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The Moonshine Motel - Enclosed Gooseneck "Crawler Hauler" Build
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GLTHFJ60
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Removed the lift to make it easier to load the car. Ramp angle was too steep before. Now that I've lowered the car and added some aero bits, it would have been impossible. It's a double-duty race trailer and off-road hauler now
ridered3
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Makes sense on the car front for sure. Nothing like hauling lifted, lowered, and everything in between.Removed the lift to make it easier to load the car. Ramp angle was too steep before. Now that I've lowered the car and added some aero bits, it would have been impossible. It's a double-duty race trailer and off-road hauler now
GLTHFJ60
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Brakes wired, hub+drumset installed and preload set, axles located and torqued, wheels on, and finally, trailer on the ground. Not as low as I remember it, and I think it's gonna be just about right for the car. Easier to step into and out of as well.
Onwards and upwards.
Onwards and upwards.
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Looking good!!
GLTHFJ60
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Mostly finished product for the motel sign. I'm stoked with how it has come out.
Please ignore the caulk ooze. Til that a new tube of caulk can go bad in less than a year.
Please ignore the caulk ooze. Til that a new tube of caulk can go bad in less than a year.
ridered3
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Looks great! Also, I never thought I’d see a phrase about “caulk ooze” in this thread…
GLTHFJ60
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Super minor update from today, but I found what seems to be an ideal spot for the rv head unit I picked up from crutchfield. Dvd player, optical in, hdmi in and out, Bluetooth, other stuff and more output zones than I know what to do with.
Hope to have speakers mounted and wired up to this in the next week or two, then when I get to the TV, this will integrate nicely. Cost $300, so not cheap, but I needed the optical in for the TV I'm gonna put in here.
Guess I need to build up a DVD collection again, lol.
Hope to have speakers mounted and wired up to this in the next week or two, then when I get to the TV, this will integrate nicely. Cost $300, so not cheap, but I needed the optical in for the TV I'm gonna put in here.
Guess I need to build up a DVD collection again, lol.
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Why optical???Super minor update from today, but I found what seems to be an ideal spot for the rv head unit I picked up from crutchfield. Dvd player, optical in, hdmi in and out, Bluetooth, other stuff and more output zones than I know what to do with.
Hope to have speakers mounted and wired up to this in the next week or two, then when I get to the TV, this will integrate nicely. Cost $300, so not cheap, but I needed the optical in for the TV I'm gonna put in here.
Guess I need to build up a DVD collection again, lol.
Yard sales for dvd's! I have a couple milk crates full. If decent ones. Not just shit.
GLTHFJ60
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My current garage TV will become the motel TV. It has optical out for audio, which is pretty convenient imo.
Not at all necessary, I'm sure it'll do rca audio out too, but optical out is nice, and I have the stuff to make it work.
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Gotcha. Tv's are like 200$ now for a new one
GLTHFJ60
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#factsGotcha. Tv's are like 200$ now for a new one
When I buy a larger TV (65"?) for the living room, the current living room TV (55") moves to the garage. At that point, the current garage TV (42") moves to the motel.
There's always a scheme, lol.
ridered3
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That’s the way to play the game for sure.
Every few years I’d talk dad into a new tv so then I got the old tv. Haven’t bought a single tv in 15 years.
GLTHFJ60
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Works good as a race trailer. I find I have to raise the front to make the angle flat enough for the car, even after taking off the lift. However, that seems common among the other guys that have enclosed trailers at the track. Overall, happy.
ridered3
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Nice dual purpose setup!
Funny license plate too.
Funny license plate too.
GLTHFJ60
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Another successful weekend with the motel towing my cruiser around. Gotta wire up the sign. The new brakes work fuckin great. I should have replaced all the brakes much sooner.
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Glad it all worked out!Another successful weekend with the motel towing my cruiser around. Gotta wire up the sign. The new brakes work fuckin great. I should have replaced all the brakes much sooner.