Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **HappyHippie** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:24 am

thank you guys so much for the imput!!! I know I am looking for something that might be very hard to find but we are willing take some time to look and maybe come across something that needs tons of work in our price range (its got to be a 5 foot wide or my husband and i will kill each other in our sleep). and if we dont find anything it just gives us time to save some more money :lol:

.....and that craigs helper thing is awsome I had never herad about that.

by **Wolf** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:08 am

Hey, hope we weren't too hard on you. You might just start collecting parts here and there and soon you will have a trailer. You can buy a new trailer kit from Harbor Freight for a 5 wide for under $500, check out local construction sites and ask if you can pick through the scrap pile (always ask first!). Use FRP plastic sheets for the roof and sides it is cheaper then metal. You might just have yourself a trailer for under a grand! :thinking:

by **greg755** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:36 am

Saw a tear drop on craigs list just listed for $500.

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/ctd/1037202035.html

by **NW_Subie** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:41 pm

greg755 wrote:Saw a tear drop on craigs list just listed for $500.

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/ctd/1037202035.html

Mullins trailer in need of much restoration.

Here's some info on reproductions and the history.
http://www.teardroptrailers.net/parts/t ... /36_39.jpg
http://www.teardroptrailers.net/info1.htm

by **fireaunt** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:02 pm

Now THAT is real purdee!!

How do they look when set up?

by **greg755** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:48 pm

Here is one on ebay, should go cheap enough to get you started.
Item number

130291864682

by **MaryS** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:00 pm

Happy hippie You are so close to me I have my 1947 on craig'slist as of last month but it is set for 4800. with or best offer --maybe we should talk --I have tons of receipts ,pictures etc....I'm not in a rush and if it don't go I'll be heading out to the rally at the end of the month...--I'm willing to go down

So don't be afraid --I work on it for the season and went to sell --lets talk
MaryS

by **r2bworthy** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:43 pm

Hippie, I have a homebuilt Midget I would like to get $2000 for but would take part cash - part trade. I am in Idaho and have more pics if you would like to see them. I just posted the Midget in this forum a few minutes age under Midget for sale. By the way, it 70" wide. Let me know. Thanks.
Bob

by **Steve_Cox** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:42 pm

r2bworthy wrote:Hippie, I have a homebuilt Midget I would like to get $2000 for but would take part cash - part trade. I am in Idaho and have more pics if you would like to see them. I just posted the Midget in this forum a few minutes age under Midget for sale. By the way, it 70" wide. Let me know. Thanks.
Bob

Hi Bob,

How about putting a few pictures in your album or a link to views of the trailer?
Thanks

by **aammmar** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:51 am

I found one on TTTT Forum for $900 and one advertised for sale on the internet. They were both great buys. Keep looking.

by **Pottercounty** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:06 am

What is the TTTT forum? or perhaps you could provide a link?

by **InternetPilot** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:25 pm

Pottercounty wrote:What is the TTTT forum? or perhaps you could provide a link?

I think this is the TTTT forum....maybe she meant T&TTT (Teardrops & Tiny Travel Trailers). If that's the case, no link is necessary....you're here!

-- Chris

by **Hunterbug** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:59 pm

Watch Craigslist. I see lots of tiny trailers for under $1000. I got my utility trailer that I'm going to use for ym build for free. The tags were 1 day from expiring and the guy just wanted it gone.

by **InternetPilot** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:50 pm

You may want to consider a cargo conversion. I've definitely seen MANY cargo trailers (typically 5x10 with one side door and two rear barn doors and a vent on top) for well under $1,000. It would be easy (even in an apartment complex) to put cabinets across the back, and throw a bed down in the remaining cargo area and you're done. As you feel like it you could run electrical conduit around, maybe install nicer walls and flooring, replace the roof vent with a fantastic fan, install a small AC unit, even put in some porthole style windows (for light more than ventilation) with relative ease. If you want ventilation, I would just install screen curtains just inside the door with a weighted dowel/bar in the bottom hem.

The good thing about a cargo conversion is the most difficult work is already done -- you'll have a floor, walls, and a roof all on wheels with lights and hitch. The rest is all just personal preference. No, it doesn't have the charming shape of the teardrop, but it actually could give you more useful space. Later you could always sell it and then buy a tear. Teardrops are more expensive because they are usually custom made from the ground up.

My budget is about double or even triple yours (for a used, basic, no frills teardrop), but I have yet to find one myself! I may end up going cargo conversion. Do you find yourself extending that distance on Craig's Helper more and more? Haha. I know I'm up to about 1,000 miles!

by **iplay10us2** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:11 pm

Here's one on Craigslist:

http://atlanta.en.craigslist.org/rvs/1166928456.html

Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

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Midget for sale

Re: Midget for sale

It is possible

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