Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

So after hacking and welding (aka paying a buddy in beer) up a modified jack handle.

I now have room on my tongue to mount a box, and more importantly can use my drill to raise and lower my jack!

I'm looking to put my battery and a propane tank on it and was hoping to see some ideas of home-made solutions. This is also the fall back spot should I go w/ a mini-split a/c system. It'll likely be made of wood, with a slim possibility of diamond plate. Its a v-nose (see my snow-mobile thread) so I don't have a ton of room. I can definitely fit a dual propane set-up, but that doesn't leave much room for the battery so I'm leaning toward a single larger bottle.

Anyway thanks for the ideas.
Cheers,

Here's my v-nose setup. I might put a LP tank in the middle eventually.



Better picture of the "mount."

Hi cornfused,
Nice boxes and mount ... this still leaves the tongue area open for that propane bottle & looks like enough room to get a battery in there also ... great job

Nice job. Are those the HF boxes?

abqlloyd wrote:Nice job. Are those the HF boxes?

Yes, those are the "more expensive" of the two that HF sells. I bedlinered them with Herculiner to protect them from road debris.

Desert Rat, my batteries, (two 220 amp/hr golf cart bats) are there hidden in the box on the right.

Very nice installation

Our first tear did not have a tongue box and I had a serious case of tongue box envy. Compass Rose has the biggest one I could find. Behind the box are a 6" pipe for the stinky slinky and a 4" for tent/tarp poles.

Shadow Catcher,
I like this box. But I tried to search the,web for both a brand name of Compas Rose and a company named Compas Rose and did not come close to what you are showing. Can you steer me in the right dircetion to search for it?

Thanks,

Set below the crank of the jack.

I like this one. I want to build something even bigger. (From LenB, 2006)

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I've never liked the shape of mine but it sure does work well:







I always meant to go back and put a curved lid on it but never got around to it....

Bruce

Nice one, Bruce.

Bruce,

Nice. I almost typed "outside the box" design, but what I mean is VERY interesting design. Good one.

Prem

Thanks guys...

. Still going to put on some dark bands, corners and edging, but this is one sheet of plywood. (Almost)