Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **type82e** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:43 pm

has anyone used zincalume corugated roofing for the outside shell?
it can be easily shaped to a curved shape as they use in bullnose verandah's (not sure if they do that in america?)
marcel

by **mikeschn** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:56 pm

Has anyone considered alufiber for their teardrop? TAB is going to start offering alufiber this March or April when they start up production again! Just think, tears that wash up as clean and as easy as a car!!!

Mike...

by **type82e** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:04 pm

what is alufiber?
I'm in australia and zincalume is very popular here you can get it in heaps of colours etc and once curved it would be very strong
marcel

by **AmyH** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:12 pm

Marcel, I was curious too and found this site with a brief, but interesting explanation, take a look:
http://www.amerimaxbp.com/documents/AluFiber.pdf

Sound like some really interesting material. :thumbsup:

Amy

by **mikeschn** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:14 pm

It must be a fairly new product. A google search turns up a lot of german hits. So I switched over to advanced search, specified english only, and found this one...

http://www.amerimaxbp.com/documents/AluFiber.pdf

If anyone can shed more light of this subject, please do!!!

Mike...

P.S. LOL, Amy beat me to the post!!! And the same URL to boot!!!

by **type82e** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:05 am

this is the stuff I was thinking of http://www.metalroofing.com.au/products ... curved.asp
I inquired today and to cover a 5 by 8 teardrop trailer (10 square meters)
wieghs about 50kg's and was $172 AU plus the cost of bending they guesed about $15 AU per bend.
it might be a bit heavy but would be very strong?
marcel

by **type82e** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:49 am

so no ones done this before? or thought of it?
marcel

by **Endo** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:58 am

Mike,

You said TAB is going to offer alufiber. What/who is "TAB" ? Do you have a web link?

by **WoodSmith** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:22 am

http://www.tab-rv.com/ One of the more "commercial" Tear Drop manufacturers. It has an internal galley, and no rear hatch.

by **toypusher** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:25 am

Endo,

They are talking about 'T@B' not TAB!

Just do a google and you should find something. Or just try this link: http://www.tab-rv.com/

Kerry

by **toypusher** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:34 am

Mike,

Try this link on AluFiber: http://www.amerimaxbp.com/product.aspx?itemid=45

Kerry

by **Aussie Nomad** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:13 am

Hi, First time poster.

I have been looking for different materials to build a tear out of and have found some that interest me.

The first is Alucobond http://www.alucobondusa.com/
is two sheets of aluminum with a polyethylene core.

Another is Alucore http://www.alucore.com/english/produkte ... lucore.htm
It is 2 sheets of aluminium with a honeycomb core. (i'm not sure if it's available in the USA but it is available here in Australia)

Both of these are Alcan products.

The last is Symonite http://www.symonite.com.au/index.htm which is an Australian product similar to Alucobond. Again I don't know if it is sold in the USA. The only downfall is it is only available 4' wide.

I don't know the cost of these yet but I think they are worth looking into.

Bo.

by **asianflava** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:17 pm

WoodSmith wrote:http://www.tab-rv.com/ One of the more "commercial" Tear Drop manufacturers. It has an internal galley, and no rear hatch.

Their new model has a rear hatch and outside galley

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