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on the Blocks

When we first came across the Stewart Coach, we knew that we were going to face many obstacles in our quest to restore her to the original off the show-room floor beauty.  Of all the projects that we could undertake, we felt that we needed to start right at the ground level.

Of course a future project for TOT would be to replace the 10+ year old dead tires with some new road worthy beauties.  Until that day, we figured we could put the trailer "on the blocks" and try to get a level work place for all our renovation projects.  As you can see this trailer wasn't going, nor had it gone anywhere in quite some time.  The old tires were completely dry rotten and the axles were almost rusted through.  It took Donnie and Randy the better part of a day to get the hubs off the axles.  Then to tell you the truth it took us an afternoon to scrounge up enough cinder blocks, bricks and general lumber to have plenty of leveling choices.

"As you can see it's really all about just getting in there and using what you've got on hand.  You're going to need a sturdy jack to get her high enough to remove the wheels and get the blocks under.  Don't make the same mistake as I did once:  a jack for a 1982 Datsun 280ZX should NOT be used for this job."  Donnie shares with us.  "You also might want to invest in a high quality level of at least 4' in length.  Then, just keep using everything you've found to level the trailer at least once every seven feet.  You can do less than that, but we wouldn't suggest that.  And we're the professionals here."

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