new and loveing it :))

[tathead41]

new to the wonderful world of teardrops my name is steve and i live in milwaukee wisconsin. ive been lurking on this site for a while now ,soaking up as much as my brain can handle.. id really love to build one of these beutiful teardrops my wife and i love camping with our 2yr old son,and with all the gear we bring i have no more room left in our car so that brings me to u wonderfull people i have a ? for "you" to start with .....can i buy a utility trailer like a "karavan"to start with? will i have to modifiy the axel? a lot of people here build there own trailer.....i am not that gifted and dont know any welders...can anybody help me with this ? thankyou for yr time

[gregp136]

Greetings and Welcome. We live right next to you in West Allis, Wisconsin. We built our trailer on a Harbor Freight trailer. Ours is a 4x8. The axel did need to be moved back but that was easy. Only needed a drill since it is bolted on. Would be happy to help any way we can.

Greg(and Laurie)

[tathead41]

thankyou for yr warm welcome how do you know that the axel had to be moved ? and how far? i know its about balence but how would u calculate this ?

[Wolfgang92025]

thankyou for yr warm welcome how do you know that the axel had to be moved ? and how far? i know its about balence but how would u calculate this ?

tathead ,

Welcome to the fun.............

In the header you find a radio button for the design library. Inside is a trailer balance tutorial with an excel spreadsheet. Worked as advised for me.