Maiden Voyage - Few days in Vermont

[smlibanker]

Although my camper is not completely done, my 14 year old daughter and I headed off to Vermont for a four night tour going about 400 miles when said and done. No issues other than a slight leak on top of my door during a nasty thunder/hail storm as I have not gotten around to putting on a gutter yet. All I could think was how my new aluminum roof would fair and it did fine. Not one dent I could see so it didn't hail too badly I guess. And I averaged one less mile per hour than I usually do without the trailer to boot.

Thanks for all the great info here and from some vendors. I actually didn't see this site until I was well along in the process. I certainly learned a lot in the process of building this thing over the past 6 months. Time for another one? Perhaps...

I started with stuff I had accumulated from my house I built about 9 years ago, steel I got from the scrap bin at work and a snapped axle I pulled from the steel pile at the recycling center in town. I built the trailer from scratch relying on E Trailer for lots of parts (great prices and service).

I still have to finish some on the interior and a few loose ends, but it is usable. Planning another trip before fall.

Thanks again from New Hampshire. For those that never heard of New Hampshire, it is in New England, home of the Patriots!! (Ha Ha).

Shawn Banker

[aggie79]

Hi Shawn!

That is one beautiful teardrop you've built. Congratulations on your first outing.

Of course, we're curious. Do you have any more pictures of your build - perhaps a link to a photo hosting site?

Take care,
Tom

[smlibanker]

I've got tons of photos and when I get a chance, I'll post something using photobucket. Thanks for the kind words too.

Shawn

[TheresaD]

Sounds great Shawn! I wish you many happy miles with your new tear!

If you're around the weekend of Sept. 9th you should come over to Milton, N.H. The New England chapter of TearJerkers is having it's annual gathering at the Mi-Te-Jo campground. Anyone can camp with us. We're a pretty social group! There will be teardrops and vintage trailers of all shapes and sizes. The campground owners give us the large group area and pavillion for our get together. It's a really nice campground and the owners are so welcoming. The majority of the sites in the group area have water and electric if you need it. If you're interested pop over to the TearJerkers site and join in. You'll see a thread on the board for the Mi-Te-Jo campout.

Hope to see you around a campfire in New England some time soon!

[smlibanker]

(':cry:') Any weekend but the 9th, and I would be there. I recently restored a 67 Datsun Roadster and am making the trek to Watkins Glen for the annual vintage racing weekend. This year the marque is the Datsun (won't happen again in my life I am sure) and I cannot miss it. For sure, I will plan for something with the tearjerkers in the spring.

Thanks for the invite!

Shawn