Vocabulary, Vocabulary, Vocabulary

Ok,

The miter saw is up and running and the temps are now too hot to work outside except really Really early in the morning, which would annoy the neighbors.  But that's not the problem.

After working and reworking and reworking the plans for the vardo and I've come to the inescapable conclusion that I can't keep working on the Vardo with the trailer I have.

The rails are mucking up everything and it is too much work to do what I want with them there.

It all comes down to what I told the trailer folks :

When I ordered it I asked for a UTILITY TRAILER. 

Which is, in their minds, a trailer with rails.

So even though I explained what I wanted to the trailer guys, personally faxed a copy of my plans to the manufacturer, called and tried to explain what I wanted on the phone what I still got a was "Utility Trailer".

ATTENTION: What you really want to say is:

CAR HAULER WITH OUT DOVE TAIL* and * AND WITHOUT BOARDS*

CAR HAULER WITH A DOVE TAIL*

The pinked circled bit the photo above:

You don't want one of those.... It would mean that you would have to build the vardo floor up from the slant that is there. Annoying.


*AND WITHOUT BOARDS*

 

Yeah, the other pink circle; and the reason you don't want them, boards, i.e. wood;  is that at the front and the back of the of the trailer floor, when they install the boards, there will be a upside down 'L' iron that will hold the wood down, and thus make the trailer safer for wheeling a car onto it.

And thus the 'L' brackets which then have to be cut off with a welding torch.
(Which is also why you don't want the rails on a utility trailer, because they have to be cut off as well. As well as the 'L' brackets that are on the trailer at the front and the back.) Plus, the trailer will be slightly cheaper and easier to work with if you don't have the board there to begin with.

So if you are going to go looking for a trailer or talking to a manufacturer to make one for you; you might want to take a look at the trailers you can get from Tumbleweed Tiny Houses Tumbleweed Trailers   print out a copy the image so you can show them what you are looking for or need constructed.

And understand the VOCABULARY!!!

So with the realization that I might have to scrap the current trailer and get one that will work, and now understanding the VOCABULARY... I went back to trailer guys this week;  to find out if getting what I really need was possible.

"Hey, look it's the yellow trailer lady... How ya' doing.." (We're friendly here in TEXAS)

I explain the problem:

"Oh, yeah we can do that for you, no problem... pity you weren't here a week a go, we had one exactly like that on the lot."

Sigh. 

Now before anyone asks:
Yes, I have person already interested in purchasing the utility trailer 'as is'.
Plus the trailer guys say that if that doesn't pan out, I can take the utility trailer back to the trailer shop. For some reason the trailer I currently have is very 'hot' in this area, for hauling hay, cattle and scrap.


I think I'll get the next one in John Deere Green.

More as the situation develops.