Hey, ya'll! This is a wonderful, and informative site! I've been lurking on it for a couple weeks, as well as youtube and most of the teardrop sites I could find on my cheap "puter. After much honest consideration, I decided that building a TD is, for now, not feasible. Due to a heart condition/defibrillator implant, little carpentry skill, and the near impossibility of finding a good trailer to build on. [I've studied HF, NT, and finding a local welder, etc.]. And, no garage,port or awning to work in. So...tomorrow we're driving up to BECkleys Camping Center in Maryland,[from Charlottesville, va], and picking up my new 5x8 Silver Shadow! Yesterday, I spent most of the afternoon reading about leak problems on little guys, on this site, mostly from '06-'09. Does anyone have information that they've corrected this? Watching the video about attaching the awning on a little guy, looked like the galley hinge had a rubber gasket/ cover thing over the hinge...At any rate, I can get my deposit back, but I doubt if I will. Bringing my camera along..
I had a 15' Parkliner FG camper, but it was, IMHO, more than I needed to drag around the country with my 4 cyl tacoma. I think a teardrop will work fine for me, and let someone else clean the outhouse/facility!!
Wish me luck, and hopefully, I'll have some pics soon...