Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

This is the front bulkhead and front cabin storage cabinet.
There is an open shelf on the top left side with a cabinet under. The doors will be added over the winter months. Center is also a cabinet with a self. On the right side will have the two electrical panels with the 12v power supply and battery charger above,


This is the galley bulkhead and rear cabin storage cabinet.
The doors will be added over the winter months. On the left side is a hanging closet.


The sides are all framed up.



From the galley side.


Chuck

You have a really great start Chuck. How tall is it. Looks big.

The body is 5 feet by 5 feet and 10 feet long. From the ground to the top it’s 6 and a half feet tall.

Chuck

Looks awsome

Thanks Tom! Next are the roof spars and the blocking between them. I just hope the weather stays warm for a few more weeks.



Chuck

Chuck,

Looking Good.

You'll be done before you know it. Looks like you will have quite a bit of room.

Great Job!

Looks like a great start and I like how you are planning work through the winter months........................

Barb

Thanks all! Yes Barb the basement is relatively worm in winter. I can work on the small details down there, as it never gets below 50 even when it’s 20 below outside.


Mike, it will have a real bunk with springs and a mattress. No sleeping on the floor.

Chuck

Well I got some more done!

Front view of the roof.


Closeup of the struts



Galley end view



Side view


Chuck

Impressive framing job Chuck. Thanks for the pictures. Your roof spars are a great idea.

Dovetailing the spars is indeed very impressive! That is great work and should never come apart!!!

Thanks.
It took some time to figure out how to do this. I still have not decided to cover the roof with plywood or just a sheet of .062” aluminum. So I hade to do it with out screws, this way I can put a screw any place I want to once I decide. The struts (Spars) sure did tighten up the sides. Now I can push on the sides and the whole trailer moves.

Chuck

Sure looks sturdy, what do you guess your final weight and weight distributions to be like ?

That is a great looking start. We hope that you do have some warm days to progress on the build, and a winter that will see you through to the finished product. Keep us posted.

tmaken2157 wrote:Sure looks sturdy, what do you guess your final weight and weight distributions to be like ?

Well I am shooting for about 1100 lbs with a tongue weight of 110 to 130 lbs.

Rarin2go
It’s spouse to go down to 20 dig. tonight. I may only get part of a weekend to get the cross braces glued in. But if it gets to cold for glue there is lots of work that can be done in the basement. I have all winter to get the cabinet doors made and installed, make the hatch, cabin door and stuff like that. I still have to do a lot of planning on the galley. So plenty to do when snow flyes.

Chuck