-2018, 06:17 PM
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Understood, JohnB.
Curious, but accepting...
Understood, JohnB.
Curious, but accepting here. It is what is. I am happy and grateful for what I have. It doesn't matter to me for this project, I will look up Dacro and see if it isn't a...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-14-2018, 12:13 PM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-13-2018, 09:52 AM
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DISASSEMBLY proceeds
Take a look through the back storage port, wow. A lot of the floor is soft, someone placed some. 3/8" plywood over it and covered it with carpet. Everywhere I look there is dead bugs, rodent and...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-11-2018, 12:29 PM
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Sunlinefan, UNISdude and the gaggle of sunliners:
"oh my gawd, whadda nitemare"
Wow. Ya can't see it from my rear photo, but it's true, the rear is indeed sunk and the aluminium siding is truely bent on the bottom around the bumper frame rails. ...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-09-2018, 09:02 AM
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The NEXT step, dissassembly (carefully)
I mite begin this weekend, after our Ham Radio Club meeting (OMARC at the Spring Lake Heights F.D), though 40% chance of showers loom.
I'll have to make a raised brick-a-brack somthin' or other...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-08-2018, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-08-2018, 09:24 PM
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Got it JohnB. You fill me with much needed...
Got it JohnB. You fill me with much needed confidence. Now just imagine a tower trailer with a little "Star Ray" segment mixed in ahead of the tower, wouldn't that be wonderful - er a -...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-08-2018, 03:24 PM
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Last inside pics, really!
I will eventually discover what it is I want to do, and I may very well re-use these items I remove in the new design... or not. I will try to preserve everything with Sunline Club members in...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-08-2018, 03:21 PM
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Pics of trailer safe at home: Interior
The inside: Someone did rip out the floor underneath the rear bed/couch exposing rotted /broken lumber. Evidence of rodents was also found. The front door frame is missing the bottom part. ...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-08-2018, 02:59 PM
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Pics of trailer safe at home: exterior
So after the powerwashing and the tow, here is the exterior of my Sunline Star Ray T170: It looks ok, though there are several dings, crunches and bumps. Non seem to have involved structural...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-07-2018, 09:49 AM
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Hey UNIXdude, yah the Algae is all gone now,...
Hey UNIXdude, yah the Algae is all gone now, after power-washing. If I were to make a shelter/enclosure on the front for, like two operator positions, I mite use some of the cabinetry and siding. ...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-07-2018, 09:20 AM
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Back from Morris Plains (final)
My electronic/electric experience paid off, got the origional lights working: Stop, left, right, running/markers. Some dopey b******d clipped the wiring harness. I just used wire nuts, and some...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-07-2018, 09:08 AM
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Back for Morris Plains (Cont.3)
So this is what I did to get her rolling: Jacked up the whole shebang and jack-standed it. I rolled and listened to all 4 hubs, one of which had a stuck brake which took me a half hour to pull. ...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-07-2018, 09:02 AM
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Back from Morris Plains (continued)
I will see to it to make the owner’s “owner” package available by uploading to the forum. The perspective offered by an owner for the opening/closing/winterizing, and the “what-and-where”s read...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-07-2018, 08:57 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
08-02-2018, 07:13 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
07-05-2018, 11:26 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
07-02-2018, 08:29 PM
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Hey Mainah, Hey Sun line fan, Happy 2nd of...
Hey Mainah, Hey Sun line fan, Happy 2nd of July...
Wowzer. Lots of staples, lots of screws, and how else could disassembly be done? Wowzer.
Sunline fan, If i thought I could get a return for...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
06-29-2018, 08:36 AM
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Question fer ya folks:
Searched n found...
Question fer ya folks:
Searched n found folks rebuilding Sunlines and actually starting from scratch, everything on top of the frame. Very interesting... I didn't realize the outer skin is...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
06-28-2018, 10:03 AM
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My Signed Title is in the MAIL!
Hey folks, My Signed Title is in the MAIL! Whow BOY!
Good to have some Hams in the group, Mainah and UNIXdude!
Some of this is redundant. Sorry for that:
Yah, the outriggers are for...
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
06-27-2018, 09:19 AM
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Forum: Sunline Travel Trailers
06-25-2018, 10:50 AM
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Travel Trailer to Tower Trailer conversion
Hi ya, Sunline Coach Owner's Club members! I hope i am in the right place for such a post...
The saga begins. For a kick, and some background see my first post where I introduced my self....
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