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Gutting | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Welding and Still More Demolition. Saturday started off early. Stuart Natoff came over to weld the front of our frame. He fabricated a beautiful replacement segment, then welded it right in. Turns out, Rick didn’t have to recut the damaged part flush with the frame, but the new piece was so well made, it slotted in there [.]. Written on May 16, 2005 Posted in Gutting. Vanity, crap and possession. Written on May 7, 2005 Posted in Bath. Up to My Own Mischief. Today we did ...
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Repair Records | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Trip Preparations as it Gets Colder. It’s been a busy traveling year…This week Rick and I sat down and did some statistics: 8 trips for a total of 4,470 miles and 29 trailer nights. And the biggest trip is yet to come! A couple of problems ended up being critical: welding on new chains and getting the driver’s window re-seated in [.]. Written on November 18, 2012 Posted in Maintenance. Written on June 7, 2012 Posted in Featured. Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Frank Ye...
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Background | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. New Trailer Repairs Get Started. Frank Yensen started work on our trailer this week and invited us up last night after hours to check out progress up at his shop, Frank’s Trailer Works (in Baltimore, MD). We were quite surprised to learn that after welding on the rear bumper, he felt that structurally, things were in good place. He’d blasted and [.]. Written on January 24, 2012 Posted in Background. Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. The Zen of Airstream Repair. Winter Be...
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Structural | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. After leaving our trailer for a winter at Frank’s Trailer Works, we finally reached pickup day a week ago last Saturday! Frank truly put his heart into all the restoration tasks we threw at him and the results really show up now. Written on June 7, 2012 Posted in Featured. Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Dry Rot Bugaboos and Moving on to a New Phase of Repair. Written on February 8, 2012 Posted in Articles. Restoring Front End Stabilization to a Vintage Airstream.
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Travel Journal | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Catchup on our Early Winter Florida Visit. Last winter, on Thanksgiving day, we drove to a different season in Jacksonville, Florida. 10 days, 9 camping nights, 2,200 miles. Total for 2012: 38 camping nights and 6,670 miles: it was certainly not a bad year! This little video captures our adventure…. Written on May 19, 2013 Posted in News. Getting Away From Sandy. Written on November 11, 2012 Posted in News. Reading, Chili, Homebrew and Climbing. Trailering Trip to NYC.
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Leaks | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Winter improvements have been tough, due mostly to work that keeps me 130 miles away from home on weekdays (and a life that has kept me spending most weekends attending funerals)… But things are shaping up (and thankfully fewer people are dying). My biggest token victory came Saturday morning. An incipient leak was finally blocked [.]. Written on February 24, 2008 Posted in Leaks. Written on May 25, 2005 Posted in Bath. Written on May 10, 2005 Posted in Leaks. Well, toda...
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Articles | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Storms, Blessings and Trailers. Common wisdom is that the worst place to weather a storm is in a travel trailer. However, we have come to realize that a trailer can be a very good asset when the weather turns bad. When we first got our trailer in 2003, we soon faced Hurricane Isabel. Nothing went near the trailer and [.]. Written on July 4, 2012 Posted in Musings. Written on February 10, 2012 Posted in Articles. Dry Rot Bugaboos and Moving on to a New Phase of Repair.
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Repairs at Frank’s Trailer Works | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. After leaving our trailer for a winter at Frank’s Trailer Works, we finally reached pickup day a week ago last Saturday! Frank truly put his heart into all the restoration tasks we threw at him and the results really show up now. Written on June 7, 2012 Posted in Featured. Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. New Trailer Repairs Get Started. Written on January 24, 2012 Posted in Background. Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Building Dreams is Our Business. Send me a message.
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Ventilation | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. Window Epic Resolved…. The window mostly fits in the opening. Mostly–because the channel it hangs from was filled, but I can file that gunk out. However, it fits the space, so we are both breathing a lot easier! Removing the old vent involved drilling out 46 rivets This weekend, I only have today available for working [.]. Written on June 5, 2005 Posted in Ventilation. Building Dreams is Our Business. Visited 15 states (30%). Classic Rides Airstream Restoration Videos.
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Flooring | Tales of the Toaster
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Repairs at Frank's Trailer Works. This is a view we’ve wanted to see for two years! We still have a zillion bolts and screws to drive down (isn’t that what Sundays are for? We have lots of other things to attend to (including the very dead battery in our tow vehicle) but our front end floor is in. Ironically, it [.]. Written on March 29, 2008 Posted in Flooring. One More Section Down. Written on March 24, 2008 Posted in Flooring. Dealing with Insulation and other Flooring Concerns. We got really cranking...