Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Here's a folding/pop-up hard-sided trailer on Ebay:



The body is about 10' long by 6' 6" wide, I'd say.



It looks to me like those thin corner panels hinge 270 degrees to lie on the end panels to fold - a neat touch and relatively easy to seal.



I've saved the photos, so if you want to build it, I'll draw you some plans.

Andrew

There's another one on eBay now too.

Another Ro-Lite

This one includes a ton of internal pictures which might prove useful.

It appears to work very much like the french-built Esterel I've got. Of the two, I prefer the Esterel because it lacks the usual pop-up style lifter system which commonly break anyway. You just unlatch it and push up on the ends. Pneumatic assists push it the rest of the way up, pulling the front and rear walls with it.

There's a currently-built British trailer what works the same way (as the Esterel) called the Gobur. Pretty clever stuff really. They can be found at:

Gobur site


Same principle could be applied in a smaller scale to give more in the way of headroom in a tear or tiny-trailer. I'd advise building the lower part as tall as possible and having the pop-up section be smaller. You get a larger profile while towing - but you don't have to fiddle with the fold-up interior components and you get more storage room. Ends up being more of a pop-top trailer than a pop-up trailer.

Mike

It would be nice if you could generate some simple plans for one of these with a simple pneumatic lift mechanism, if there is such a thing.
I remember seeing one of these in the early 70s while I was in school; it's a clever design. But, looks like it might be heavy. I wonder if could build it out of some sort of foam sandwich material, and maybe sleep just two w/small kitchen.
It's an interesting design. Hope you can generate some plans, soon.

Hey Andrew,
Wanna have some real fun?

Improve upon this concept...

(It's an idea I had when I was first getting started here... forgive the crude profile and exposed frame)
I call it the Slide and Pop...
BTW- I kept the image width to 800 pixels for you. (You taught me that)









I really dig the private screened patio area with hot tub.
Crazy idea?... perhaps.
Would it be a gas?... Absolutely!!!
My objective was to have a somewhat normal appearing Modernistic, which morphed into something totally whacked out...

Dean, If I had one of those, it would be easier to get my wife to go camping!

Dean wrote:Crazy idea?... perhaps.

I have to say that that sort of design isn't my thing.

But I'd be interested to know what you were 'taking' at the time, 'cos that musta been some real good sh**, man....

Andrew

Andrew,
Even though I do live in Humboldt County...(Maybe you've heard about one of the things it's known around the world for?)
... I do everything on the "natch".
I'm just like that "naturally", pretty scary huh?

Say, it would be really neat if we could get a fund going to fly you over here for the '06 Redwood Gathering... Sound like a plan?

Who knows... Maybe after spending some time in Humboldt County, you might really dig designing stuff like that?

angib wrote:Here's a folding/pop-up hard-sided trailer on Ebay:
Andrew

Thanks Andrew, ever sense I saw the one pictured below in Colorado, I've been serching for one. But damn, both of those Rolites are to far away. I was inside the one pictured below. It was quite unique. The owner said it was made in Texas and he had bought it brand new.


Have a good day.

When I was fishing last weekend I saw one of those (or at least something similar) camped out around the 15mi marker. I didn't know if it was home made or what. I wasn't driving or I would have stopped.

There is a club for Rolite trailers. Check out this link:

http://community-2.webtv.net/NOSTALGIAM ... page3.html

Don

angib wrote:Here's a folding/pop-up hard-sided trailer on Ebay:

I've saved the photos, so if you want to build it, I'll draw you some plans.

Andrew

Excellent! Let us know when you have the plans...this might be the ultimate to meet my wife's and my "original" idea of a popup...without the vinyl sides.

angib wrote:I've saved the photos, so if you want to build it, I'll draw you some plans.

Andrew

Intriguing design idea with the 'track and roller' crank up system. Might be useable in a Widget for just a bit more headspace.

DAMN I'm glad I started hangin out here. You guys find the niftiest stuff I don't have time to Google...

Andrew, has anyone ever mentioned that your picture looks like Jeeves, from Wooster & Jeeves? Could be you are related......

http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/jeeves/

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000 ... ZZZZZZ.gif

arnereil wrote:Andrew, has anyone ever mentioned that your picture looks like Jeeves, from Wooster & Jeeves? Could be you are related......

Aye. Or it could be that that's where I stole my avatar photo from......

And today's thread-hijacking cum trivial-pirsuit question is: Who realised that Bertie Wooster and Gregory House are played by the same Brit actor?



Andrew

niftier still, he's Stuart Little's dad ...
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