Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Galley view

Somewhere on here - maybe in that thread showing different
galley designs/arrangements - there were one or two that had the
galley slide out of the back, thus increasing interior cabin size,
and, also, there are a couple of builds that have it slide out of
the side. If you aren't set on a fixed rear galley maybe those
approaches would work. I believe that galley thread was posted
about recently so it should be relatively easy to find.
[Sorry I don't have the time at the moment or I'd look for it.]

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

Just a thought. What if you reversed your bed and made a fake tongue box for your legs It would be like adding 2" to your teardrop. The floor of the fake tongue box would not have to be well supported(a steel stud?) because no one would ever sit on it. You might have to made your tongue a little longer or use a longer receiver hitch. Some thing like this.
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the cooler placement is only where it would travel.
It removed for use.

thanks so much guys!

Make the interior length enough for your comfort. At your height I would want at least 76" and probably a little more. The galley size is far, far less important than your own needs. Carry the cooler in the tow vehicle.

Jerome

I agree with dguff.... but a Rubbermaid 48 qt will fit in an 18" deep galley. I think you can have your cake and eat it too. Eh? Some of that depends on your ceiling (and thus front wall), and hatch thickness.

T

dguff wrote:Make the interior length enough for your comfort. At your height I would want at least 76" and probably a little more. The galley size is far, far less important than your own needs. Carry the cooler in the tow vehicle.

Jerome

I'd like to agree, but the little lady 5' 8" wants a big galley . Marriage is all about compromise, maybe we can split our difference

tony.latham wrote:I agree with dguff.... but a Rubbermaid 48 qt will fit in an 18" deep galley. I think you can have your cake and eat it too. Eh? Some of that depends on your ceiling (and thus front wall), and hatch thickness.

T

thanks, will look for that cooler on line.

Stretch the tear another 6" or more, this is the stage in the build you could still do this without too much trouble.

I agree with stretching the cabin.

But making the tongue box part of the bed is a pretty good idea too!

Mike...

The cabin is first. You have to have comfort. However, I don't think you need to loose much of your galley, except maybe a little on the bottom (and maybe not even there). Here are a few ideas:

- Build your upper cabinets from your inner galley wall all the way to the hatch, to make up for at least some of what you loose on the bottom.
- Make your counter top a pull-out style, on drawer slides.

- You can add shelves on the inside of the cabinet doors, if you have cabinet doors.

- On the hatch, add pull-out pockets between the spars.

- Cantilever the lower back area a little, to give yourself a bigger galley area.

- Build a half hatch/half doors style and add cabinets and counter tops on the doors so that you have a wider galley area and more counter space when you swing them out.

I too am 6'2" what I did was make my sleeping area the size I need about 76" or so and just made regular cabinets and drawers in galley I can always put cooler on ground or small table next to galley because if you can't sleep comfortable then you won't enjoy your trip and never be happy with your trailer guess us tall guys need to stretch our tears to 10 or 12 ft long to have everything we want

I also thought about building a small chest for meat and stuff that would fit in cabinet but put solid front and split counter top and put on hinges to open up like chest freezer there r end less opotunities just keep doing what your doing by getting input from others and you will come up with a resolution that you can live with

we keep the cooler in the car when traveling, at the site, the cooler sits under the ez-up next to the table.
When we just had an ice box, the TV is air conditioned so better for keeping things cool, under the counter is an inconvient place to get to the food.
Now we have a 12V/110V freezer/fridge, and no 12V socket in the tear.
personally I think a comfortable bed is most important, counter space in the galley is the second most important, after that you fit what works for you. I plan on extra sides to hang on the sides of the tear for a sink, the grill rides on the galley counter, but sits on it's own table for cooking, much easier to clean up that way.

We don't keep the cooler in the galley and that hasn't been a problem. I too wanted a big galley, but a cooler there is wasted space. I like my galley for permeant storage, not things i take in and out every trip. We have a shelf that attaches to the side for the chest at the camp site.