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Baja Benroy weight

Postby Clancy Courtney » Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:58 am

Mike, Do you have any idea how much your trailer will weigh when completed? I keep dreaming of building another teardrop but a Sunspot type trailer 5x5x10 might be neat.
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Postby mikeschn » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:38 am

My small Benroy is 840 lbs. I can only guess about the large one. I'm thinking maybe it'll be somewhere in the 1200 to 1500# range. It shouldn't be long till we find out. Another month or so...

The sunspot could be built up using 1x2's covered with 1/8" plywood on the inside, and aluminum on the outside. That would make for a very light trailer.

Take lots of pictures if you decide to build a sunspot. It'll be the most information we've had on that trailer in about 24 years!!! :D

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Postby tdhombre » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:05 am

I am in the final stages of building my teardrop and intend to take it by a public scale when I am finished. I believe I have to do that to get it licensed in CA but plan on doing it regardless. I believe it will come in at less that 1,000 lbs. but will post the results when they are in.
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Postby BufordT » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:00 pm

Ok, maybe I've not read enough yet. Been reading for an hour now and I'm only 1/2 way done. Lots of stuff happend while I was gone. I've seen the pic's of the sunspot. Got any info on it or should I just wait till I've read the rest of the post for the info.

Bufordt :twisted:

Take lots of pictures if you decide to build a sunspot. It'll be the most information we've had on that trailer in about 24 years!!! :D

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Postby mikeschn » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:08 pm

Keeping you scrambling to keep up eh? Hear that Rik? :lol:

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BufordT wrote: Been reading for an hour now and I'm only 1/2 way done.
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