Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Cool! I'll See you then!

glen, when you going to jersey?

Too many projects going on now to visit , besides , the wife just got back from up there last night ...
next time I go , will be pulling a decent size Foamie ...

Ran into a bit of a delay this week. I was planning on painting the springs and re-installing the axle on Wednesday. When I got the springs all cleaned up to paint I discovered a crack in one of the leaves. Guess it's better to find it now instead in the middle of BFE, Texas.

Thursday morning I went by the spring place and found out they no longer make springs as long as the old ones. Spent a good share of the afternoon measuring and contemplating . Finally decided to go with some springs 19" shorter then the old ones and ordered them from etrailer.

Got a new pair of rear axle hangers , so I'm going to have to grind some of my new paint off the trailer and weld the new hangers on, then repaint.

I spent all yesterday afternoon in the big blue store, buying plywood, paint , screws, and a/c.

Today I have to play in a charity softball game. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon will be all build time

Good you found that when you did !!! I’ve been broke down in BFE several times before .... somewhat less than thrilling !!!
Typically:
“ Uh, sir, we have to order that part and it’ll take about 10 days to get in if the truck isn’t delayed by snow or a rock slide . There’s the Motel across the street , it’s the only one we got ... gets kinda’ busy in the evening ... so better get your room now ... and oh yeah , don’t eat the chili ..”

glen hope you don't overload the truck with all that foam............

pete

Pete, didn’t happen ... their wholesale prices were higher than Loews or HD ( a third more ) ... I still have trouble understanding that ... Only thing I can think of is they must supply the Government jobs , where price is seemingly no object ...

So, I had a revelation a couple days ago....the price of airfare has dropped significantly in the past couple weeks. I was actually able to get 2 tickets to Colorado for less then it would cost to drive. I can borrow a car and camping gear from my folks once I get there. Also I've been working way too hard on this trailer project the last couple weeks trying to meet my deadline. This project is for fun I already have a job I don't like . That"s why I need a hobby. With this in mind, I have changed up my approach, and plane tickets have been purchased, and I can drink beer while I work on the trailer I think I'll be much happier!
I have made some progress the last week anyway!

Saturday-The new spring hangers are welded in and the trailer has a second coat of paint.

Sunday- I went to the big blue box store and bought some lumber, paint and an a/c unit.

Monday- Came home from work and took a quick nap. Then went to the big orange box for some foam.

When that was unloaded, I staerted working on the dropped floor.


I had a piece of 3/4 oak ply left over from my kitchen remodel, (just big enough for the dropped section)already stained blue like my cabinets, so I guess I'll have a blue floor. Good thing I like blue

Black goo spread around.

Tuesday- When I woke up I found the new springs had arrived from Etrailer.

With the axle reinstalled we were able to push it down the driveway and turn it around. Then I started working on the regular floor.


The work on the floor continued through the week

I'm trying something different on the floor. I stuck strips of canvas about 8"wide along the edges of the bottom side of the floor which will get stuck to the foam. Then I can coat the entire bottom of the floor with black goo and make sure everything is sealed. Oh yeah, I did use some SUPER FOAMIE THREAD WATERPROOFER on the bottom of the plywood too.

Here is a high quality 3d drawing of my plan (not to scale)


Hope everyone is having a good week!

wow that's a great frame

good luck on your build

cheers

Really coming along now Rosey !!! Glad you don’t have to rush ... Your design looks COOL, blue floor and all ...

Rosie, I really like that design. It has a classic look to it. If I recall you do your own welding. There's a skill I wish I had. I agree with you, treat it as a hobby and it's less frustrating. And BTW, I love the blue floor. I bleed UCLA blue... Go Bruins!!

I like it. Looks kind of like a foam version of Doug's Sierra Nomad.

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Gonna need more popcorn for this one.

Bill

I can only dream of Doug's quality of finish work. That is a nice trailer.

Rosey , you have our upmost confidence you will produce a superior Foamie trailer ... after the boat an all ...

WOOOOW! To hear Doug's name and foamie mentioned in the same breath is high praise indeed. But Rosie, I think you can indeed pull it off. You have my confidence. Go Girl, make us foamlings proud!!!