Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Hi All,
This little trailer looks like it would be a good candidate to be built as a foamie.
http://www.riversidervs.net/Model-155-- ... bath-.html
I like it because it's self-contained and is garagable (low drag).
Don

I think you're right, a Foamie Standy has been discussed around here before. I'm not sure any one has actually started one, but I think it would work just fine

Big Mike got one started , and then we never heard from him again...

I think Wagondude's is also a standy, but I'm not sure his will be garage capable.

I'm not actually started yet and nothing drawn. Lots of things (and voices) running around my head though. If I do build, it will most likely be a standy about 14 ft long. I so would rather build a cub/modernistic.

Oops. My bad. I meant to say Wobbly Wheels. Although he is fiber glassing the whole thing.

Got my "W"s mixed up.

I do like the canned hams. sure wish Mike would finish the Rockhopper so he can get back to his foamie.

wagondude wrote: I do like the canned hams. sure wish Mike would finish the Rockhopper so he can get back to his foamie.

+1

Yep.

TPCE profile was actually influenced by the typical canned ham profile (with a healthy dose of Benroy). The radiused roof and tucked under but relatively steep back "bustle".

I blame Doug Hodder for putting crazy ideas in my head that I could actually build something comparable to his masterpieces.

Honestly, I just like that late 60's early 70's vibe; takes me back to my youth in SoCal.

Hey, guys, I did a standy.

Oh, do you mean a successful standy? It did pull nicely until the side winds got over 60 mph.

Catherine

That was just a flesh wound! It's what you did after that was real sad. But how is number two coming?

Don't forget that those were extreme weather conditions.

And, hey, don't be so hard on her, Wagondude. The stress of the situation would have put any of us into panic mode looking for a... well any expedient solution. It took guts to cut that camper down, and it showed a true level of responsibility to solve the problem (one way or another) and soldier on.

Sure, we were able to think up some other solutions, but, IIRC, budget was a major factor in the decision, and none of us were there on the spot, so who's to say what we would have done under the same circumstances.

If it had been my wife, well first, she would have never even considered building it herself; she would have crashed the thing long before the wind could have become a factor because she can barely even keep the Jeep off of curbs, let alone a trailer; and if the thing had tipped over on her she would have been sobbing in her soup bawling on the phone cranking on me to come bail her out!

I for one find it refreshing and encouraging that Cathrine took her own destiny into her own hands and solved the dilemma by herself.

It's easy to have a better idea. It's just not so easy to have it when you need it!

Looking around at many “commercial” trailers , we see a lot of them with the same height to width ratios as Catherines’ ... I think what she had could be classified as a freak accident ... just due to too much wind ... more weight on the floor (she didn’t have the 500# of beer) would have certainly helped ... or a wider axle stance, or “training wheels “ .. And really the resulting damage to the foam part was negligible ... It could have been saved...

Oh, yeah, the condition of the foam box itself was proof of concept. Except for the forward left corner that dragged a bit on the road, the whole thing was solid solid solid. After the fact my step-dad and I worked out that the trailer was tongue-heavy, which probably contributed to the way it went over. But yes, 500 pounds of beer would definitely have helped!

I just bought a new trailer hitch coupler yesterday and will finally get it installed this week. I plan to buy foam this weekend. I have a reservation for a teardrop gathering in late June, so I need to get to work! Fortunately, I won't have the hesitation of working with a new material and concept this time. I already know I can build my own camper!


Catherine

Catherine , we wish you all the Very Best !!! ... and Please take some more pics as you proceed !!!

Having been through NNM a couple times , I seem to remember permanent road signs posted on some of the highways warning of High Winds ... Gotta’ carry 500# of something ... a good excuse for a Heavy well-built floor ... keeping all the significant weight down low on the trailer ...