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A note from Meredith. Can anyone help her with her question: 

Hello from Eugene.

I am currently working on a 1965 Aloha, same style as your '66.  Have you started work on it yet?  Do you know much about the framing of the overhang?  The only water damage that I have is in the front corners of that area.

Here are some photos of what I uncovered from the interior.   I'm getting ready to open it up from the exterior but am trying to find out info. in advance.  Is there a cantilevered 2x4 supporting the overhang?  Steel perhaps?  Anything you might be able to describe will be helpful.

before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fox67/sets/72157624656030262/

demo, interior, overhang: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fox67/sets/72157624684582266/

Love your site and glad to see a vintage trailer specialist in Oregon.

Meredith

So after my trials and tribulations with my health (which I am still battling), my shop finally got completed and I'm hoping to be able to start on a couple of trailers soon. My goal is to have the Lo-Liner done by October.

Thank you all for the emails (which I just read today) and hope I have answered all your questions. I will try my darndest to stay on the up side of things health wise and I will try to do a better job of keeping on top of the email! (Rex ... if I start slacking ... whop me upside the head!)

Hope everyone is doing great and check out the new addition of YOUR Rigs Page 5!

Best always!

Kiefer

First I want to thank everyone who has been so VERY patient with me.

I have been extremely ill for a year and a half. Almost bit the big one. BUT ... you can't keep a short man down for long. Well, you can ... but who wants to actually do that while singing "Short People" ?

The good news besides I'm still here? I GOT MY SHOP !!!!!    I'm happier than Emelda Marcos at a 50% off shoe sale! Thanks to Jeff, Shane, Terrill and Junior (yup, his name is junior and he stands about 6 feet and weighs 220) ... we got it done. Will post pictures as soon as I can.

Please stop by often. Send me pics and stories about your rigs. Post them for sale or trade on here if you wish (free of charge). Let me know of any happenings. Or just drop by to say hi.

Tell your friends and family. Sign the guest book and most of all ... stay safe in your travels!

 Kiefer

So hi kids.

I just got home from the hospital (Yup, that was a LONG stay , one of several), and the good news is I DONT have diverticulitis.

The bad news: I've got Crohns Disease. So while they we in there taking out part of my guts, the were looking for this old crabby lady living somewhere within my abdomen. They never did find her, so she's still in there somewhere...the old fart.

Now mind you I'm about as big as a fart in a skillet, so the 25 pounds I've lost had really taken a toll on me. It will be a while before I can get my strength back, but I'll answer all your emails, get all your pictures up on the site and try to keep you updated on my BLOG as to whats going on.

I'm trying to keep a good sense of humor, but it's really starting to tax me. I look like a chemotherapy patient and have about as much strength. Got this danged disease from my mom. Highly genetic and NO fun.

So enough griping. I'm done now. Keep in touch as your emails make me smile and I'll get back into...

Tags: crohns disease

Yay me. Oh joy, Oh happy, happy day. 

 I'll be away for a bit. No, they haven't commited me to Belvue and I didn't win that "special" lottery in Nigeria. In case you have never heard of this wonderful marvelous fantastic disease called diverticulitis, go here:

http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/diverticular-disease

They'll be taking about 10 inches (pull out a ruler and take a gander at how big ten inches is) out of my gut. Now mind you I never considered myself  "defective",  however, lets do a re-cap of the past 3 years:

• 3 months ago, I had major surgery on my neck, fusing 3 vertebrae with enough metal pins hinges and screws to build a small work shop. (PLEASE READ PREVIOUS BLOG!)
• I come home after 3 days in the hospital only to be lying on the couch re-couping and my appendix bursts. Another surgery.
• I had surgery on my right leg to remove about 10 inches (pull out a ruler and take a gander at how big ten inches is) of sensory nerve that was damaged during a previous fasciotomy surgery.
• I had my left elbow cut open and the "Funny Bone" nerve re-located. Apparently it wasn't too happy with the location God...

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our  anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife.  What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser.  The effects of the taser were suppose to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety.... WAY TOO COOL!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home.

I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button.  Nothing!  I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.  Awesome!!!
Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to the wife what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries,... right?!!!

There I sat in my recliner, my cat Blaze looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the...

So, as I'm replying to your emails and putting up pictures of your rigs and sucH ... my "H" key on my computer has gone on strike and Has decided to work only part of tHe time.

Now it doesn't really seem like a big deal, rigHt?... Try answering emails and tHen re-read tHem to see just How many times you use tHe "H" key. Especially in tHe word "THE".

I Have to pusH down really really Hard on tHe "H" key to make it work.  OtHerwise, my sentences look like I went to a "special" scHool.

So wHile I'm figuring wHetHer or not to call some guy witH tHe "pretend" name of STEVE at Dell ... I'll give you tHe latest update on my sHop ...

! ! !   IT'S STILL NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING DONE   ! ! !

Rant, rant, rant ... rave, rave, rave, ... gripe, gripe, gripe ...  AAARRRGGGHHH ! ! !

I'm a wee bit frustrated.

There are advantages to living in the middle of nowhere

In a town of 130 there are some very interesting facts:

• There is no television reception
• There is no cell phone reception
• There is no radio reception

"Downtown" is 2 blocks long. On one corner is the Trading Post (where you go in, get what you need, sign your account and then pay it at the end of the month). On the other is the little cafe (where you go in, eat, sign your account and then pay it at the end of the month). On the opposite corner is a 2 pump gas stop (where you fill up, sign your account and then pay it at the end of the month).

Everyone knows everyone and is very protective of each other.

Every house is heavily armed with a small arsenal in it. 

NO ONE knows where the keys to their house is.

You leave your keys in your car at all times ... in case someone needs to move it.

The nearest "TOWN" is 50 miles away. (And I do mean TOWN ... not a city)

When you come to visit, you literaly step back in time 50 years.

But then there...

So, my shop is STILL no where close to being finished. Hugh has the crane we need to lift the roof and the logs ... now to try to find Mr. Mortimer who actually sells and mills the logs. My little trailers are screaming out to be worked on, fixed, shined up, painted ...ANYTHING ... but to be neglected.

Only thing to do is:    Wait,wait,wait.   It's driving me nuts!   (A very short drive) 

One of the things I'm getting a big kick out of, is your emails! THANK YOU! It's so cool to be in touch with so many vintage trailer addicts, and to be able to showcase your trailers and your talents!

Keep sending this website on to new people.

Keep signing the guest book.

Keep sending pictures and stories.

Keep your tax records for 10 years. Trust me on this one.

I'm really excited about getting my shop finished so I can:

A. Finish the Aristocrat

B. Start on the "Diner"

C. GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M GOING CRAZY NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING!

So here is the deal. I have a wonderful log home with a great matching log shop. The problem is, the guy that HAND BUILT the house and shop was about 5 foot tall. So in the shop, he stopped building at 7 feet in height. So ... I have to raise the roof, add logs for height and re-install the roof. 

Should only take me about 10 minutes.

Wish me luck.