Surthrival Trailer Mark 1 Update #31 Creating a Caterpillar Style Greenhouse Part 1

Hello wonderful Steemians!

I have a new update for the surthrival trailer project to document the building of a 10'x20' caterpillar style greenhouse which will be transported in the trailer. This will be the first part of a 2 part build update.

I began this project by bending 8 10' sections of 1&3/8" top rail fencing using a tubing bender with 1&1/2" rollers.

I used an crescent wrench to successively tighten the tubing bender to create the desired radius on the top rail. I used top rail chain link fence sections because the ends are pre-swaged to fit together. The ends have a male/female end in which one has a smaller diameter and will fit inside the other.

I recently went in on a deal with a friend for $84.00 to acquire this 20'x 100' section of 6mil plastic. I need this length in order to create a double layer of the plastic using 2 50'lengths.

I connected a center connection using 1/2" metal conduit and crossing zip ties. As you can see I previously created a wooden frame for the ends of the greenhouse. These will be replaced with 4 more pieces of bent top rail for transport and the wood will be re-purposed.

Here is another view of using an x to hold the 1/2" conduit in place.

I measured out a 50' section in my yard with a 25' measuring tape.

Using a sharp pair of scissors I cut the plastic roll in half.

The thick plastic can be a bit difficult to cut so my line was a bit off center. The plastic was cut to such a long length in order to bunch up the ends to be staked in the ground. I will be concluding this build with another update.

Thank you for your time if you gave this a read!

Yours in liberty toward a brighter future, may the great creator bring peace and joy within your hearts, Greg @makinstuff