7/10/2021

We're back out at Grocery Outlet today enjoying the weather and friends. Matilda is now sporting her new fully completed camo paint job and loos pretty satisfied.

7/3/2021

Yes, been more than a year since we last posted, and no we are not dead 😂😂😂. As those that follow our journey know, the new motor pool location that we purchased was not what we needed for our specific situation but we decided to dig in make the investment and try to make it work.

Most of the restructuring of the property is complete and we are getting back on track with the trucks, trailers, and business. We've been touching on that in the last few posts very briefly.

So, today we figured we would take the girls out to Grocery Outlet and show off  their new paint jobs and shiny tires.

 

7/2/2021

Got started on Matilda's new camo paint job today only to end up running out of paint. Gonna try and stop buy the blue box tomorrow morning on the way to Grocery Outlet and grab some more. She'll just have to go as is for the day.

7/1/2021

Getting very close to wrapping up the body work on the tail end of the trailer, and then it's fiberglass game on! Also think we've wrapped up most of the painting on the driver side of Tiffany. Maybe just a bit of touch up once we get her out in the light in the parking lot this weekend. 

Ran out of paint again so we didn't finish the back wall. That's for another day. 

6/30/2021

Got a good bit more paint done on Tiffany's driver side today. Then we turned our attention to getting Matilda all washed off so she is ready to be painted next. Thin

k we are going camo this time around. 

6/29/2021

Think we are calling the paint job done on the passenger side of the Dragon Wagon today. Then turned our attention back to the shooting trailer. Getting loser everyday to be ready to finish the glass work. 

6/9/2020

Day two of the main flooring install. Still spending a lot of time waiting for primer to dry but, the floor is coming along nicely. We were about half way by the end of the day.

6/8/2020

So, today was the day to start the flooring. Boy did this not go as planned! 

The epoxy was very open after the sanding and it swallowed up the first coat of adhesive primer so, we put on a second coat on for good measure. Worked out very well in the end. The only down side was the dry time of better than 90 minutes per coat with the humidity being as high as it has been lately. Then there is the factor of Soldier A's short arms. He could only lay two foot sections at a time.  😂

Guess we will be doing flooring tomorrow as well.

6/7/2020

Finally got the rest of the floor sanded as flat as it can be. Working on his hands and knees for the last few days has left soldier A walking around like a hunch back.  😂 But, it's now ready for the final flooring tomorrow.

5/30/2020

Got the final road base layer down and compacted today which allowed the rebar to get started. There was also the regular yard maintenance to be done so, it was an awesome day overall.

3/2/2020

Did we mention that this casting call for hotrods was for a good cause??? 

Bring your ride and show off a bit! Wednesday afternoon in the Bonney Lake Grocery Outlet parking lot. 18318 State Route 410 E.

 Want more information? Contact Abe Cortez the producer of Sauve TV on his Facebook page Abraham Cortez Jr.

3/2/2020 A

So, this morning is a casting call for any of our friends that want to bring their hotrods, min trucks, or classic ride out to the Bonney Lake Grocery Outlet to be in a infomercial about the charity car show in Tacoma on May 2nd.

We will be shooting Wednesday March 4th in the afternoon.

2/25/2020

Got the largest wall of the bathroom skinned today. Doing it by himself, Soldier A said it was a bit tricky and he thought he lost it a couple of times. In the end it came out awesome. The bathroom in Tiffany is coming out better than the one in our house.😂

2/22/2020 -B

Got more time in on the paracord inventory which is going to be our biggest and best ever. We are starting to have sore hands again.

Now for the progress of the day. 👍 We tested the new temporary shower unit and it worked well. Hot showers even before we finish the plumbing. Yay!

Finished the rest of the sanding in the bathroom followed by a boat load of cleanup and prep work for the installation of the final laminated goods. Pay off was worth every sore muscle.

Got the main floor cut glued and installed. Soldier A being himself did the install without a respirator and went to bed with a glue hangover. That's on him!

2/22/2020 - A

Great day! This is actually going to take a couple of post. for starters we got an awesome call from Big A the owner of Suave TV. 

Looks like the Dragon Wagon is going to Tacoma for Cinco De Mayo. If the Suave crew is hooking up with the Dragon Wagon team, you know it's going to be a great time. Everybody is invited!

Here is the poster and we will add details on our 2020 schedule page.

2/19/2020

More sanding and still waiting for the paint to dry out on the form boards. The flooring tiles arrived this afternoon and we think the combination is going to work very well. 

2/18/2020

Paracord in the morning again and then more sanding. Lots of sanding!

2/16/2020

As we had hoped we got to do a little bit of sanding followed by a lot of cleanup and epoxy.

That's somewhat of an understatement! We mixed and rolled epoxy until our hands hurt so bad we could hardly mix or hold the roller handle anymore. Tons of progress and worth the pain. 😂

2/15/2020

Got a bit of time in on the paracord inventory this morning and then it was back to our not favorite thing in the world. Sanding!

By the end of the evening we just had to add a bit of extra fairing compound that we will sand down first thing in the morning. Soldier A is so anal about everything being perfect.

The ceiling floated in very nice. and we can't wait to get started with the final dressing.

2/14/2020

It seems like we always have a million things going on at once around the motor pool. But, it's valentine's Day! So, since Soldier A had to take the Dragon Wagon into town to pick up the wall tiles, he made sure to bring a treat of balloons and flowers to Soldier B. 💖 Major point score!

Back at the motor pool the boxes of wall tile had to be unloaded and cut open so they can acclimate to the environment up here. They are actually real wood not ceramic tile. 

Got right outside after that to insulate and finish the bathroom ceiling once and for all. Another milestone, be it ever so slight. 😁

Then it was back to finishing up the sanding and final coat of fairing compound so we can sand that for the multiple coats of epoxy that will be rolled over the entire inside of the bathroom, making everything completely water and mold proof. Hoping to get all of the final sanding done tomorrow and the epoxy coats on Sunday. Then the actual bath finish can start.

We rounded out the day picking a floor tile that we think will make a nice contrast to the wall wood.