At the end of May, I figured the trailer had been standing still for a bit too long, and therefor started to rip it further apart. The first step was splitting the rest of the wood from the metal frame. The wood was so bad the bolts attaching stuff to it just spun when trying to loosen them. So I took an angle grinder and started to remove the nuts that way instead. I knew I’d have to replace them anyways so why not. It was quite a job as some of the bolts were on a few tricky places, two I had to remove a spar to get to. But with all other loose metal bits off, I could remove all bolts and drag the wood off of the metal frame.
The final par of disassembly (excluding the wheels / axle) was to remove the metal-tipping-frame the wood had been attached to. It should’ve been easy to just remove the bolt on the top of the sylinder, but it was so corroded it barely wanted to go. Luckily I managed to get it out without damaging the parts, but it seemed the pin in it was so corroded I won’t be able to get it out, so that’s a future problem for now. Then there was two bolts at the back I could remove with an impact wrench. In the end it looked very “skinny”, just bare bones.
Sanding and Painting
As I had gotten the other metal parts off, I could start fixing them up until it was good enough weather to start fixing the frame. So I took the parts with me and sandblasted them. Then, together with some I had done earlier I started painting them green after I had primed them. The color I choose was one I thought looked like the one on the frame and matched the pics in a brochure. When it had dried though, I felt like it was a bit well bright. The paint I bought was one meant for fendt, and it seems to be the RAL code 6017, but I guess I just have to wait till it’s all finished to see the end result.
Ylva Gård 
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