Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Geron wrote:

IraRat wrote:
I'm probably going with the wife and kids to Disney this weekend, and I guess that will be more fun tham brushing gooey, smelly asphalt onto plywood.

Or will it be?

Take me out in the woods and beat me near to death with a 1" sapling or paint me with asphalt emulsion even add feathers but deliver me from Disney (Six Flags, Branson, Myrtle Beach, etc.).

Geron

Living 2 hours away has its DISADVANTAGES--meaning I have no excuse.

MAGIC KINGDOM MEANS NO BEER! (God bless Epcot, though.)

IraRat wrote:
Living 2 hours away has its DISADVANTAGES--meaning I have no excuse.

MAGIC KINGDOM MEANS NO BEER! (God bless Epcot, though.)

Beers around the world! or around the lake.

IraRat wrote:I just stuck the frame on their for the picture, and to mark the spots to countersink for the boltheads. Only the 4 corners have heads on top, so at least THAT part was pretty easy.

My 5x8 Red (well, it used to be red) Trailer frame came predrilled with holes for mounting a plywood deck. I was sick of drilling steel. I really wanted to use those holes to mount my frame. Before coating the underside of the deck with asphalt emulson I crawled under the deck. I had my wife dip the end of a bolt in the emulsion and pass it to me. I located the mounting holes and passed the bolt through each hole. This left black dot showing exactly where I needed to drill each mounting hole.

The coupler that came with the Red Trailer requires a 1 7/8" ball. My utliity trailer uses a 2 " ball. I decided to standardize on on the 2" ball to avoid a potentially dangerous mistake later one. So yesterday, went out and bought a a coupler for a 2" ball. Woouldn't you know it, I got home and discovered the mounting holes on the tounge didn't line up with the coupler. So, just when I thought I was done drilling steel, I had to drill another %$*(ing hole!

Tom,

Understand you wanting to standarize, but you could have just got another ball mount with a 1 7/8" ball and just swapped them anytime you wanted to use the other trailer. I don't leave the ball mount in my reciever hitch because it seems when I do, that I am always running into it and bruising something and getting grease on my clothes.

Kerry

toypusher wrote:Tom,

Understand you wanting to standarize, but you could have just got another ball mount with a 1 7/8" ball and just swapped them anytime you wanted to use the other trailer. I don't leave the ball mount in my reciever hitch because it seems when I do, that I am always running into it and bruising something and getting grease on my clothes.

Kerry

I thought about doing that. I don't keep my my ball in the reciever for the exact same reasons. I've got alittle compartment under the rear floor that stowes it nicely.

I was just afraid of what might happen if I space out and put the trailer with the 2" coupler on the 1 7/8 ball. It just semed simpler and safer in the long run to standardize on the 2" ball. One less thing for me to screw up.

Tom,

Yah, your right about it being one less thing and it definitely would be bad to put the 2" hitch on the 1 7/8" ball. I have not experience with that sort of thing, but I don't see anything but BAD if it happens. I was just thinking that you could have saved some drilling that you obviously enjoy so much!

Kerry

When we bought our Boat we where at the marina and this guy picked up a new boat right before we got ours. He insisted that he was going to load his $ 75000 boat with a 2" on his 1 7/8 trailer ball on the truck. The marina offered him a 2" ball free of charge. Nope the uppity New Yorker drove off. We passed him going home with the front of his trailer stuffed the aspalt like a snow plow and his bumper half ripped off. I made sure I beeped the horn as we drove buy. As they say " You cant fix stupid"

NIck
Florida

nickster60 wrote:Nope the uppity New Yorker drove off.

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Hey! Stop ragging on us (ex) New Yorkers!

If it weren't for us, the Florida Indian casinos would go out of business!

I bought the 990 lb HF trailer, anticipating a lightweight tear. That was 2.5 yrs ago and since then I've decided to build heavier to accomodate the 2000 lb torsion axle I added. Also strengthened the tongue.

The HF was the right choice for me because it was cheap and easily adaptable. YES, I've put as much money into it as I would have just getting one welded from scratch, but the HF got me building right away, which is good.

Scooter wrote:I bought the 990 lb HF trailer, anticipating a lightweight tear. That was 2.5 yrs ago and since then I've decided to build heavier to accomodate the 2000 lb torsion axle I added. Also strengthened the tongue.

The HF was the right choice for me because it was cheap and easily adaptable. YES, I've put as much money into it as I would have just getting one welded from scratch, but the HF got me building right away, which is good.

Yep! The HF is a good place to start. I'm thinking now of building a 6x6x10 box utility trailer on one of my light frames and put a 2000 lb axle from Tractor supply under it. Already have the tongue upgraded to 2x2 square tube Iron. Just thinkin' I really do need a place to keep my tools till I settle down in our "retirement" house 3 years 2 months and 4 days from today

Geron