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Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby Richard Grotto » Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:54 pm

I will start, I saw another camper so this and I improved and add it to my mod list, then made it happen.
It is a very simple drawer for placing my shoes/sandals in at night to get them off the ground, keep them away from stray dogs/crabs and pigs.
I is mainly so I don't drag dirt or sand into my square drop when calling it a night.

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby Modstock » Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:34 pm

That's a great idea.
Hell, I built a new trailer just so I can take my shoes off inside.

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby edgeau » Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:59 am

I welded some jacks to stands so I can slip some bars in and lift the drop off the trailer. It takes me about 10min and I have a flat bed trailer for other tasks.Image

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby Richard Grotto » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:35 am

neat idea.
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby TimC » Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:52 am

I like the shoe storage idea. Been looking for a solution to keeping my often dirty, always stinky shoes out of the cabin.

My somewhat unique thing would likely be the ventilation system on my son's TD build, which is still a work in progress. On my TD I used two 120mm case fans to draw air out of the cabin. They are about 40 cfm each and with both turned on the air changes completely in the cabin in less than three minutes. My son chose to design a little more effective design. On my TD the fans exhaust into the galley which isn't ideal when the hatch is closed even with the vents to the outside that I installed later. Andy's solution was to create a ventilation port on the roof just above the fans. On his Generic Benroy profile the vent will exit out back towards the galley, but above the hatch hinge. And his TD will have four case fans which will double air movement. Even though I don't think water infiltration will be a problem I think we will create a couple removable plugs to seal the vents while being towed.

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While building the vent my engineer son calculated that the vent opening is actually just over half the area of the fan's open area. While this will restrict the air movement a bit I don't think it will render the two extra fans useless.

I've seen some roof designs similar to this and give some credit to those tnttt designs for the idea to go this route. Though I am not sure if ventilation was the intention of their designs or not.
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby TimC » Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:04 pm

While Wiley windows are not really unique I did add a modification to mine to eliminate the water leakage I experienced in hard driving rains while towing. The Wileys never leak while the TD is parked or being towed through light rains.

So I came up with an idea to create a removable plug to seal the windows. A simple design that takes five minutes to install or remove. The pictures are self explanatory. It has worked well. Recently returned from Pictured Rocks area in a downpour and not a drop came through the window.

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby les45 » Thu Oct 08, 2020 5:28 am

I added dual exhausts to my "Super Bee" weekender.

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby Richard Grotto » Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:05 pm

les45 wrote:I added dual exhausts to my "Super Bee" weekender.

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I like that...lol
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby TimC » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:33 pm

les45 wrote:I added dual exhausts to my "Super Bee" weekender.


Now that's what I call unique :)

Are they ventilation?
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby les45 » Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:45 am

TimC wrote:
Are they ventilation?


No, just a couple of dummy pipes to remind me of my Mopar days:

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Actually I was a Plymouth fan but the yellow weekender reminded my wife of a big bee so the "Super Bee" was born.
(in retrospect I guess I could have called it "Roadrunner")
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby featherliteCT1 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:58 pm

My first car was a silverish green 1968 Super Bee, with a 383 cu inch magnum engine. Had a lot of fun with that car, until I totaled it.
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby tony.latham » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:29 pm

Hmmmm..... ?

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A removable coupler for theft protection? Does that qualify? :thinking:

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby ricky herbold » Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:08 am

In my galley, I made it so the backsplash hinged down to hide all of the electrical and plumbing. Image
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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby tony.latham » Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:11 am

In my galley...


Very innovative. The under-cabinet lights sure work.

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Re: Tell us the unique thing you did to your trailer.

Postby aggie79 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:01 am

When we decided we had other camping wants/needs, I gave my teardrop to a good friend.
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