Generic Benroy

[Aaron Coffee]

Planning on my next build to be based on the generic Benroy plans. Did I read the plans right, it is 5 wide, 4 tall and 8 long? If so is there any reason why I couldn't stretch it to 10 foot long?
Thanks

[madjack]

...nope...alll ya need is one of Doug's De-Lux Johhson Strechers(know to strech anything) and you will be good to go ....
madjack

disclaimer...longer ply, a longer trailer and other materials may be needed as well...

[Miriam C.]

Planning on my next build to be based on the generic Benroy plans. Did I read the plans right, it is 5 wide, 4 tall and 8 long? If so is there any reason why I couldn't stretch it to 10 foot long?
Thanks

The 12 step program doesn't work. Take lots of . You might be able to save yourself.

No real reason you can't go to 10'.

Enjoy---I know we will!

[peggyearlchris]

I'm making mine 10'. I just have the walls up only. Peg

[TomW]

No reason not to stretch to 10'. I am building the Generic Benroy and did the Extra room makes for more space in the galley.

I have my walls up and roof spars in-place. The only thing I would do different is to put the wall seam at the side door instead of the back. I used a biscuits to join the wood and then used a 1 x 4 back up the joint.

I am making sandwich walls using 1/2" exterior, 1 x 4 framing, and 1/4" luan on the inside. Very stiff and structural strong.

I have a few pictures in my album if you want to take a look.

Have fun.

[Aaron Coffee]

OK, the Gen-Ben (or is it Gen-Roy) will be put on hold while I build a mini tear. War Pony planted a seed at Minden that my nephew needed a tear of his own. The idea rattled around on the way home. Put my TD away and there was the basis for a mini, just sitting there(actually had been sitting there a couple years).
Thinking off pulling the box off, and scrapping it, stretching the frame, and building a 40 inch wide, 3 foot tall by 6 foot long. Should I narrow the frame to drop the sides down(cover the frame with wall? Would 1/2 ply be strong enough? Thinking of only half(just an open shelf)the lower part would all be bed.
Darn you War Pony!!!!

[madjack]

Aaron, 1/2 should be plenty...as far as covering the frame, that is a personal choice...if you use AL to skin it with, you could just run the AL down over the frame to hide it....
madjack

[SteveH]

Mine was originally going to be 10', had 10' plywood, but was able to get everything I wanted into 9'. So, I decided a teardrop needed to be as small as possible while still having all the features I wanted, and then I cut the plywood to 9'. I know, weird!

[Aaron Coffee]

I guess the biggest question if I just build on the frame, how do I get a good strong joint between the floor and wall?

[mikeschn]

Can you expand on that more? Are you thinking about bolting a piece of plywood to the chassis, and bolting the walls to the chassis? A bunch of self taping screws would hold the walls to the chassis really well, but how would you seal the joint between the walls and the floor?

Mike...

I guess the biggest question if I just build on the frame, how do I get a good strong joint between the floor and wall?

[Aaron Coffee]

If I lower the walls to cover the frame I would screw the wall into a 2 x 2, and then screw the floor into the 2 x 2. Then bolt the floor to the trailer This would provide a good joint since the screws would be going through the side of the ply into the 2 x2, rather than going into the end of the ply. But if I just build a box on the frame, the screws would go through the wall into the thickness of the floor(probably use 3/4 for floor).
Hope I explained that better. This is on the mini build. Probably will narrow frame because that should put it at the right inside width for a single mattress. Narrow it 4 inchs, 1 1/2 for 2x2 and 1/2 for wall ply equals 2 inch, double it for 2 walls for a total of 4 inchs, should give me and inside dimension of 36 and a single mattress(twin) is what 35 wide. Trailer is now 40 inchs wide. Is my cipherin' correct?

[mikeschn]

You could probably screw your walls into a 3/4" floor if you are careful, predrill it, and use longer screws.

You could also back it up with angle brackets inbetween the wall and the floor. Let me get a picture of a typical angle bracket.

Mike....

[madjack]

Can you expand on that more? Are you thinking about bolting a piece of plywood to the chassis, and bolting the walls to the chassis? A bunch of self taping screws would hold the walls to the chassis really well, but how would you seal the joint between the walls and the floor?

Mike...

I guess the biggest question if I just build on the frame, how do I get a good strong joint between the floor and wall?

...Aaron..the answer is cleats...we used 1x1/16th Al angle, scuffed the down side and used Gorilla Glue and screw to attach the walls and floor together....

Mike, we laid a heavy bead of caulking along the edge of the floor before installing the side......
madjack




...click my WWW button and look at "glue and screwed" for additional pics...........MJ

[Aaron Coffee]

Re-read the generic benroy plans and will go off of those plans just shrinking it where needed for the mini tear. Also measured a twin mattress and it is 39 inchs wide by 6 foot 3 inchs long. So it looks like that will be the dimensions.

[Nitetimes]

.... measured a twin mattress and it is 39 inchs wide by 6 foot 3 inchs long. So it looks like that will be the dimensions.

Now how is he supposed to get his girlfriend in there????