Day 31 we skinned the interior of the hatch and let that dry for a day. Took some time to get all the trailer wiring hooked up. We had issues with the ground connection and used the Dremel to grind down the paint in the trailer to get a better ground. It worked and the trailer lighting is complete. We did the install of the tongue box and got all the wiring placed inside and sealed the openings with loctite spray foam.
Day 32 we used the router with our flush trim bit and cut the interior hatch skin flush. Then I had to notch out the hurricane hinge on the top of the hatch so we could seal it so the hatch doesn't shift back and forth after installed.
Installed it and the hatch DIDN'T FIT. It was a nightmare. We ended up realizing the inner skin had warped it so we quit and took a couple days to figured out what to do.
Day 33 we decided we would route out the areas between the ribs to release the pressure and it actually worked!!!
It's not perfect but we don't have to rebuild the hatch. We installed the latch and locking mechanism. Now it is officially road ready! Our next step is to hook up the electric to the battery, take it to get weighed and registered.
The last couple weeks have been regularly 100 degrees so it's been so hard to get work done and then we got sick. Just about finished! Still not sure where our first trip will be and not sure what we're going to do with all our free time!
Time spent Days 31-33: 4 hours
Total project hours: 123.5 hours
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