newby with a size issue

[smoothking]

Hello. I'm about to begin my first teardrop. I have built boats and a cabover camper before. I had planed on building a regular fifth wheel camper, but came across a show on travel channel about teardrops. I'm hooked. I gotta have one. My project will begin soon, but I have a problem. I'm married and have 4 kids. Ten year old twins, a four year old, and a 19 month old. Ad to this the fact that my wife and I are both rather large people, my td will have to be twenty foot long! any ideas or advice on this matter would be appreciated.

[Gage]

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Ad to this the fact that my wife and I are both rather large people, my td will have to be twenty foot long! any ideas or advice on this matter would be appreciated.

You also take a tent for the bigger kids. And if your worried about size, then maybe a teardrop isn't for you. And Welcome aboard.


P.S. The large wording is just in case you can't read the normal size print.

[Steve_Cox]

Maybe a cabin car type trailer instead of a teardrop would work for you. It has the galley in the back and you could fill the inside with bunk-beds.


Picture borrowed from Gage. Thanks.

[Miriam C.]

to the playground. We have a lot of people with children who are now building so let me first request that you share whatever you decide.

Now 10 year old twins in a tent that is attached to the td with a really good alarm. My kids needed a lock at that age. God what they got into.

Here is a beginning list for you. Also check out the Hall of Fame for builds.

Beevel's super size weekender.
http://tnttt.com/viewto ... c&start=30
This one will only need a small mod to put in two babies too.

Grant's teardrop for 4 will again only take a small mod for babies too.
http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=22952

Mike's Et is large enough for a crowd and so is mine. It is all in how you manage the packaging.

Also EZ's Rimple can be made bigger and it will be great.
http://www.edzech.com/EZ%20Teardrop%20C ... Camper.htm

Most of our members are available through the Private Message feature and will be more than happy to answer questions.

Enjoy

[smoothking]

Thanks for the ideas, guys. I'm goin next week to get my trailer. I cant wait to get started on this thing. . I will be posting pics from day one. if you guys notice me screwing up royal, which i'm good at, dont be bashfull about saying something. Thanks again

[Wimperdink]

Bunkbeds in the already built cabover camper.... parents in a 6' wide teardrop

[TPMcGinty]

Thanks for the ideas, guys. I'm goin next week to get my trailer. I cant wait to get started on this thing. . I will be posting pics from day one. if you guys notice me screwing up royal, which i'm good at, dont be bashfull about saying something. Thanks again

So what did you decide to build?

[smoothking]

Well, the wife decided i should use Beevel's weekender as a good idea spinner. Thank for the links, guys.The rough drawing i made doesn't look EXACTLY like the weekender, but the idea is about the same. The good news is, the wife was more O.K. than I thought she would be about the twins in a tent idea. Oh, and I dont have the already built cabover anymore . Thanks to first wife and a well placed match. It seems she wasn't as into the upcoming divorce as I was.