Rebuilding our utility trailer

Our 18' utility trailer gets used around the property a lot and we use it to haul the tractor around.  In recent years the guys from our church youth group have used it as a diving platform.

One of my favorite pictures of Aaron Melder and Cody Meaux.

The boards started rotting really badly and the metal started rusting.  One of the guys stepped on the rotten boards and went through.  It turned out the boards were not treated from the factory.  So we decided it was time to rebuild it.  (Change the boards, remove rust and repaint it)

I don't have any good before pictures of the trailer before we started removing the boards.

Eric resting his back from the hard work.

Now the rust removal and painting can begin.

Rustoleum primer is complete.

Ready for final paint color.

Now that's a one of a kind trailer.

We decided to paint it Safety Blue so that it would be different and a one of kind.

Ready for the boards.

The first boards going down.

Eric ended up having to grind the weld off the back channel to pry it up to fit the new boards in the grove. 

After all the boards were put in, he welded the channel back in place and I did some touch up painting. 

Now it is ready for the boards to be bolted down.

Of course I had to get under the trailer to put the nuts on the bolts.

Here is proof, I do work on some of the projects we have around the house.

Buster came up for an inspection.  I guess it passed!

As with anything, Eric has to make sure it is perfect.

Eric stained the boards and now it is complete.

 I think we did a pretty good job and totally changed the look of the trailer.  Now we can actually use it.  Not only can the guys use it again to dive from but we can use it to haul the tractor around on.  We will be using it at church for a hay ride this Saturday when we have the live Nativity.