Sun Rises On Our Chassis

Sun Rises On Our Chassis

Pulling Into Station One In The Weld Shop

Pulling Into Station One In The Weld Shop

The sun was just rising on this chilly morning and it was time for our chassis to start taking shape. Today is the day that the chassis goes into the weld shop.

The chassis is essentially going in for reconstructive surgery. It goes in as just a chassis but when it comes out it has a complete frame for the flooring and basement compartments as well some important items like the jacks and the slide system.

David With Our Jack

David With Our Jack

Jack Welded Onto The Frame

Jack Welded Onto The Frame

Things start at station one. One of the items done here are the very LARGE HWH jacks.

Welding On The Jacks

Welding On The Jacks

Remember all the way back to yesterday when they ran and put together all our wires and cabling? I know a lot has happened since then but try to remember.

Well, the giant bucket that all those cables ended up in get’s wheeled here.

More Welding

More Welding

All Our Wires And Cables

All Our Wires And Cables

All Our Wires And Cables

All Our Wires And Cables

The guys run all the cables along the floor and then put them up on the chassis. All these cables and wires are run along the inside of the chassis, before the flooring goes on.

Our Floor Frame

Our Floor Frame

Our Floor Frame

Our Floor Frame

And speaking of the floor, Tiffin manufactures that too. At the next station over the guys takes raw steel rods and make an entire flooring frame and basement frame. So when station one is done doing what they are doing, the floor frame is fully manufactured and ready to be placed. They do not start the floor frame until the coach is at station one. So needless to say, they do work fast. We were there the entire time though and even though they work fast, they work efficiently and well. Needless to say, it is a very active place.

The Floor Frame Going Into Place

The Floor Frame Going Into Place

The Basement Frame Going Into Place

The Basement Frame Going Into Place

At station two in the weld shop the floor frame and basement frame are put into place and welded on.

Moving on up to station three theirs more welding.

Welding The Floor Frame

Welding The Floor Frame

More Welding

More Welding

I know…shocker.

But this is the station where they place a very important piece of the motor home.

Placement Of The Stairs

Placement Of The Stairs

The stairs.

Because let’s face it. It would be very difficult for most of us to jump into our rigs.

David took the honors of being the first on our new stairs. Good to see they work like advertised. (Ok, I did not want to be the first one to try them. After all, look at all the steel all over the place you could fall on.)

David On The Stairs

David On The Stairs

A couple other pieces that are put on here are the HWH hydraulic slide-out system and the hydraulic pumps for the jacks that were put on at station one.

HWH Hydraulic Slide-Out System

HWH Hydraulic Slide-Out System

Hydraulic Pumps For The Jacks

Hydraulic Pumps For The Jacks

So after a few more welds they were done.

David and I couldn’t resist putting our mark on our chassis.

We Signed Our Chassis

We Signed Our Chassis

It’s time to exit the weld shop and get fueled up. David of course mentioned that Tiffin does not do things half way, so make sure they top off the diesel. They though this was funny for some reason.

When the chassis gets driven outside it’s just sitting and waiting for the next station.

Time To Exit The Weld Shop

Time To Exit The Weld Shop

Thought Their'd Be More To This

Thought Their’d Be More To This

David took to the driver’s seat and thought that it was a little breezier than he thought it should be.

We’re going to have to talk to someone about that.

Tomorrow the real fun begins. We start at station one inside the main plant.

Here is the full photo set from today…Click “Show PicLens” for best view.