Caryn, I just want to ease your mind about your limited woodworking skills. I too, took woodworking classes in high school, spent 4 years as an apprentice carpenter, worked in the construction field for 45 years, had a custom cabinet shop for 8 years, built many one-of-a-kind furniture projects in my 800 sq ft, fully outfitted woodworking shop, and I have to tell you, building a teardrop trailer is a snap!
Now, with all of that behind us. don't feel intimidated because you are not familiar with all of the ins and outs of working with wood. We are a wonderful wealth of informative builders, willing to share with you, any tips and methods that will help you with your build. The most important thing you have to do, is ask, ask, ask. Remember, there are lots of pics to look at, various sites to get tips on designing your build and I am sure you won't have any trouble at all. Hey, we even had a highschool girl build her own tear and took it to a far-away gathering, alone..........see, if she can do it, so can you. All of the fancy tools and extensive knowledge of power tools and joinery tricks are not required. All you have to do is decide that you too, can do it, and guess what........you can.
Good luck on your build, remember take pics.....we love em.
Roly
to the playground Caryn. You can do this. Just my opinion but you should stick with the 5 X if you can. You don't need a real heavy duty trailer.
