Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **edalma.gulftel.com** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:47 pm

Hi,folks, My name is Ed Shaffer and my wifes name is Alma. We are new kids on the block and will be attending the Feb. gathering at Little Talbot with our friends, Bob and Sory Dunn. We will be at sites #23 and #24 and hope you all will drop by. By the sounds of things, we have a lot to learn and look forward to meeting everyone. My Tear is ready (I think), and Bobs is just a little behind me. We're chawin' at the bitt for the 10th to roll around. See y'all there.

by **madjack** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:03 pm

Hey Ed...welcome to the board...if your TD is ready to go, where are the pics...ya know we just luv da pics

madjack

by **Chip** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:40 am

Ed, Alma, Bob, and Sory,,,, Welcome to the Forum and I look forward to meeting ya'll at Lil Talbot,,and taking a peek at two morn new teardrops ,, Ya picked a good place to take ya new trailers to for their firstest outings,,, I dont know about this year but we had a ball last year,,, bring plenty of antifreeze though,, :lol:

Looks like there will be a fine group thar,, even more than last year,,

again welcome and see yall at da beach,,, and to DITTO m'jacks quote,,, we want to see dem pics,,,,

chipper :thumbsup:

by **Ross Wade** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:19 am

Glad to hear that your tear is completed, Ed. Can't wait to see ya'll in about a month

Ross

by **Ross Wade** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:08 am

Ed emailed these :pictures:

to me, so I decided to post them. He has done some :awesome:

Ed tells me that he is the good looking one on the right and to his left is his friend Bob. Both of them and their wives will be at Little Talbot.

by **ALAN GEDDES** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:05 am

Great looking tears. Looks like 12 confirmed so far.

by **Arne** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:16 am

Very nice looking contour... like it very much.... after seeing a few with the return slope at the rear (I was going with a flat/lower back end.. I've decided on a bit of reverse bend on the bottom... gives it a nice finishing touch.

by **Chip** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:27 am

Hey thar Ed,,, the pics of ya'lls tears are looking real good,,, :thumbsup:

Question,,, is it just the picture or are both of these trailers big,,, what are the dimentions of your teardrops and any other info or specs ya can share,,,,

see ya at Talbot

chipper

by **edalma.gulftel.com** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:42 pm

Hey, Y'all...... Thanks for all the kind words 'bout my (our) Teardrops.
Chipper, the pics I sent were the correct size.... THe body is 10 ft long, the width is 5 ft plus the fenders, and the height of the body is 5 ft.
I have some finished photos that should be here this afternoon, and I will send them out . Thanx again..... Ed Shaffer

by **mikeschn** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:33 pm

Awsome... that reminds me so much of my Baja Benroy, with the 5' high body. How I miss that one...

One of these days I am going to have to apply Roly's 1/4 Nelson build techniques to a new 5' high, 6' wide body...

Mike...

by **Frank** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:20 pm

Hey Gang,
Alan has us camping in July. Anybody know where? :oops:

Trying to get my vacation days in order.

Frank

by **Ross Wade** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:08 pm

Here is three more pictures of Ed's completed teardrop. Wanting to be Florida bound :lol:

Great job Ed :thumbsup:

by **madjack** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:45 pm

that really looks great Ed :thumbsup:

watch out for them fellers down Florida way...they'll put some ROOTS on ya
madjack

by **Woody** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:49 am

watch out for them fellers down Florida way...they'll put some ROOTS on ya

And you make it sound like a bad thing :thinking:

I'll bet if you were to go to Talbot and find out for yourself that it (ROOTS) is a darn good thing :lol:

But be aware of the menace of the island the dreaded Chupacabra and his night rampages or the attack of the tacky yard ornament pink flamingoes on a stick stirred up into an indiscriminate breeding frenzy with PJ and crown. Last year, well I shudder, at the sight of them at even at the Garden Department at the Wal mart nearby. Oh the HORROR of it all. :shock: