Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **eaglesdare** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:51 am

yes too dern cold here also. merry christmas to you also!

by **GPW** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:48 am

Usually we get a few COLD weeks in late January ... Pretty early for us to be freezing like this ... BRRR !!!

Now , being thrifty , got out a couple old quilts ... One all cotton , one all polyester ... The Poly quilt is Much Warmer... :thumbsup:

Now wish I had a suit made of that stuff ... BRRR!!!! :snow

by **eaglesdare** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:21 am

speaking of thrifty...i am sitting here wrapping the remaining presents with the remaining pieces of scrape paper. the boxes now have a collage look going on. i just can't see paying for more paper when i am just going to throw it away. :lol:

you are right though, for this time of year it is record cold. i mean heck its not even winter yet. is this a sign we are going to have a really bad year? i don't really mind, but i hate when the close school and we have to extend our days out into summer vacation. we had yesterday off due to black ice.

by **GPW** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:46 am

I'm a secret ribbon re-cycler .... save it on the empty spools from last year ... every year the wife opens up the box and says " I didn't know we had all this ribbon " ... :lol:

We're at the same latitude as Cairo Egypt..

So for us , anything below 70F is officially "freezing" ... :roll:

Not acclimated to such Cold as we have now ... Sitting here in the Deep South ,huddled next to the heater, bundled up like "Nanook of the North" ... :lol:

Hands and toes like ICE... (and I'm INSIDE!!!! ) Just Googled a site for DIY Mittens from an old sweater ... BRRRR!!!!

Living in the woods , there are lots of dead limbs on the ground .... Tempted to gather it up (first warming) and then make a nice bonfire to stand around (second warming), perhaps roast some "mickeys" (sweet potatoes) :thumbsup:

by **Wolffarmer** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:10 pm

Hey GPW

Is that your teeth I hear chattering up here in Idaho?

I stopped in Lowes today. They had 2" in 2x8 foot sheets. won't helps us.

Then I stopped in HD and they had pink 2" in 4x8 sheets for $21. Seems like a few weeks back their web sight said they didn't have it in stock. Maybe that was Lowes.

Any way. I would check my local lumber yard first before buying.

Do they even stock insulation where you live?

Sorry Dude, spring is coming.

Randy

by **GPW** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:28 am

Wolf , the pink would work , and that's a Great price ... :thumbsup:

I believe the pink and the blue , and the green are all the same kind of material ... just the color is different .... so I'd go with whoever has the best price ... Thanks for checking that out ...

Hoping my HD has the same deal !!!

Yes , the chattering was from me ... odd, today is supposed to be in the low 70s... Hard to adjust to such extreme changes ...

by **GPW** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:09 pm

Well , Luck being what it is , put the word out to my friends that I was looking for Foam ... Friend called today , said he was cleaning out his shop , and had 4 sheets of 2" X 4' X 8' Blue foam for me ... FREE!!!

So I went and picked it up ... Funny , just today , the wife was asking me if I was ever going to use that old boat trailer in the yard for something ... Now , I can tell her YES !!!! :thumbsup:

Gallon of Titebond 2 and a sheet of OSB for the floor and were building yet another Teardrop

... Got the canvas and paint ... Got the model ... and now we know what to do !!!

by **eaglesdare** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:00 pm

ok i am officially jealous!!!!!!!!!!! but extremely happy for you. take lots of pics as you go. this will be so cooll to see what you do. then i can learn from your mistakes. :lol:

as for me, it is only next month that i can order my trailer. although at the end of the month, but its only next month. hehehe

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:32 pm

This is gonna be fun! :twisted:

by **GPW** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:08 pm

Just been Lucky lately !!! Must be living right ! Trying to anyway !!!
This should be really Big FUN !!!

I'm so excited , makes me want to run out and get the glue and floor right now .... and then I think about all those Christmas shoppers ... AARGH !!!!! So maybe I'll just fool with the foam parts till the frenzy fades away ... soon , I hope ..

Guess first thing is lay it out on the floor , make some lines... :thinking:

I'll take some pics as we go ...

by **GPW** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:52 am

Got a 20% off coupon from Harbor Freight , so went and bought a new trailer dolly ... Stupid me gave my old one away when I sold my TD ... Struggled to move things around ever since .. This will make things so much easier ...

40USD and well worth it ... :thumbsup:

by **Ageless** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:48 pm

On this summers 44 day Meander, I solved the bear problem . . .Just parked the Compact Jr in the middle of all the tents.

by **GPW** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:35 pm

That's One way to do it !!! :lol:

Happy Holidays !!!

Just a side note ... While waiting to develop the Foamie trailer , I placed all the foam up against my two Sliding glass doors in my Studio .... Much warmer ... Takes less heat now ... Thrifty !!! .... and warm ...

by **eaglesdare** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:55 pm

Ageless wrote:On this summers 44 day Meander, I solved the bear problem . . .Just parked the Compact Jr in the middle of all the tents.

by **Greg M** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:51 pm

Reminds me of the punchline "I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you" :lol:

-Greg

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