Restoring a 1971 horse trailer

Restoring a 1971 horse trailer | Part 1

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Жыл бұрын

Hi! Well, we bought an old horse trailer! We're absolutely thrilled - it has a brand new floor, and new axles, it's in need of new paint, some rust repair in a few places, and rewiring on the lights!
It's not the fanciest trailer (by far) but it means we can take our horses places! 😄 and that makes it a dream!

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@hose_A Жыл бұрын

Love her attitude.. "it's perfect though" she said. We just got ours too.. needs some work but we'll worth it. Great job guys.

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Haha, it’s worth the work for sure!

@paytonmaestas1787 Жыл бұрын

I just got a trailer that looks just like this and we are restoring it! Thanks for sharing!

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Thats so cool! What sort of color schemes and changes did you choose? I love hearing about everybody's different creative ideas! 😄

@shakimmccollum2764 Жыл бұрын

The kiddos and your pets are super adorable! 🥹

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😄 we love them

@karinahartortiz7017 Жыл бұрын

The dog just chillin inside. My dogs did the same.

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

They love it in there! It’s the funniest thing 😂

@SnailHouseProjects Жыл бұрын

for the future it is much better to use a wire wheel to knock the old paint off or use paint stripper..... ultimate solution would be sandblast. the grinding is taking material off and you're risking the integrity of the panels doing that. also instead of brushing down the panels before paint you should use tack cloths. just tips for you all

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! These are great tips, we’re total newbies to the trailer restoring (and on a tight budget) and appreciate the tips! It’s been a learn as we go kind of process 😄

@throughtheeyesofachild7835 Жыл бұрын

Really nice job!

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Sorry I missed your comment on the other one - I had to make a quick fix to the file and re-upload!

@markmullins7989 Жыл бұрын

Be sure to let us see the final project,thx

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Absolutely will! We've yet to complete the top, as we had to shift and build our horses shelter before the nasty weather hit, then wait for a break in the rain to complete. It's looking pretty darn good though!

@VeronicaEquestrienne Жыл бұрын

wow, that's a nice job =)

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Its been quite the project :D

@VeronicaEquestrienne Жыл бұрын

@@bethanys-herd I bet, but it turned out really well =)

@misaeljaimes6388 9 ай бұрын

Where part two? I would love to see part two ❤

@lodollar23 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Impressive grinder tolerance lol. That was a LOT of work with a grinder! Id definately recommend the old harbor freight sand blaster for that! Do you have an update?

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Fun to see the clean bare metal when the outside coat was rusty. Most of the tooling we got for this project was harbor freight, but a sand blaster would've been a good idea. We still need to finish up the inside, re-wire the tail lights, and re-do the top of the roof. (We may be 3D printing some neat things too). Right now we've been finishing up a shelter for the horses to keep them out of the wintery weather--we'll probably finish the trailer this Spring! Thanks for the comment! Michael

@zennie98 5 ай бұрын

I’m planning on doing my own horse float (that’s what we call them in Australia) and would love some pointers if you’re up for it. I don’t have as much to do as you guys but would love some advise on products I need etc. would you be up for it?

@bethanys-herd 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! What are you hoping to find out specifically? I'd be happy to share as much as I know! 😄

@zennie98 4 ай бұрын

@@bethanys-herd I haven’t started yet but I’ll drop you a reply when I get into it.

@LydiaDederasHorseTraining 4 ай бұрын

Is there a part two?

@bethanys-herd 4 ай бұрын

Working on that! There will be a part two / conclusion to the project 😄 it turned out great!

@hawksgirl92 Жыл бұрын

Where’s part two?

@bethanys-herd Жыл бұрын

Still in progress! We've been hit with the intense rain and winter weather here in the Pacific Northwest, and so the projects been on hold until it's clear again (if we take that paint off the roof and it gets wet, we'll have sooo much rust 🥲)