Bertha Rolling with New Flooring

We covered Bertha's reborn frame with new flooring over the past several weekends. We attempted to buy high grade 3/4 inch A/C plywood in town, and it was out of stock basically everywhere. Luckily we use plywood at my work, and my boss said I could buy some there. The stash at work was way better quality and actually less expensive than we could have purchased at a home center. Score!

We used the old flooring as a pattern to cut the new flooring, and then sealed the edges with West Systems epoxy to avoid future rot. We bolted the pieces down with 2 inch long 1/4-20 elevator bolts and secured them with Nylock nuts using a pneumatic ratchet. That tool was a life-saver! 

There were two tricky areas during the floor install. One was the front recess where the spare tire goes and the other was installing the wheel well covers. Keeping all the old parts was critical to making these installs a success, and taking pictures of the disassembly was super helpful too. 

Once the floor was completed, we put Bertha's axles back on so we could move her out of the way. Scott is picking up a new piece of equipment for the shop this week and needed access to the front bay door. It was nice to see her up and rolling again. Belly pan and electrical are next!