Howdy all, glad I found this forum, but let me explain how I happened across this great site, it was strictly by accident.
Over the last year, I've done searches on the internet looking for information on making a small camper shell to fit the little utility trailers that come from places like home depot, and have always come up empty handed in my searches.
I figured my best bet was to buy 5x10 back yard doll house and convert it to fit on my trailer, but as some projects go, it got put on the back burner while other projects took precedence, then came the 55 year old boat trailer that was ready for the scrap heap that I bought off someone for next to nothing and brought home to do a complete rebuild on it, it's kind of been the laughing stock of the family because of all the work I've put into it while not having a boat to put on it .....yet, but that will come in time.
I pretty much got the trailer finished up last week except for needing to replace the odd ball wheel bearings, and in doing an internet search for the wheel bearings, I happened across a link to this site, and couldn't resist seeing where that link to "tiny travel trailers" took me.
I was amazed to read of so many people doing the very thing I've been wanting to do with my little utility trailer, and now with the boat trailer, (minus the boat) about done, I can see myself spending some time on this site, reading, researching, and gathering information for my next, long put off project.
I've done a lot of traveling, camping, both in our 20 foot Prowler travel trailer, and also tent camping with the utility trailer, and I can see where, with the help of this site, building that little trailer up into a small camper is going to ad to our camping adventures,
Last year, I pulled the small utility trailer full of tent gear from Oregon to Minnesota and back, and it would have been a nicer trip had that trailer had a little camper shell on it.
The truck I use to pull the 20 foot travel trailer uses a lot of gas, at the fuel prices being close to $3.00 a gallon now, it gets expensive as the fuel mileage drops from 20 mpg down to about 12 mpg when I'm pulling the big travel trailer, so now I have some good incentive to get a little camper built, with things being the way they are now, and it's just the kids and myself, I think we can have a lot of fun with this.
I want to thank you guys for such a great site, and I'm going to enjoy reading and learning, and posting pictures as this little trailer becomes a reality.
I'm still looking for that perfect little boat to put on the boat trailer, but after what I went through rebuilding the trailer, the boat is going to be the easy part.
Stuart