So any project should start with some beer.  Luckily MikeyB dropped off some brand spanking new Steel Toe Brewing Provider.  A tasty little number and I am looking forward to drinking some more of their brews.  Nice to have another brewery in town.

So about this project, I have been thinking about getting a trailer to haul stuff around, usually what I want to haul is a cooler or goods from a trip to the liquor store or a grill or whatever.

Found a sweet old Burley for $15.oo.  Can’t beat that.  Picked it up and it was in awesome condition.  I doubt it had ever seen rain.  I really didn’t need something that looked that nice since I was just looking for a sturdy frame to build the Bierwagen up from.

I was able to undo most of the snaps pretty easily and took the rest of the fabric off with just a pliers and a socket wrench.  Twenty minutes of work later and one beer and I was done for the night.

I am working on a plan for the new deck and mods to the plastic fittings and possibly the tube that is not needed any more.  Mods may involve the Dremel and/or a hacksaw.

The tires look like they are in pretty good condition but not great.  I am planning on replacing them with a set of Maxxis Hookworms, new tubes probably wouldn’t hurt also.  Some dual rear blinky lights should finish it off in flat bed configuration.

I still need to measure the deck out to see what size cooler I can get to fit on there.  I would love to find an old metal Coleman cooler, if anyone has a line on one locally let me know.  Stay tuned for part 2.  -PR