STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby GPW » Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:56 am

Having been introduced to camping trailers , just a short time ago (7 years now ) ... We made a wooden TD , which was successful , but required constant vigilance to prevent the dreaded Rot . (Not to mention it was 5 times the price of the foamie and 3+ times as Heavy :o ) We bought a steel cargo trailer , which was Nice , just too small ... Bought an RV trailer next .... somebody should have warned us about that :shock: ... what an Expensive disaster that was :frightened: :thumbdown: ... then we made our first Foamie , which was also Too Small , but required NO maintenance , was Light and very Inexpensive 8) ... so we’re slowly working up to something usable ... Learning all the way ....
Now if someone had already done this and presented a simple foam box trailer with instructions , I most certainly would have done that First ... saving a Lot of time and Coin .... and an awful lot of typing ... :roll:
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby loaderman » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:22 pm

yeah - but then we would not have all your pictures and designs :applause:
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby atahoekid » Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:13 pm

TRUE DAT!!!
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby pete42 » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:07 am

GPW..............BOOK?

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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby mezmo » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:28 am

Here's a fiberglass 'slouchy' style TTT that I recently came across on a
South African auction site. 'Looks to be about a 5Wx10Lx5H body. It has
flat/slightly-curved panels and is narrow enough to fit within the
cross-sectional area of a tow vehicle. The edges/panel-joins are 'radiused'.
There is an attempt at a Kamm-back in the rear. It could be easily
'emulated' as a basic Foamie in flat panels. It could be set up as just
a camper or as a small toy-hauler/camper.

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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby GPW » Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:27 am

Book ? Hmmmm? :thinking: First line . “ Call me Ishmael ! Oops , that’s already taken ... :R :lol: :lol: :lol:
The Foamling , there and back again ...

Nice S. African trailer ... could be a foamie ... :thumbsup:
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby bonnie » Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:39 am

mezmo wrote:
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby pete42 » Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:43 am

"Foamies for Dumbies; because I know how and you don't"

Or "How to build a foam teardrop" by Glen

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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby GPW » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:42 am

Er, that sounds like a lot of Work :shock: (run away, run away ) ... and it’s all Here anyway , just for the reading , plus you get some Cool pet pictures too ... :roll:
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby atahoekid » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:00 pm

Run, Glen, Run!!!
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby GPW » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:14 pm

Sorry , just too OLD to start yet another career... :roll:
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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby pete42 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:22 am

Me too on a new career thats why I said Glen.
another reason is I've never built a teardrop be it wood or foam.

I still get "what? foam?" looks when I mention what some
of you good folks on here have built; trailers, boats, cooler boxes all from foam.

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Re: STANDARD FOAMIE’ ... 101

Postby GPW » Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:07 am

New ideas always seem to meet with some skepticism ... Global Warming , Obamacare, Foamie trailers ... :o :lol: :lol: :lol:
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