I've been a member and lurker long enough, so I decided it was time to start building. This is the first thing I've ever built, and its been fun collecting tools for it. I'm building a 4x8 Generic Benroy on a folding HF trailer and am heavily influenced by Mike's first Generic Benroy and Bruce's current Benroy. Thanks for all the pics and info. It will have a sky and cloud theme when I'm done with it, hence the name Cloud 9. I will also be happy when I am in my teardrop and it will be my cloud 9. I enjoy hiking and photography and the teardrop will be my base for both.
Anyways, I actually started building a couple of months ago and decided I better start posting the pictures before that bubble oil starts sloshing around. Here's my start:
12/10/07 - Purchased folding trailer from HF.
12/12/07 - Got around to assembling my trailer and ran into the first snag...two of the same parts. Dang.
1/9/08 - Got the right rail and holidays over, back to teardrop building. Got the frame together. Axle is moved back and sanded down frame for painting. You can see where I did some test painting on that stupid extra rail in the background.
1/12/08 - Painted the visible parts of the frame with Rustoleum gloss black. Surprised me that it only took a little over 1 can.
1/23/08 - Completed painting the frame. Installed the axle and wheels. Also installed the coupler. (That reminds me, I guess I have to get around to getting a hitch installed on the tow vehicle.) Test fitted the 1/2" ply for the floor so I can see how much I need to trim off the sides. If it isn't obvious by now, I'm installing the walls on top of the frame.
2/12/08 - Got the subfloor done. Also have mounting points for the spare tire and Atwood stabilizing jacks.
2/12/08 - Sometime before I did the subfloor I cut my profile out for the curb side, but never took a picture of it until this day. It's 1/2" ply also and I cut the door out too. Don't be confused about the picture, it is just leaning up against the wrong side of the trailer facing the wrong way.
2/12/08 - And the door with the eerie eyes looking at you
2/17/08 - Today I drilled my holes for mounting it to the frame (only 5..3 in the rear and 2 up front) and applied the black goo to the underside. I probably put on way too much, but that stuff doesn't spread around too easily. I'm sure it will be dry by summer. Hahaha.
2/17/08 - I also coated the bottom edges of the sides. Still only one profile cut out. Maybe one of these days I'll get my new router out of the box and get the other side cut.
Sorry for such the long post, but I'm sure you don't mind with all the pics. I'll post more as I go along. If you have any questions or want more information about the build, just let me know.
Cloud 9 here I come!