Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Only $200 right now.
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These kits are just the blueprints, right? No actual building materials?

Sante Fe is just right up the road, hmmmm.....?

PresTx82 wrote:These kits are just the blueprints, right? No actual building materials?

Sante Fe is just right up the road, hmmmm.....?

Read the listing. Then ask that question again.

Does the axle look a little wide to any one else or is it my 40 plus year old eyes playing tricks on me again

Mike

...that is so you can put 4" of insulation in the walls!!!!!!!!!!! ...................

PresTx82 wrote:These kits are just the blueprints, right? No actual building materials?

Sante Fe is just right up the road, hmmmm.....?

It's the trailer as you see it.

I understand that the guy selling the Ebay trailer was selling the trailer as seen in the pictures, but was just wondering about the "kits".

Nevermind.

I am the idiot that bought that one. Sent my cousin down there to pick it up and what he returned with was just flat horrible. 14 broken welds, 3 pieces fell completely off and nothing was ever square, straight, or true. My cousin had to buy a roll of duct tape to get all the parts back in any semblance owhat I bought. The seller used a big stick welder, and apparently did all the welding in the dark, with his eyes closed.

I had to buy 30 feet of steel tubing to be able to straighten everything out, but at least now it what I thought I was buying in the first place.

The axle is pretty heavy duty, and with those tires on it (off a ford ranger) there is about 2 or 3 inches between the tires and the trailer sides.

I am bound and determined to make the best of this thing.


You can see pics of what I have here....http://bender.smugmug.com/gallery/2164000

Bender... It still looks like a pretty good deal from here, even if you did have to reweld some places and work on it a bit. I doubt you could have a frame built for that price...

Best of luck with your new tear and keep us posted on your progress.

Dont you think the seller could have been more specifically honest in his description of it... cracked welds and.... just my opinion...

The height dont seem right...

But ok if its fixable or has been fixed... and the buyer is happy ... then I say no more..

Im sure Bender will resurrect it nicely... keep us posted as you progress.

Classic Finn

Classic Finn wrote:Dont you think the seller could have been more specifically honest in his description of it... cracked welds and.... just my opinion...

The height dont seem right...

But ok if its fixable or has been fixed... and the buyer is happy ... then I say no more..

Im sure Bender will resurrect it nicely... keep us posted as you progress.

Classic Finn

Heikki... Most deffinately... the seller should have been honest and forthcoming with the truth about tha frame and the amature welding job. Maybe he didn't even know his welds were poor? Buying stuff off ebay is always a bit of a gamble. But, just looking at the pictures, that curved tubing looks to have been professionally done. A simple flatbed steel trailer around here will go for more than 600 bucks. Thus I figured he didn't do too bad even though he had to fix the frame. Of course, this is just my humble openion.

Yeah, he could have represented it a lot better. I pretty much went off the bending that got done. I figured anyone who could bend like that would at least know how to weld. I was wrong. None of the welds were broke at the time of pick-up, they broke and parts fell off on the way home. Honestly, when it got home, I thought it got off the ball and rolled on the way home. I would not have been so upset had that been the case.

I left him some pretty nasty feedback on eBay, because all of a sudden, Flash-he will no longer answer his email. I would highly discourage anyone buying anything from this guy. Ever. He sent some pics along with my cousin of tardrops he had built and sold. I ain't the only sucker out there. They looked like crap, I wouldn't be caught dead towing one of those to the dump. Afraid someone might think that was some of my work.

I am gonna do what I can with what I have. I just went and measured the door openings and they are nowhere near being square.

Bender

Keep us posted as you progress ok.. Im sure you,ll turn it into a great looking tear...We,ll be rootin and a tootin for you...

Classic Finn

You mean there are others out there?

from the looks of all that "iron" that sucker might be a bit heavy. Is that a sheet steel floor?? Have you weighed it yet. Just curious could turn out to be a nice teardrop if you rework the problems wish you lotsa luck