Twisted Dreams Thanks for watching. I didn't use any hardner, although the heatgun process does harden the heated surface quite a bit.

Let me know when you find a hard cover that you would recommend.

Hah hah hah. I learned the technique in a seminar. I'm not that smart. Thank you, though!

@@davevredeveld221 (here I am back after 4 years!!) ... I appreciate that you shared what you learned... Do you have any updates on this video? Would you do anything different? The reason I'm back... is because I'm getting ready to move back to Albuquerque, New Mexico and RE-Open my Acting Studio and instead of making my usual WOOD Sign... I'm leaning forward to using Foam... Thank you again for sharing this great video.

Brannan Ritch Thank you! We live on five acres. Between the stuff we can store outside, our workshop, our garage, and a storage shed, we manage to almost fit it all ;)

Check the "Read More" link in the description. I posted the links to all of the parts on Amazon.

NO! I wanna be lazy! lol. Aite, thanks. Did your season end out better? Ours did, we had a banging last day.... :/ so we'll see next year.

We had about 2,500 people on the season; about half of what we were after. Just gotta put our ad money in the right places next year. Glad to hear you ended with a bang. Bigger and better next year!

Hi, Ashley. Here is the link, on Amazon.com, for the relay. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VR1F3LC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It really is overkill for this application, any 12v, 10a relay would do the job. If you order this timer relay, it will come with instructions that provide a link to the manual. This relay has 18 different functions. I used function #10, which is just close when a trigger voltage is applied and open when the trigger voltage is removed.

I'll put a parts list in the video description up top.

LOL! Yeah, thanks for watching. Double thanks if you stayed awake all the way through. Can't say I didn't warn you! ;)

Thanks for the well wishes. Doing better daily. :)

Great to hear man!

HFL! Thanks, deoblo.

Absolutely not for sissies, is it? I'm glad to hear you guys are open now too. I wish you a crap-load of business for the rest of the season.

Haunters do rock. We love you guys, too!

Thanks, brother!

Thank you!

Well, I spent a couple of years researching and writing a business plan to figure out how much I'd need. Then I submitted it to several banks for a small business loan. I got one loan offer from a business lender, but also was told by another bank that a Home Equity Line of Credit would let me make loan (principle) payments once a year which fit the cash flow of a seasonal haunt a lot better. (I didn't want to have to be making principle payments every month even before my haunt opened.)

I like that idea better, too. In the meantime, I'll just get a good workout walking up and down the stairs.

You do need to get down here. Feel free to come even before haunt season! (bring tools :) )

I may do that. Though I'm out of town the next three weekends.

The 4"x4" posts that we used for the legs are 4 feet tall, making the whole pedestal 4 feet, one and a half inches tall. The platform is 36"x36". We went with that width because our doors are 36" wide. When the haunt is running, we secure the doors open by latching them to the handrails on the stairs.

FrightInFalcon I saw that the doors looked like they were fastened to the steps outside. I like that idea. We're still working on our EE doors. Our trailers are linear, not in the horseshoe like yours. When you do trailers in this manner, you must think about which trailer doors are going to be open to allow access, think about if the doors are going to swing and latch to the side of the trailer, because this can affect door placements. We have decided that we'll park our trailers, then open the appropriate door and latch it to the back of the next trailer. The doors swing flush to the next trailer, which is very cool. This way, it doesn't intrude on our doorways from one trailer to the next. If anyone happens to have a question on what I'm meaning here, just ask me, I'll be happy to send photos if needs be etc. Looking great guys! Can't wait for the next video.

Thanks, man. More to come (if I can find the time :) )

You're welcome! I'd love to see your version of this prop.

Yeah. I keep looking at the list of everything else we need to get done and it scares me :)

LOL. Really busy working on the haunt. Will try to fit some more videos in soon.

haha! Well be careful guys and don't overheat. Not sure where yall are, but it's getting hot here in Arkansas! Keeping an eye out for videos :)

Yep. The trailers are arranged specifically to keep the contiguous space under 1,000 sq. ft. They will stay the way they are arranged and exit/re-enter each set of trailers. We have a courtyard area that will be a maze/display area.

that is awesome, good info, are you folks going to go with all 12v dc type system? I saw another tractor trailer haunt and they did everything with 12vdc lighting, pneumatics etc.. and i love that due to low voltage = less heat, less power, extreme low risk of any fire..

Kustom Scares Our plan is to use 12v dc for as many items as possible, but we do have a compressor and fog machines and a few other items that will require 120v ac.

Thanks, very much!