Ron, the new trailer can be licensed once its assembled with a floor. My goal is to have a teardrop "done" enough to take it to IRG5.0 this July. I'm planning several major labor/time shortcuts. The Benroy design seems much easier/quicker to build. The Northern Tool 5x8 Trailer can be assembled in a day and licensed with just a floor. To save time I plan to buy Frank Bear doors plus custom made cabinet doors and drawers. The doors and cabinet parts may cost a little extra but probably will save months of time and should be higher quality than what I could make myself.
I plan to keep my custom made 5' x 10' frame, too, which I did not (know to) license with just a floor...wish I had. Lesson learned. In time it may be completed as teardrop #2, instead of teardrop #1.
Now I plan to build a simpler Benroy on the Northern Tool 5x8 frame. Want to get some real life camping and traveling experience. Refine my ideas. Then later I very well may complete teardrop #2 on my 5x10 frame with its Dexter #9 axle and brakes.
For those who do not know I started to build a 5' x 10+' Grumman II inspired teardrop on a custom made frame. Never got around to posting pictures here to document it. Got a floor, walls, and bulkhead installed. Back then Ron and I helped each other with our teardrop projects. I built two warped doors. Got frustrated. I stopped for a breather. The breather extended into years and my ideas changed/evolved.
Now I want to build a simpler Benroy with solar on the roof and a pull out drawer in the galley for an AC/DC fridge freezer. It will be 5' wide by 9.5' long. The precise dimensions are a little fuzzy until the NT trailer arrives and is assembled.
I'll be using many parts I previously bought like a Fantastic Fan, electrical supplies, LED lights, birch plywood, epoxy and fiberglass, boat paint, Grant's hurricane hinge, (now well seasoned) cabinet frame lumber, insulation and various bits and pieces.
I have a PD4045 power center from Frank Bear that will arrive Wednesday per UPS. Electrical supplies from DelCity.net and Amazon.com will arrive soon too. Plan to make a lumber run for the plywood needed for the floor, walls, roof, hatch, etc. asap with the newly licensed NT trailer. Most of the other parts and/or suppliers still needed are researched in my "favorites" ready to order as needed.
Everything should get off to a fast saw dusty start soon after the NT trailer arrives (this coming Friday). I have a bucket full of clamps and most of the tools needed. I'm hoping to make good, speedy, progress once construction starts. I will post pictures soon and as things progress.
I have the galley's design concept pretty well figured out. It will have five drawers under the counter top. Two 26' long ones will hold the cooler and the Camp Chef oven. In the center I plan three stacked drawers. Above the counter will be more storage cabinets including one for the electrical goodies like the PD4045. Will post my sketches for feedback.
I do not know if there is room on the Northern Tool 5' x 8' trailer for the walls to overhang the trailer frame about an inch on the sides, which I prefer if possible, without that interfering with the tires and fenders. Anybody know?
Over the years I also acquired furnishings for the teardrop like an Ikea queen sized foam bed, a Camp Chef camp oven, cast iron dutch ovens, a thermal cooker, tableware, glassware, storage jars and more bits and pieces I'm forgetting at the moment.
by Esteban » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:32 pm 
wow.....all new from scratch? I did not expect that. You will have a lighter trailer and save on gas. 
The promised replacement taillights have not arrived yet. So I called Northern Tool today. At first, today, I was told I'd have to wait until July for new taillights to come in from China. Or return the trailer for a refund. It's all assembled and the packing material is gone. Not good (that would suck big time). I asked to speak to a supervisor. She agreed to send me replacement tail lights they carry in stock. I'll call in a few days to ask if they shipped and request a tracking number. Fingers crossed it all works out OK.