Skoolie's First Snow

 

early morning, after a bit of snow

Hello, friends.   Joseph has been hard at work on the skoolie, on a number of tasks.  He's fabricated brackets, which he attached to the back of the kitchen drawers, and attached magnets to the back of the kitchen drawer body, to secure them as we travel.  He also secured magnet latches on all the cabinet doors.  Neither one of us wanted plastic latches, and he didn't like anything else he saw, so he made them himself.  

He mounted the CB radio antenna.  His handle is Square Peg :o).  His main concern is being able to hear the chatter about road conditions, which was helpful to him years ago, when he was a truck driver.  He placed the tail light wiring into split loom, and fastened it with padded wire straps. 

He decided he wanted a front bumper valence.  It may help slightly with air turbulence beneath the bus, but is mostly for aesthetics.  He fabricated a mounting system, and bolted it beneath the bumper.  He installed an LED-compatible flasher for the new turn signal lamps, and mounted a new auxiliary fuel pump in the engine bay.  He also installed LED marker lights.  

The new awning arrived in many pieces, and was one of the few things Joseph had never done before.  We worked to get it together and installed.  We still need to tweak one thing, as we placed the fabric roll backwards, but then we can cross it off the punch list.  He fabricated a visor for the passenger side, which I'm sure I'll appreciate during the mornings and evenings on the road.  He's spoken with the man who offered to help him change the gearing, and that is scheduled to happen sometime in March.  That should be the last big job on the list.  We're getting closer!