Dug's 1959 Fleetside

[G&R's57GMC]

Find out the tongue weight on the trailer before you hook up to the ‘59 it may shock you and be way to heavy for your Chevy.

[dsraven]

hey Doug, good to see you posting again. looks like you've been busy and not just with house stuff. nice roadster.
you will also need a trailer brake controller for towing the new sleep shack. I would check the weight, the trailblazer was probably not rated to tow that much but if it's a short haul....well,you know.maybe adjust the brakes on the trailer too, they don't have self adjusters on them. snap a few pics for sure.

[dug224]

Originally Posted by dsraven

hey Doug, good to see you posting again. looks like you've been busy and not just with house stuff. nice roadster.
you will also need a trailer brake controller for towing the new sleep shack. I would check the weight, the trailblazer was probably not rated to tow that much but if it's a short haul....well,you know.maybe adjust the brakes on the trailer too, they don't have self adjusters on them. snap a few pics for sure.

Way too heavy for the '59. Used my buddies truck. House is wrapping up.

[dug224]

Thanks to the ability to live on site, we are now doing the final push to get the house completed. RV will go on the market the day I get my Certificate of Occupancy.


Build time will been about 7.5 months. Subs have showed up consistently on time which has kept us on schedule. No detectable slow down from COVID19. The best part is that I have doubled the size of my garage. Power on this week which means AC will be on as well. Currently running a 5,000 btuh window unit it the garage to acclimate the flooring. We will see how it performs once the big AC upstairs is running. Will install a mini-split (wired for two of them) depending on this study. It has been unusually dry during the entire build which has helped. My floor deck got rained on only one time before my metal roof went on. In case you did not know, Mobile, AL typically has the highest rain quantities annually. The humidity is our current nemesis followed by the influx of tourists. Tourists flowed to the beaches in record numbers after Alabama reopened the beaches.

Should be able to move the '59 Chevy and Porsche Replica over here in a few weeks. Will commence with renovating the old house once we are in the new one.

[rgunlock]

Good to see you checking in. Your house looks great, and I'm jealous of that huge veranda(?) to kick back and enjoy your water view. Congrats on being close to done!

[dug224]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

Find out the tongue weight on the trailer before you hook up to the ‘59 it may shock you and be way to heavy for your Chevy.

Definitely too heavy. A fleeting thought. Ended up using my friends 3/4 ton diesel Chevy. Getting close to end of the build which means the RV will be for sale in the next few weeks...never having to tow it again!!!.