Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I have been working on the body of the tear for months all I need left is the roof, hatch and skin the roof. I decided it would be a good time to build the chassis. Last weekend I cut all the parts of my frame. So this past Saturday afternoon I rented a welder and after about four hours of welding a few hours of head scratching and one more hour of rewelding I have finally finished the frame this afternoon my brother will come buy and paint it. This Thursday I will get my replacement wheel from Summit racing (one of the wheels I ordered came in less than a round shape and the baby moon center cap was dinged as well) And the frame will be ready for the body. I will post pictures after it is painted. boy I am running out of time fast. but I should be done by mid June. I hope.

Yes, Steve, we want to see pictures.

Did you see my thread in General Discussion about seeing the Camp-Inn?

Steve, I saw you post about 1 minute before I posted the first time. The camp inns are good looking. I just hope mine looks half as good. Oh and by the way because of time I am 86ing the cool camp inn front windows. I think I will try to add them later. I went right by your house yesterday with the frame in tow. we were taking it to my brothers shop to paint it but a tow truck driver put a lock on their gate the wrong way and locked us out. that is why he is comming out to paint it today. I just hope I can slide it onto the frame, that roofing tar you gave me is some sticky stuff it will not be easy


P.S. how did you go about registering your trailer with texdot?

thanks

"I just hope I can slide it onto the frame, that roofing tar you gave me is some sticky stuff it will not be easy"

I've come across several remarks about the use of roofing tar as a protective coating for TD floors and trailer frames and its being less than pleasant to work with, mostly because it takes such a long time to dry. Has anyone tried using coaltar epoxy (Sold by, among others, Z-Spar as "Poxitar") instead? It's also messy to apply, but it does set up a lot faster than roofing tar and, while it gives a harder finish, it still has a enough flexibility left in it to resist chipping. I'm asking because I have used it on steel boats over Pettit's Rustlok and for undercoating on cars, and I still have a gallon of the stuff left that I could save for if and when I ever get to build a Teardrop.

Rocosil wrote:I've come across several remarks about the use of roofing tar as a protective coating for TD floors and trailer frames and its being less than pleasant to work with, mostly because it takes such a long time to dry. Has anyone tried using coaltar epoxy (Sold by, among others, Z-Spar as "Poxitar") instead? It's also messy to apply, but it does set up a lot faster than roofing tar and, while it gives a harder finish, it still has a enough flexibility left in it to resist chipping. I'm asking because I have used it on steel boats over Pettit's Rustlok and for undercoating on cars, and I still have a gallon of the stuff left that I could save for if and when I ever get to build a Teardrop.

Rocosil,
I think that should work very well. as long as it keeps the water out you should be fine. If I were to build another one the same way I will just put 3-4 coats of spar varnish on the bottom and go.

The pictures are in my personal gallery. Two things I found out as I rolled the trailer home. 1) it bounces like crazy without any weight on it. so much that I lost one of my lights. 2) It is really short and my truck is really long so it makes it a pain to back up.

Steve,

Something is wrong as this is what I get when I click on your gallery:

"The personal gallery of TRAIL-OF-TEARS is empty or has not been created"

I don't see a gallery for Trail-of-tears.

Mike...

oops,
I mean you can get to my pictures from the hall of fame. sorry for that.

I like that chassis and particularly the disc wheels - so much more appropriate for a teardrop than the eight spoke.

But are you sure your tow vehicle is man enough for the job? Looks a bit dainty to me.

Andrew

I'd like to see your new chassis.............but I can't figure out how to pull it up! I've clicked on everything but my shirt buttons. How about a tip.

Try here...

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sammyprol ... /my_photos

Mike...

Nice frame looks tiny behind your truck. At least you put lights on yours. After we welded mine up, I towed it home that night, no lights, no chains, no tag. I think my buddy wanted to go home because he was the one who said not to bother. It was only 3 miles around midnight, plus he followed behind me.

Steve,

Looks great, glad to see someone is building lightweight frames. I'm overbuilding my first frame, but am planning something lighter for my second, really like the looks of yours.

I agree with Angib, I love those wheels, where did you get them? What I really want are the same wheels, only painted, with the trim rings and baby moons.

Wow, that is a nice frame. It resembles our Camp-Inn frames alot. Virtually identical with only small differences. I think the color is even the same.

Same wheels we use too.

The whole unit is looking very good actually.

Cary