Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

i have a few questions on campers. After discussing it with the wife the teardrop is out of the question or at least will probably shelved. I don't want to put that much work into one and then she would never go. I will need something more roomier and one she can walk into. I probably will need one a minimum of 10 feet long, have about at least 6ft 4 inch ceiling and toilet to make her happy. I can get one of the shower tubs from ebay for less than 100 bucks. I am trying to locate one of the old "ham" types or scotty made types but have not seen any here in middle TN. . There was one here I really liked it was being pulled by a late 40s/early 50s model chevy truck I think was yellow. Does anyone have plans to that one or a link to pictures? I would really like one to build from scratch or one to rebuild completely. The reason is I have access to a lot of free wood and would prefer to payt as I need stuff. I really do not want to take a loan for one.

Well Will you have come to the right place. Try the design lib. up top, Rob's cabin car, The member design section, Hum. There are a lot of designs going and a lot are stand up size.

Enjoy
Miriam

Willy, Look up top at the "design library"...also checkout Dale's(cracker39) Squidget.......................

There are also a couple in the "Vintage Plans" above that may fit your needs. I kind of like the "Lil Guy" that listed there, and may someday give a shot at building one. But that will be several years away, if I do.

This was my shot at the smallest trailer to carry a working shower:



Finding the space for a shower isn't that hard, but then you have to have a large water tank, a hot water system and a grey water tank. None of this lot is either small or light, so you have to build a fairly big trailer.

Len is building something very much like this right now - in his Yahoo album, scroll down to 'Shasta 1' to 'Shasta 6'.

Andrew

Hey Andrew -- do you folks in Blighty have those cool corner shower units with the curve on the front?

They look like a quarter-circle and generally have the drain in the center.

Andrew

Looks like is may be about 10' long???? and how wide is it?. What size are the beds?
Thanks
Mike

I am working (slowly) on a project of a bigger size.

Here's a sketch of what I hope to end up with....



There is no plan, (except in my head), yet, but I am working on some cad drawings for my sidewall layouts. Of course the windows sizes are for my specific recycled windows, etc.

You can follow my progress in the following thread.

http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=9017

Willy, does she want separate bedrooms too?

HAH! JUST JOKING!

Have you looked closely at Rob's cabin car? I think you can stand up in that, and the thing is drop-dead gorgeous. Has a shower, too.

Laredo,

We have corner shower trays for use in houses but not special trailer ones, if that's the question. Our trailers are always a lot smaller than US ones - a 'monster' trailer here is only 23ft long, 7ft 6in wide and no slide-outs - so our fittings for trailers tend to be smaller too.

The latest wild idea seen in 'caravans' (=travel trailers) that's been copied from boats is circular shower compartments with semi-circular doors that rotate around inside them. Looks cool, but I think square works better!

Mike,

Body dimensions are: 128" L x 76" W x 84" H (excl vent). Length overall is 166". Beds are 78" long and 22" wide in their 'dinette' position - either they each pull out to about 30" wide or they are joined by the table to make a 72" wide bed.

Andrew

Angib:
we have them for houses too. recently at a KOA I saw a wheelchair-access one that was about 3x3 along the walls and 5' across the slant (straight-sided triangle, not the quarter-circle one). I thought that was kinda nifty; made me wonder how the teardrops4vets layout might put the idea to use, albeit smaller.

As far as seperate bedrooms don't give her any ideas. I saw the cabin car I thought was robs. I liked that but the wife woulld want more room. I doubt I could talk her into it. Thats the size I would like but its to much of a trouble to build something like that and not be able to get the family to use it.

If you decide not to build but buy, the wife might like one of these http://www.tab-rv.com/

This is a bit larger... 28' But you can check out the build at http://www.chadsprojects.com

If you need any design advice drop me a line.