Skin Removal
Taking off the Skin! Now that the roof was off we could get the skin off. I was excited to get started, then we could really see what was going on with the structure. I had a good idea but wanted to see it. The siding was in long lengths running across the trailer. We had to start at the bottom edge and work to the top. The bottom edge of each piece was stapled into the frame. This was the start of pulling hundreds of staples out of Lettie! Taking off the first piece. Above you can see how the pieces of siding are tucked into the one above. The reason for starting at the bottom. Working on getting a staple out. The first of many! There are always things to find when peeling of parts. Here on the siding was a piece of masking tape with writing on it. It is the dimensions of the piece of siding. This was first of many "notes" from the builders in the trailer. Here is a look - from a far. We will get to more details later about