Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

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name: The Big Pink

HF4X8 trailer, weight 900 lbs, 10' x 6'
Canvas over 2" foam, Queen size bed, ac, fridge, dropped floor standie



Build started here: http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=44091
and finished here: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=56441

NICE One Tac !!!

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Name: The Poet Creek Express

Status: Work in progress

Profile: Custom Benroy meets canned ham-esque (Benroy front, arched roof, “bustle” shaped hatch).

Trailer: 64 wide x 9ft 8in long 2x2 steel square tube home built; off road capable w/ Jeep suspension, shocks, bump stops, over rated large brake big bearing axle, and custom made swivel hitch. 31 inch AT tires on 15x10 Teflon coated aluminum wheels.

Hybrid construction: 5mm marine Okoume ply cedar framed sandwich floor and bulkhead; 5mm Okoume interior skin and cabinet shelves; 1-1/2 inch XPS foam walls, roof and floor; fiberglass reinforced epoxy outer skin. Homemade doors w/ flush mount windows.

Weight: TBD, target 1200 lbs all up.

Electrical System: 12v DC w/ on-board smart charger and portable solar; all LED lighting; dual linear hatch actuators; custom switch plates w/ maple trim; Maxxair Deluxe roof vent and 5 inch case positive pressure vent.

This is my 5 wide by 9 long no wood foamie. On a harbor freight trailer. The curved roof makes the roof stronger. Well almost no wood. The floor in the galley and the galley wall is wood.

It has FRP on the inside of the 1" foam ceiling with canvas glue on the roof. The side wall have canvas on the inside of the 1" foam and FRP on the out side The floor is FRP on the inside 2" foam and canvas underneath.

It has Wylie windows and bars that pull out for changing.

A drop floor in the galley and a bin under the bed.(It was a mess after 2 weeks on the road and has been redone).

I changed the tongue for a center jack with pipe spacers. I also lowered the trailer with the axle over the spring and removed the center leaf for a softer ride.

Ready to go. untested from MN on a loop of 6 NP's in two weeks. Six days before this picture there was no floor in the galley and was unwired.

With the giants. I think that is the parking lot at dinosaur NP

Rocky Mountain NP

My dog and the Wilie window fully vented dog dish propane radiant heater.

Foamie #1 ... About as simple as it can get ... Held up Super through all kinds of weather .... Bonnie owns it now ...

I forgot how to post pics!

KennethW wrote:
With the giants. I think that is the parking lot at dinosaur NP

Like our earliest mammal ancestors dwarfed by the dinosaurs who were unaware of their impending extinction.

Eagle ...

K', Dinosaurs no one can afford the maintenance on anymore ... Likely caused by the trailer manufacturers making their units so they only last through the warranty period , then systematically fall apart ... Vulture Capitalism strikes again ...

GPW wrote:Eagle ...

K', Dinosaurs no one can afford the maintenance on anymore ... Likely caused by the trailer manufacturers making their units so they only last through the warranty period , then systematically fall apart ... Vulture Capitalism strikes again ...

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Motorhome are really bad as far as maintenance. One does not wear out tire they age out along with everything on a motorhome. With a TD replacing the drive train is replacing your dally driver.
I can most likely build a new foamie for the cost of two of their payments. And at 640 # I can go anywhere without fearing the gas pump.

4X8 HF trailer. 1.5" foam no galley. 560lb