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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:31 pm
by Tombstonebilly
:D Hello not long here but love to build cheap things, there seems to be a lot of old boat trailers around here, would one of these make a good trailer for a TD ? Also I was thinking of making it out of PVC pipe with auto headliner material soaked with epoxy. Has anyone tried this ? :thinking:

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:45 pm
by mikeschn
Welcome to the forum.

A pipe trailer? Nah, I wouldn't do it...

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Mike...

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:03 pm
by asianflava
That's the typical construction method for door panels, kick panels, and various other speaker mounts. The reason why it is used for door panels is because they have compound curves. Building a flat sided trailer is easier done with flat panels.

I suppose it could be done using the method you described but you will be buying a lot of epoxy.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:10 pm
by toypusher
It could make for some interesting design ideas! :thinking:

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:27 am
by Tear Dreamer
Check out this thread.....it might be up your alley....

http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=19227

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:36 am
by Tombstonebilly
:frustrated: Ok so that wont work :o How a bout a fabric roof and hatch coated with dri loc :thinking: oh yes :beer:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:11 pm
by GPW
Every time we see Mike's picture of the pipe trailer , we think of all the old horse trailers , done in that style , sitting up and down our rural street , many rotting away from lack of use.... Always had an idea that a converted (and Sterilized) horse trailer would make a great camper...Pretty streamline too , most completely rounded in the front...Plenty of room in those double wides...standy' too !!! 8) Sometimes for various reasons (sold the horse, the horse died, ate the horse, etc. ) the trailers become available or abandoned...I'll just have to offer to haul some away ... just for experimentation ... :roll: