Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

The floor assembly got attached to the trailer frame, using 3/8ths inch stainless steel bolts with flat washers and nylock nuts.



I counter sunk the holes with a 7/8ths inch Forstner bit, drilled down just enough to let the bolt head be flush with the floor.



I marked out all the dimensions for the first wall panel.



I used the string compass to mark out the radii of the door and front and rear of the side wall.



After cutting out the first side wall I flipped it over onto the second piece of wall plywood and made my marks using the first piece as the pattern.



After I got the second wall cut out I matched all the ends and edges lined up and clamped them together. I then used the belt sander with a 50 grit belt to get both edges of the walls smooth and matching.



That's all for now, will prolly mess with it some more tomorrow.

Did you cut out your wheel wells?

Kens wrote:Did you cut out your wheel wells?

Not yet, that will be tomorrow prolly. If the trailer was a little bit wider I wouldn't have to do a cut out, as is I will have to make a small fender that sticks out a few inches.

I dry fitted the walls today. I had to mount one side to get the arc needed for the wheel wells. I got the arc using the string compass, from the center of the bearing cap I got my mark to the bottom of the floor. Worked great.





It's starting to look like something now.

It looks like it is coming along nicely. Good job. Peg

looking good.........
Barb

Skip

How wide is your tear?

dave

Wow, good work.

Yea, how wide is it? Did you use a 4' wide trailer?

Mk

I used the 4x8 foot HF trailer. I have it 62 inches (5 foot 2 inches) wide. The wheels are almost all covered by the body.

I like the idea of partly hidden wheels. It would allow some tiny little fenders, a couple inches wide.

dave