Amphibious RVs, Sports Cars, SUVs, Buses, ... TearDrops???

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Amphibious RVs, Sports Cars, SUVs, Buses, ... TearDrops???

Postby TonyCooper » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:08 pm

With the advent of amphibious RVs, SUVs, Buses, and sportscars, wouldn't the addition of an amphibious Teardrop make sense???

Of course you'd need a way to get to your teardrop from your amphibious sport car. But we are creative folks - what say ye all?

Here is the site that inspired these (rather abnormal) thoughts.

BTW, All made in the USA (Bluffton, SC)
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Postby Cutterpup » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:42 pm

Well how amphibious would you want it? TD's are small enough that you could wrap them up in a large tarp and float them across a river without a problem. In WW2 they floated jeeps this way whenever they needed to cross a river that was to deep to drive across, then they put the tent up and stayed for the night.

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Postby TonyCooper » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:05 pm

I envisioned something kinda like this??

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I just told my wife I could build one of these... :thinking:

her retort>>> NO YOU CAN'T! :no:
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Postby madjack » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:13 pm

...give her those puppy dog eyes and say ....but honeyyyyyy........... 8)
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Postby TonyCooper » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:29 pm

madjack wrote:...give her those puppy dog eyes and say ....but honeyyyyyy........... 8)


I just did...

Me: But honeyyyy...

Wife: BUT NO...

Me: I could make it so you could drive the Teardrop on it and the wheels would drop into place helping to stablize the teardrop...

Wife: What part of "No" don't you understand?

Me: A guy named MadJack on the Teardrop forum suggested this approach

Wife: Do I have to get on that forum to keep you out of trouble.

Message to Madjack from wife: (muttering something about men and their toys), then out loud to me "Keeping you inline is a fulltime job... Don't make me get on the forum to keep you BOTH inline.

Guess it's a NO GO for now... thanks for the help Madjack - maybe next year!

(Just to be sure - this is humor 101)
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Postby madjack » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:01 pm

...didn't mean to get you in trouble but it was worth a try wasn't it..... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
madjack 8)

p.s. pleae refrain from naming me in your domesteic dispute, I have enough prolems with the wife(aka the por girl) as it is ;)
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Postby TonyCooper » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:05 pm

madjack wrote:p.s. pleae refrain from naming me in your domesteic dispute, I have enough prolems with the wife(aka the por girl) as it is ;)


Sorry Madjack, but it was you or me.... and I'd rather it be you! :lol:
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Postby jay » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:54 pm

Volkswagen managed to do it; good weatherstripping
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Postby jgalt » Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:13 pm

You know this far-out thought has crossed my mind a few times while falling off to sleep. A trailer with pontoons seems logical.

SO shoot me - but I LIKE the way this trailer was used as a boat. I didn't think about a roof. If you consider the standard houseboat used on inland rivers, they're just small trailers on a floating base. With a tiny trailer or teardrop, you've got 85% of the functional parts of a small houseboat - water-resistant berth, kitchen...

Now you got me wondering if I need to give this some real thought... Or maybe I need to get a small rowboat soon to cure my water navigation cravings...
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Postby Gage » Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:33 am

I'm sure this guy could build a teardrop and pull it behind his Ferrari. That would look slick :lol: Only in Italy.
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Postby Boodro » Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:24 pm

Hey , thats looks like a " ROLY MOBILE " ,that would look sooooo cool pulling Roly's Woodie!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :lol:
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Postby TonyCooper » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:52 am

jgalt wrote:You know this far-out thought has crossed my mind a few times while falling off to sleep. A trailer with pontoons seems logical.

SO shoot me - but I LIKE the way this trailer was used as a boat.
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Now you got me wondering if I need to give this some real thought... Or maybe I need to get a small rowboat soon to cure my water navigation cravings...


FWIW, I like the idea as well... it looks like fun... That could easily be me sitting in that hammock by the outboard. I think a jet ski unit would be more to my liking tho.

Pontoons & Jet ski outdrive, thats the ticket!

BTW, I bought plans years ago to build my own personal 1 man submarine. Then they come out with the "Bionic dolphin" and it looks like so much more fun...
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Postby Bobgorilla » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:34 pm

:thumbsup: Tony, saw something like that in a Sharper Image catalog a few years ago. The ad claimed something like 100 ft. diving depth and a jumping (out of the water) height of 6 or 8 ft. I think it was called a Vash and sold for around 30k 8) I've always wondered if anyone bought one and if it worked as advertised?
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Postby TomS » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:04 pm

TonyCooper wrote:I envisioned something kinda like this??

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With all the rain we're getting up here in New England, I'm thinking about doing this with my teardrop.
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Postby Normspeed » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:21 pm

I've seen some aluminum pontoon boats left in storage til the seats disintegrate from the sun. I'm thinking, buy one cheap, toss out the seats and stuff, roll the teardrop on board, cinch 'er down, and go for it!
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