Let me see what you guys got!!!!!!!!

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

I am having trouble findign the things on your site. Ill keep looking. So you are saying I can fit all the things I want in my designe, and still sleep my wfie nad myself and have a bathroom?????????
I was looking at he travel trailers and thoguht about gettign one of them then cutting out the side and making what i wnat but,I wasnt sure about keeping them from leaking and what not, Im going to put a lot of electronics into them so ill need it to be water proof,
ohhhhh that reminds me, what type of power source would i be using considering all the thigns ill be running, i was thinking of mountign a genorator right to teh front of the trailer.

[Shrug53]

I am having trouble findign the things on your site. Ill keep looking. So you are saying I can fit all the things I want in my designe, and still sleep my wfie nad myself and have a bathroom?????????
I was looking at he travel trailers and thoguht about gettign one of them then cutting out the side and making what i wnat but,I wasnt sure about keeping them from leaking and what not, Im going to put a lot of electronics into them so ill need it to be water proof,
ohhhhh that reminds me, what type of power source would i be using considering all the thigns ill be running, i was thinking of mountign a genorator right to teh front of the trailer.

Here is the direct link to the album you need to see: http://www.forgottenclassics.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album02&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=1

You would probably need a decent size generator as I would guess that football places would not have ready power. If you put it on the front of the trailer you are going to be talking about a heck of a big tongue weight. Unless you are driving something like an F350 I am not sure that would be a great idea.
But in answer to your question, yes, all that stuff can fit. When you see the micro habitat pictures you will see how everything goes together.

[Guest]

Hi Bob,
I got your email with the Word file. Shrug should be able to adjust his Micro Habitat to meet your needs. He is also quite up to snuff with all the electrical needs you're going to have.

[Shrug53]

Hi Bob,
I got your email with the Word file. Shrug should be able to adjust his Micro Habitat to meet your needs. He is also quite up to snuff with all the electrical needs you're going to have.

I am? Cool!

Actually I am better at the electronics than the designing. I only started bouncing trailer ideas around a few months ago. I just understand how things work. But I have been in the computer industry for over 20 years and was also a licensed electrical contractor.

Of course what I always really wanted to do was be a florist... hey a guy can dream!

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

that one seems perfect. I guess I COULD also change some things around a littel once i get the frame up and start the intereior , right?
I am going to lose some room becasue of the deprth of the keg, tv and stereo components.
Id liek it to be 6'5
ALos I have a dodge dakota with a v8 5.7 magnum wiht a 5800 lb towing capacity, i tow a 19 footboat on teh regualr with no problem.

Ok now whats the cost? what do i get ?

[Shrug53]

The towing capacity is important, but you need to find out what the maximum tongue weight is. You need to know that before you start building so you know where to put the axle.

If we mad this one, oh lets say 7' high x 6.5' wide x 11' long the actualy build cost would only be a few thousand dollars. The real money will come with your electronics, large water tanks, water heater, etc. The shower enclosure runs about $500.00 by itself if I recall right. You would just not believe how much stuff you could get in to that space. I had a look at a brand new 11' travel trailer at a local RV store that actually slept six!

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

Ok leyt me ask you this, do you think for my purposes it would be better to purchase a shasta like you showed me nad work on that? It sseems that might be the way to go, Is it safe to cute away at the sides of those things.

If I make the micro cruiser at that size how do we get started? I wanna get this thing rolling. Its prolly better that I build my own becuase of the customizing I want to do and the spreadign out of hte costs over a years time doesnt shock the wife nearly as much. hahah My tounge weight on my truck is rated for 5000 lbs , its ok.

[Shrug53]

Found that site that makes that great corner shower enclosure:

http://www.arpbathtubs.com/S4040N.htm

http://www.arpbathtubs.com/tubsm.html

[tdhombre]

It doesn't fit all the spec's listed but here is a link to a model that might be interesting to check out:

http://www.teardroptrailersexpress.com/ ... +Tailgater

Regards.

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

Wow that one is right up my alley...............what are htey asking for it???
anything over 5 and its a no go

[Shrug53]

5000# tongue weight? That is.... remarakable. I have never heard of the toungue weight being the same as the towing capacity. Usually it is more like 10% of that number.


Well start building. We will be here for any questions along the way. If you have any questions about my design, or you want something done specifically for you, drop me a note.

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

Start building????????? Lol thats what I was afraid you were going to say. I have no idea where to start, If I was to work with you what would you charge me? ANd what would I recieve from your services

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

Shrug , is ther eanyway we could design somethign like i discussed that will fit on one axel. 11 feet long 6'5 wide 7 feet tall? Just make it like a box and then let me go to town on the inside adding all the gadgets??????
What Im really looking for are plans for a box that I can jsut biuld then add all teh things i want

[Shrug53]

The problem is that building something like this is an art. The same way that boats and planes used to be built. You laid them out on the garage floor and went for it.
When I first started looking at teardrops, I realized that plans were only good as general guidelines. Read all of the plans on my website. You will see the basics are all the same.
If is like building a hot rod... or painting a picture.
What my designs do for me are give me my basic layout and measurements.
It goes like this. You get your trailer and then put in your floor. Then you cut and put in the walls and then take a full set of measurements. Then you can start adding cabinets, seating, etc.
The only thing I am going to do is prepare files for printing that will give me my patterns. I found out that Kinkos will do plain paper printing of up to 3' wide and any length at about 89 cents per linear foot. So I am going to prepare two pdf files for myself which I will take down the and have printed. Then I can cut them out and tape them to my wood.
That is the hard part. Once you get your walls cut and tacked in to place, you can go from there.
If you want a basic design to work off of, including pdf files you can take to kinkos to print out your side patterns, I could do that for you.
For what you want, I would probably do a canned ham kind of shape like one of these two trailers:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... AMEWA%3AIT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... AMEWA%3AIT

[Shrug53]

Hey Tail you may want to consider this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... gory=50063