Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Buying a used 06 Little Guy 6 wide. Dont like the galley setup, would like to add sink, stove, and cabinets. Not sure what to do with the goofy space between the counter and the back either. Looking for suggestions on how to make a nice galley in this unit. Also suggestions on upgrading interior as well- thanks.

You may want to check out the Galley Gallery thread: http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=6861

You'll find some galley pics in the thread, but the first post has a link to the new Galley Gallery on PhotoBucket, with over 300 images of galleys.

driftwood wrote:Buying a used 06 Little Guy 6 wide. Dont like the galley setup, would like to add sink, stove, and cabinets. Not sure what to do with the goofy space between the counter and the back either. Looking for suggestions on how to make a nice galley in this unit. Also suggestions on upgrading interior as well- thanks.

I have posted this several times but see this is your 1 st post so here is a blast from the past.



This is Becca's sideboard design. I intend to take this just a little farther and have the wash and rinse tubs slide in from underneath and save the cut outs to be replaced in the openings to make a cooking station and then you simply lift out the inserts and you have your clean up station. This saves the galley area for the all important storage.

My first TD was a Little Guy Cargo model -- no galley. I built my own galley, because I didn't like their galley design.

I would remove the whole countertop section, and put a lower on in that covers the gap in the stock countertop. Use some nice birch or oak plywood, of plywood with laminate. You will have to make two notches in the countertop for the hatch latches. IIRC, they were about 1/2 inch by 3 inches on mine.

Also, if you are taller than about 5'9", you may want to move the bottom brackets for the gas struts up by about one bracket length. That will keep you from smacking you head on the hatch latches, and will still close just fine.

A sink will be hard to do inside the galley, because your feet will be hitting the bottom of the sink and plumbing, unless you are very short. And, it will get in the way when trying to put sheets on the bed.

I kept my stove as a countertop unit, so I could cook in the galley, or on a picnic table at the campsite.

CD

thanks for the responses everyone. Went to pick it up and just could not pull the trigger on the purchase, wife and I just want something more craftsman-like and less manufactured looking. So the hunt continues (wish she had never found the Camp-inn website- her standards are set way high now!)

Driftwood,

Just goes to show your wife has good taste...........

Camp-inn does built a very nice trailer. Sometimes used once are up for sale. Good luck with your hunt.

I've seen it go the other way too and it is decidedly more difficult to have your wife not enthused about teardrops period. Be grateful she's over enthused with very discerning teardrop tastes. It only indicates lots of enjoyable camping together in your future.

Scott

Yep, she is a good sport. We have always camped in pop ups, gave it away to a needy family once my kids went off to college. So I got into backpacking and canoe camping (too much roughing it for her), and we fell out of camping together for a few yrs till we did an Alabama to California trip last summer with tent and all the gear. Ok if you stay put for a few days, but too much work for one night stops. Thus the teardrop hunt (she started it)... And perhaps next step to an airstream bambi one day!