MickinOz wrote:...the trailer itself was tracking smooth and straight down the road, but the cabin/bodywork was flexing all over the place like an old cardboard box...
I do wonder what sort of awful workmanship/design resulted in a teardrop that wobbles like an old cardboard box.
Got me to thinking. My first one is double skinned with 7mm structural plywood, and built so the lower bulkhead between the cabin and galley is a structural brace. The upper section of bulkhead is removable, but even so it is screwed top and bottom so as to brace the 'drop.
QueticoBill wrote:Flat roof section creates a hinge. Even 1/2 or 3/4" of curve in a foot makes it much stiffer.
tony.latham wrote:...
Most people (I think) recognize how much shear strength the bulkhead adds to the cabin but few (I think) understand the importance of the countertop adding rigidity to the walls in the galley....
popper wrote:...Even without adding a galley bulkhead, you could probably just do a couple of internal front and rear shelves to fix it.
working on it wrote:I believe in strength and durability
twisted lines wrote:That opened up one is commercially made in the under 30K post, and is reinforced with angle's near the top
tony.latham wrote:Got me to thinking. My first one is double skinned with 7mm structural plywood, and built so the lower bulkhead between the cabin and galley is a structural brace. The upper section of bulkhead is removable, but even so it is screwed top and bottom so as to brace the 'drop.
Most people (I think) recognize how much shear strength the bulkhead adds to the cabin but few (I think) understand the importance of the countertop adding rigidity to the walls in the galley.
MickinOz wrote:His dad...drives a BAB quad, which I do believe I have mentioned on these hallowed pages before.
Pedaling a 74 wheel 4 trailer tri drive semi rig takes a lot out of you...
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