Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

The left wall on my Skyline TTT was completely rotted away. Rather than trying to repair the mess in situ I simply stripped the skin, took the requisite measurements and retreated to the shop.

OK, 60" tall by 96" long, ribs at 24" intervals interrupted by the window opening...no problem...off we go!

Got the frame 80% completed when it occurred to me I had never had anything bigger than a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood up the basement stairs...

1 x 2 framing bends remarkably well...and squeaked up the stairs with NO room to spare. The rest of the framing was completed in the back garden... after lighting a candle to whatever saint watches over fools, old men and TTT rebuilders.

Just a word to the wise and a bit of a tale told on myself...make sure you can get the finished item OUT of the workspace even though you can get the materials in!

Alan

Now I know why I build in the driveway I would never get that lucky !

Alan,

I suspect that there are completed teardrop trailers sitting in basements, with no possible means to escape. I can visualize the galley hatchs propped open, the bar stools pulled up close, cold beverages being consumed and homage being paid to the basement camping gods.

I found that building the trailer in the basement was no problem. Getting the car in the basement to tow the thing was the tricky part.

The pole in the middle is really slowing the progress also.

Steve_Cox wrote:I suspect that there are completed teardrop trailers sitting in basements, with no possible means to escape.

TNT, or better yet, c4

'Tis why I'm working in the rain ... I (once or twice) resembled the comments above.

its like getting a couch out of the basement. just tip it on the side. and angle it through the door and through the kitchen. take the door off the hinges too.

A mate built a 30' steel hulled boat in his back yard. Luckily, the vacant block of land next door gave him access to have trucks deliver all his steel and other bits. Over a period of 3 years all went well until McDonalds moved in, naturally, to the vacant block.
This didn't phase my mate until he realised that the block was being filled and ended up 4' higher than his back yard and no way out for the boat.
It was eventually craned out over the house with one of the cranes in McDonalds' car park, and had to be at a time that suited McDonalds.
And of course, the whole thing made the local news. Poor bugger...it really blew his budget.

bobhenry wrote:Now I know why I build in the driveway I would never get that lucky !

Yeah, the luck usually runs out every time that Murphy guy shows up! It’s funny, when you do make a mistake, and it does go your way, you get almost giddy because it so rarely happens that way!

Basements are easy...get a shovel, dig a ramp, and put in a BIG egress window!

Just stumbled across this thread going through the old posts for ideas.

It makes me think of Gibbs in NCIS building a boat in his basement.

Vindi_andy wrote:Just stumbled across this thread going through the old posts for ideas.

It makes me think of Gibbs in NCIS building a boat in his basement.

Gibbs actually has a garage basement.... like a walkout basement....
they have showed the back side of the garage 1-2 times.

there was a guy that hand built a Lambrogini in his basement, had to dig it out...

EffieRover wrote:

Steve_Cox wrote:I suspect that there are completed teardrop trailers sitting in basements, with no possible means to escape.

TNT, or better yet, c4

'Tis why I'm working in the rain ... I (once or twice) resembled the comments above.

There is no problem that can not be solved with the judicious use of high explosives.

EffieRover wrote:

Steve_Cox wrote:I suspect that there are completed teardrop trailers sitting in basements, with no possible means to escape.

TNT, or better yet, c4

'Tis why I'm working in the rain ... I (once or twice) resembled the comments above.

There is no problem that can not be solved with the judicious use of high explosives.

You can sure say that again Gerry