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After two weeks off due to wildfire smoke and then rain, we hoisted our drawbridge for the first time today- the winches worked perfectly. We still need to mount the hinge, before we can lift the drawbridge completely up into it's recess, but it's nice to finally have our box enclosed. We're...

The CTIS computer control panel runs the two CTIS systems (front and rear) and all five lockers. So you select your terrain on one side, your cargo weight on the other, and the computer adjusts the front and rear tire pressure and locks/unlocks the lockers appropriately. In addition, there is a...

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Our 2007 MTVR is in faded woodland camo CARC right now. We're preparing to paint the exterior of our motorhome box on the back. We're thinking of just painting the box green for now, since we have so much other work to do inside, and then in the spring, respraying the truck and completing the...

Thank you, Frank. That's not a bad price...

House battery bank showed up...

The pin is 5/8" diameter solid steel. The hinge itself is made out of 1/4" thick plate steel...

The drawbridge hinge is here. It weighs more than my wife does...

...and finishing our night up with a really interesting smoked Argentinian red and a few wee drams of 25 year old Laphroaig single malt Islay Scotch whisky...

Moving on to Natian's dog-friendly tap room at 13th and East Burnside for a lovely 9.2% (or so) milk stout aged on Irish water soaked oak chips.

Got four more box-to-bed bolt holes drilled. We now have 16 of the 28 bolts installed and snugged (there is a high wind warning for tonight). Gonna take a break now- taking the wife downtown to see the JP Sears show tonight...

Thank you. We considered a lot of options. This gives us better anchoring for the winches, keeps the crossover cable out of our bedroom, and allows us to remove one winch/cable for service if need be.

Both drawbridge winches up...

Hope to get the left one done tomorrow. The drawbridge hinge should be here early next week...

Fabbed the 1/4" thick plate steel mounting bracket for the right drawbridge winch today.

Finally...

Our CAT generator was supposed to show up day before yesterday...then yesterday...then today...the tracking shows it's in town, but it's not here yet...

Ordered $6,000 of lithium batteries (600Ah) for our house bank today. Got them on sale, with a coupon, from a place that doesn't charge extra for shipping. Total cost $4,200.

Her $1,000 hand-hammered copper farmhouse sink arrived yesterday...

Today we worked on the drawbridge. We mocked up the two 3,500 pound drawbridge winches and their 1/4" plate steel mounting brackets, took some measurements, and designed and built the winch cable attachment points at the drawbridge. Then we sheathed the inside with 3/4" plywood. Everything...