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BamZipPow · 03-03-2014, 06:11 PM

With the rain and cold front that arrived on Sunday, I was limited to the amount of work I could do to the trailer lid. At least I could remove the lid to work on it inside the house. I was able to tape the seams with some Tyvek tape and threw a quick Tyvek cover on top. The Tyvek cover isn't glued down yet...

I revamped the clear gap cover fer the new version of the trailer. I still have more work to do to it so this is just a quick mock up.

Testing out some ideas fer the horizontal gap covers between the top of the bed to the top of the trailer...

I know I'll have to attach the horizontal gap covers along the extended side of the aero cap and maybe together under the clear gap cover. I'll need to devote more brain cell power to this area. I know the trailer isn't perfect and rolls about 6" (left/right) so I'll have to account fer that in my build.

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