Midnight345
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Thinking and planning...pricing things, etc.
Story: I built myself a 4x8 trailer to move sometime back in the '80's.. I did this on the family farm when visiting. Found some old well casing pipe (2-1/2"?), welded it up with a Lincoln stick welder, and used a front I-beam axle and wheels from a 1956 Chevy panel truck. Pretty stout little trailer that I've dragged around with me over the years. Hauled garden soil/mulch, and occasionally other things. It's been sitting in the back yard for years now. It needs a new life.
Now: I love to travel, am retired, wife and I and two 5# puppies have traveled a lot in our old minivan. I have a Nissan Frontier to pull with.
Thinking of largely foam and PMF, haven't decided how much metal or wood frame. I've done a lot of building, remodel, welding, etc. So pop-rivet some aluminum, weld up a simple metal (tubing/angle?), or FAR more likely some simple 2X? water-proofed lumber. I want to do the interior in pre-finished 1/4" birch.
Design?? Modified "square-drop" of some kind. Galley, yes. RV windows/door likely. 100w solar, and Maxxfan likely. 4x8 easy and fast, 5x9 better room but more complicated. Will do a battery and refrigerator box on hitch maybe. Any suggestions are welcome. Glad to be here. -Midnight345
Story: I built myself a 4x8 trailer to move sometime back in the '80's.. I did this on the family farm when visiting. Found some old well casing pipe (2-1/2"?), welded it up with a Lincoln stick welder, and used a front I-beam axle and wheels from a 1956 Chevy panel truck. Pretty stout little trailer that I've dragged around with me over the years. Hauled garden soil/mulch, and occasionally other things. It's been sitting in the back yard for years now. It needs a new life.
Now: I love to travel, am retired, wife and I and two 5# puppies have traveled a lot in our old minivan. I have a Nissan Frontier to pull with.
Thinking of largely foam and PMF, haven't decided how much metal or wood frame. I've done a lot of building, remodel, welding, etc. So pop-rivet some aluminum, weld up a simple metal (tubing/angle?), or FAR more likely some simple 2X? water-proofed lumber. I want to do the interior in pre-finished 1/4" birch.
Design?? Modified "square-drop" of some kind. Galley, yes. RV windows/door likely. 100w solar, and Maxxfan likely. 4x8 easy and fast, 5x9 better room but more complicated. Will do a battery and refrigerator box on hitch maybe. Any suggestions are welcome. Glad to be here. -Midnight345
