This years shop project is nearly complete all I have left to do is paint it. I installed the floor and mounted a small hand crank winch on the front.

 

I managed to convince my sister to come take some pictures while I was actually working on it.  Here I am priming the metal where the floor will cover so the metal is protected.  I intend to take it to Abilene and paint it in my uncles shop but I wanted to put the floor on it so it is usable until I get around to doing that.  My little brother Stormy is the one off to the right in the bottom picture.  He has wanted to try spray painting for quite a while and since where I was painting is not visible, I decided to let him try.  So he is attempting to get the lid off of one of spray cans.

This picture shows the completed floor.

If you look closely right at the front of the trailer you can see the handwinch that I added. The reason it is angled back slightly so that their is plenty of handroom when cranking the winch. 

This pic just shows the completed floor and the winch from the front.

Well my family is almost done with a Christmas celebrations. Yep that's right we still have one more side of the family to celebrate with. We like to spread things out, it spreads the fun.  Anyway their isn't much going on this week. I'm pretty busy with school which is a bummer since this is the week my uncle took to cut wood so I'm not getting to help him.  My family is however going out to Great Bend, Ks to see some friends of ours and help them cut some trees out of their wind break. I'm hoping to sell several loads of firewood when we go out their but haven't got any takers yet so we'll see.
I got some more done to the trailer I'm building although since it has gotten cold I haven't really worked on it very much.  I did get  the electrical wire ran for lights yesterday and once they are all wired in I'm going to pull it to Abilene and paint it in my uncles shop.  I was originally thinking I would just paint it black but have since been considering painting it a different color. If anybody wants to give color suggestions, feel free.