Sounds good Steve, make it happen! I am curious to know about your plans for making the composite shell. Good luck with your build journey!StrongFeather wrote:Let the build begin!!!
After several months of reading, planning and designing, it has finally begun. This is my first trailer build and it's been a lot of fun up to this point. I love projects and I'm really looking forward to this one.
Needs... It HAS to sleep 5 comfortably and be pulled by a Dodge Grand Caravan (backup TV is a Buick Rendezvous). 3/5 of the family loves to camp, and by camp, I mean really camp without "neighbors". The other 2/5 - not so much, hence the reason for this build. Hopefully this build will be the great compromise that will get us into the woods and allow us some incredible road trips.
With that said, in the interest of keeping weight down I've decided on a bolted aluminum frame with a composite (carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass or a combination thereof) shell. It will be 6' x 10' x 5'(interior height), which which will fit the five of us with a little more room than a pack of sardines. Functionally, it will be very utilitarian - just storage and beds. I'll add a V-nose to the front to house the batteries, charger, inverter, terminals, relays and air conditioner. There will be 3'(h) x ~18"(d) of storage storage at the rear.
I'll try to take lots of pictures and explain things as I go. Comments, suggestions and questions are welcome and encouraged.
Steve
Atomic77 wrote:I am curious to know about your plans for making the composite shell. Good luck with your build journey!
Michael
FM82 wrote:Very cool, Steve. Sounds like an interesting build! I am also very curious about your outer skin.
John61CT wrote:Could you please post a drawing of how the main + sister rails, and nearest crossmembers are oriented v/v the torsion axle mounting?
A napkin sketch snapped with your phone is fine if you haven't done a SketchUp model or something.
aggie79 wrote:Very cool! I'll be following this thread closely.
I've been kicking around the idea of a bolted aluminum frame for some time, but couldn't quite get all of the details in mind. When you get to that stage, please post details on how you connect the a-frame to the main trailer platform.
Take care,
Tom
KTM_Guy wrote:How old are the kids? We had a pop up camper when our girls were little, we slep on one side and they were on the other side. And there were curtains they would close. Once they got older 10 or so they liked to sleep in a tent next to the camper. I can’t imagine as the kids get bigger they would want to sleep with mom and dad.
Have you considered a Roof Top Tent for the camper? Mom and dad in the camper kids in the RTT.
Todd
StrongFeather wrote:The floor crossmembers simply bolt through the sistered rail like the others. Not sure if you can make that out in the pictures or not.
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