Hi all, I've been wanting to build or buy a teardrop for years, especially since moving here to Newfoundland from British Columbia. There's no flat ground here, and it rains or is cold a lot! Hopefully the teardrop will extend my camping season too. Car camping seems more appealing the older I get too...
I bought an ugly little trailer the other day (can't get pics to upload, doesn't matter though), realized its foundation was totally rotted out and tore it down to the deck. It seemed to have been built maybe 10 or so years ago and was built way too heavy for my Subaru Crosstrek: 1/2 in ply all around. 1/4 pine t&g inside...I could hardly lift the kitchen hatch by myself, and I'm not a small guy! Kinda knew when I bought it, it was just for the trailer steel, which is also surface rusted so I'll get that all cleaned up too. Its 4.5 wide or so on the deck, and 10 long. We're 6' and 6'4" so the longer the better!
So down to the deck and starting from scratch. I've built a couple plywood boats that still float, but I'm not much of a details man, as in it don't look to close or you'll see my messy lack of craftmanship. I know a few good cabinet makers though so hopefully they'll stop by to help. No plans yet, plan on buying Tony Latham's book to get me started. Also plan to build as light sturdy and cheap as possible, hopefully I can do it for around $1000. Looking forward to bugging you all with my questions (after I search the forum!) Anyone have any CAD plans they're willing to share to have a CNC machine do the panel and frame cutting?