steve wolverton wrote:I agree with ditching the hatch. I think a lot of the tear guys just don't want to give that up. I think a hatch may put off a lot of potential builders. My thoughts are this is a tiny travel trailer, and not a teardrop on steroids.
If this is a hurricane evacuation trailer (HET?) then why would anyone want to go outside and walk to the back of the camper to prepare food? The last place I want to be is outside when fleeing a storm, or camping in bad weather. Even if we're hundreds of miles away from a 'cane, or sloppy weather, it's going to rain. Rain, rain, and then rain some more.
A small counter space that would hold a little stove, microwave, etc. is all that is needed. We don't need to get fancy in the design, let's keep this simple, and individual builders can add all the bells/whistles/hatches they want.
NightCap wrote:I can show you my design but I'd have to claim discovery rights. I think I will call it "The NightCap". I have toiled long and hard to come up with a design that works for me.
Sitting on the toilet you can rest your arm on the sink. Can you picture it?
Also dropped floor all the way across including under toilet.
NightCap wrote:I can show you my design but I'd have to claim discovery rights. I think I will call it "The NightCap". I have toiled long and hard to come up with a design that works for me.
Sitting on the toilet you can rest your arm on the sink. Can you picture it?
Also dropped floor all the way across including under toilet.
Tear Les wrote:
I like it Nightcap!
I would change the swing of that entry door though; if you every forget to close the door completely or the latch ever pops you'll likely lose the door or damage it badly (or the contents of the trailer will get sucked out). If you reverse the door the wind pressue will tend to hold the door closed. Also it's easier to waterproof the hinge against rain at 60 mph than it is the edge where the door closes.
Tear Les wrote:This is the one I've been working with for the last few days:
The dinette drops into a queen sized bed. There is a Norcold DE-0051 AC/DC refrigerator under the fron counter. A drop-in Subruban 2-burner cooktop and a sink are on the counter; I've preserved work space over the refrigeartor and ahead of the toilet compartment. There is overhead storage and both ends.
The toilet (Porta-Potti 585) sits at the forward end of the street-side dinette seat inside a cabinet (looks like an end table). For use the top flips up against the outside wall along with about 1/2 the front cover which is hinged to the top and folds down when the lid is raised. The lower half of the front cover hinges down to form a footrest over the dropped floor section. [For the guys...for a standing visit the lower half of the front stays up and the height is about right standing on the dropped floor section facing the toilet.]
The drop section floor gives standing headroom for me at 70" (the trailer's overall height is about 81").
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