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Hi,

The second problem was quicker to fix but took a lot of thinking about and it is fortunate that I am slim, young, fit and agile.  The descriptive statement might be considered a little fanciful but I am short which did help.

The problem should have been anticipated but wasn’t; when the trailer lid was closed one of the gas jack brackets fouled the top of the base board closest to the trailer side.  It only just touched so, first the bracket was made as small as possible and it then cleared the base board!  However not when the baseboard was in its cradle.  There appeared to be only one option; a corner needed to be cut off one of the boards.  To do this the trailer side needed to be marked with the position of the gas jack bracket when the lid was down.  This is where being short came in handy, get into the trailer with a head light while the wife closed the lid of the trailer to mark the side of the trailer.  This done it was easy to mark out the cutting line for the base board.  Suitably cut the bracket cleared the base board by a good margin.  Before getting around to finishing the four remaining boards wooden batons s will be screwed to the bottom of the trailer as location points for the cradles and storage boxes.

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Regards Tony.