Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Currently building a trailer and my plan all along has been to build it for a queen bed. So I’ve got the trailer frame built and my axle mounted and tires put on and was surprised to find out that my outside tire to outside tire measurement is 87”. For some reason I was thinking it was going to be about the same as my Jeep JK width at 78”. I’m 11” over what I anticipated. Now I can narrow this by about 3” as I have 3” between my frame rail and the bulge of my tire which I think is also to much but really I can only gain 1.5” per side so I’m still going to be wider than my Jeep. It’s not a huge deal and maybe something I should have thought about before setting on a queen bed but maybe that’s the trade off here.

Just curious as to what some of your wheel width are on your trailers? Am I way to wide”






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The cabin is 60" wide. 58 3/4" inside and yes, the foam queen sits in there just fine. The chassis is 59 1/2" wide to allow the bottom trim to ride outside the frame. Dunno about the total width.





Tony

tony.latham wrote:The cabin is 60" wide. 58 3/4" inside and yes, the foam queen sits in there just fine. The chassis is 59 1/2" wide to allow the bottom trim to ride outside the frame. Dunno about the total width.





Tony

Very nice. If you get a chance I’d be curious what your outside tire width is. Thanks.


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lacofdfireman wrote:

tony.latham wrote:The cabin is 60" wide. 58 3/4" inside and yes, the foam queen sits in there just fine. The chassis is 59 1/2" wide to allow the bottom trim to ride outside the frame. Dunno about the total width.





Tony

Very nice. If you get a chance I’d be curious what your outside tire width is. Thanks.


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She's 83". I built a clone of her about three years ago for a wedding gift. That axle was either 1 or 2" narrower.

T

I've had a queen sofa sleeper mattress in Rose before. She's 5 wide.

Currently using a full size futon mattress, giving a little space on each side to tuck in bedding and such.

Ok Fireman,

On my trailer I took off 5" on the queen size mattress to 55".
Outside measures 65"
Max width is 76".
Note, that my fenders covers only about half the wheel width, and the other half is a thin wheel well inside the teardrop.

When I was planning my build I read all kinds of stuff to try the keep the trailer tires to track in the TV wheels. (For off-road use) I couldn't see how that would work unless you were building 48" wide. So I know our twin sleeping bag uses two 20" sleep pads so we can sleep in 40" okay. I looked at some mattress sizes and a full is 54" wide and they make a Xtra Long at 80". That would work for us and started from there and designed the tear around the mattress. At overland expo I was talking to a guy with a teardrop and the thing he said he hated about it was it had a queen mattress (60" wide) squeezed into 58". It was a pain to put sheets on and the blanket couldn't be tucked on the sides so it alway would get pulled off. So I gave myself an extra 1.5".

I am still building my frame so don't have a hard number on the total width but should by this weekend. I only have about 1" from the tire to the camper side wall. I would be happier with 1.5". I'm going to build my fenders to handle a 1.25" spacer if I need it. I might be able to get away with a 1/2" spacer. My wheels are stock 17" Rubicon with the 6.5" backspace, If you have wheels with 4.5" backspacing that could be where you are gaining and extra 4" on your total width.

Todd

Thanks everyone for the replies. I’m wider than I thought I was going to be but I think it’s still going to be fine. I’m nowhere near the 102” legal limit and while I am wide it will work for our intended purpose. We are not hard core off roaring this and it will go anywhere we need it to.


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I'm building a Benroy(ish) teardrop that will be about 86" wide from the outside of one fender to the outside of the other. The outside of the cabin & the roof will be 64" wide. The inside of the cabin will be 61.5" wide. The trailer frame is 61" wide.

A 60" x 80" queen sized mattress will easily fit inside the cabin with a little extra room to tuck in the sheets and blankets. A 58"L x 26"W (160 watt) solar panel will be mounted across the roof.

Outside to outside for me is 64 with a full 60 inside. Still in process of building. Axles are narrower, and I will cut the mattress to fit around.

If I do another build I will go 6 wide. Cutting ply and foam for 64 wide leaves odd leftover lengths and that bugs me. I think it would be less waste with a 6 wide. Yes I am neurotic.

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The Nutmeg is 60" inside width, and 66" outside - very near the width (& height) of my Subaru Forester. The length inside the cabin is ~88", and the depth of the galley is ~12"

Sparksalot wrote:I've had a queen sofa sleeper mattress in Rose before. She's 5 wide.

Currently using a full size futon mattress, giving a little space on each side to tuck in bedding and such.

BTW, Rose is 60.5 inches outside. 57.5 inches inside.