Now what could this be for...

[bg]

Wow, BG, suppose that tongue is strong enough? Looks like 4" channel, is that right? If so, should be strong enough for a thirty footer!

Just 2x3x3/16" angle leftover from my utility trailer.

Completed trailer frame is right at 250lbs and very stout. Half of that weight is in the axle and wheels.

[bg]

Gonna need to get a drop hitch...




Found some nice spruce 2x3's at home depot for the floor framing.

[bg]

Been doing some heavyish thinking and I might change to a 4x8 weekender... Due to my back that would make it ALOT easier for me to build... Probably save some $ in the long run, and it would save a bunch of time.... I'll think about it when Mike gets back to me...

[Chris C]

Lookin good bg. Wish I could get going and keep up with you.

[davel]

BG,

It's looking really great! You're moving along pretty well.

[BufordT]

Made a tad bit of progress on the frame today

3 or 4 years reading about teardrop trailer. Looking at plans, seeing other peoples trailers and reading about how they built theres. And it took bg to make a teardrop trailer. Not a trailer for a teardrop.

Way to go. Simple, easy, clean, nice, light weight, When the floor and walls are up it will be everybit as strong as one my from all the extra heavy duty trailers out there.

You did a great job there bg. Great job indeed.

Bufordt

[bg]

Made a tad bit of progress on the frame today


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3 or 4 years reading about teardrop trailer. Looking at plans, seeing other peoples trailers and reading about how they built theres. And it took bg to make a teardrop trailer. Not a trailer for a teardrop.

Way to go. Simple, easy, clean, nice, light weight, When the floor and walls are up it will be everybit as strong as one my from all the extra heavy duty trailers out there.

You did a great job there bg. Great job indeed.

Bufordt

Honestly, the frame is way overbuilt.... but there is no flex at all in the thing. 1/8" thick angle would have been fine for everything but the tongue and axle mount....

[BufordT]

Bg wrote:

Honestly, the frame is way overbuilt.... but there is no flex at all in the thing. 1/8" thick angle would have been fine for everything but the tongue and axle mount....




That maybe so but you've proved the point that all you need is a square frame out of angle iron and a tongue to pull it with. Simple. Nothing fancy. No added extra weight.

Good job.

Bufordt

Now give me a few months and I'll show you a little different version of a frame I'm using for my next tear. Don't have the welder here now as I've loaned it to my Dad. Also don't have the axles here yet but will be getting them in the next couple of months.

Bufordt

[bg]

I've seen the drawings/mockup in your album. I just keep invisioning the tear that the axle seperated on.... I don't think you're going to have that problem though.

I also tried to design my frame so that someone limited on tools could cut the angle... Everything is a butt joint

[madjack]

...Burford, I agree that we severly over build our frames...I wish that we had looked up under a Camp-Inn before we built our frame...after the frame was done we realized we could use the resulting trailer to haul large horses or small elephants...at the time of design/build we had only seen a handful of TD,s on the net and none in person...the next will only be about a third of the original...something very similar to bg,s, which is looking good by the way
madjack

[bg]

Did some thinking and engineering in my head...
2"x1/8" angle would be fine with a little gusseting... would probably want to use 1/4" or 3/16" for the tongue still.

fwiw... the a-frame was lighter than a straight tongue. 8' at 3.07 lbs/ft (24.56 lbs) vs. 6' at 5.4 lbs/ft (32.4 lbs) plus i didn't have to add the extra crossmember that it would required... (another 11lbs)

[mikeschn]

BG,

What size is your chassis? And what do you "REALLY" want for a teardrop?

Mike...

[bg]

chassis is 46"x78"...

My original plan was for a galley-less teardropbased on andrew's Jim dandy done in a 8' version... Just enough to get me off of the ground and away from the big city...

The 8' weekender is looking like what I want now... I'm fairly good at angles and fairly poor at curves... atleast when it comes to accuracy...

Fwiw, the axle sets 23" from the rear of the trailer.

[mikeschn]

Okay,

It sounds like you have a chassis that can easily be covered by your sidewalls and your skin.

You've got the basic 4x8 type frame that I used for my first Benroy.

Now you know, it's going to take you 10 weekends of solid work to build a decent teardrop.

Is that bugging you right now?

You could do a solid 3/4" plywood weekender in less time. Just look at my prototype weekender which we did in 1 Saturday morning.

http://www.mikenchell.com/weekender/mockup.html

I could have painted it the following weekend, and been ready to go. Basic? Yep... but it's fast.

Mike...

[bg]

to be honest, I need to go slow enough to NOT stress myself. this is suppossed to releive stress from the work week, not create more....

Insulation is a necessity as far as I can tell. It hit 85 degrees yesterday...