New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

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New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby unicknn » Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:44 pm

Hey everyone, My name is Nick, I live out in Arizona and Im in the designing phase of building very different kind of teardrop. I am big into minitrucks and I want a teardrop I can take to shows with me and also for camping too. Heres a picture of the truck that will be pulling the teardrop.

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The plan is to put an adjustable suspension under the trailer too so it can lay the frame on the ground when I park. Here are the designs on the trailer frame that Ive done so far. I still need to do some stress analysis on them before I start cutting and welding but Ill get to that eventually.

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The big notch in the back is there so the axle has enough travel to lay the fram on the ground. The wheels on the trailer will match the ones on the truck so it will be running 20's.

The little wing things on the outer sides of the frame are where the 2 link bars will connect to the axle to keep it in place. It will also have another bar called a panhard that will stop any side to side movement of the axle. The airbags will connect to the cross member on top of the notch and then be attacked to brackets on the axle.

Any questions just ask and of course if you have any tips or constructive criticism Id love to hear it.
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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby GRY GHST » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:53 pm

should be a fun build can't wait to see it
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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby catleppert » Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:41 am

That is one tricked out truck! Can't wait to see the trailer as you build it! :)

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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby droid_ca » Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:52 am

This looks like it will be a good build can't wait to see more pictures
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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby bc toys » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:14 pm

welcome to site I can't wait to see more of this build good luck with it
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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby unicknn » Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:05 pm

Heres some designs for the teardrop so far. The body is going to be 48" tall.

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The copper bars coming forward will be the link bars that will hold the axle in place since it wont have leaf springs or anything like that.
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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby Rlowell » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:03 pm

I am very excited to see this build!!
Sure that I will not need to assist...but...just call...

Good luck with this and we love the pictures!! :pictures: :pictures:

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Re: New here building a differnt kind of teardrop

Postby bubblegoose1 » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:33 am

Subscribed as well. This will be a good build. Great looking truck as well. :beer:
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