new to this area of the forum

[K0BLR9]

Hi there groupies,

I have been haning out in the newbies area and thought I would post over here. What I am wondering is for a 8 x 10 teardrop camper will

3" channel 12 gauge thick be enough? also anyone know how much steel I will need?

thanks & take care,

K0BLR9

[kennyrayandersen]

Hi there groupies,

I have been haning out in the newbies area and thought I would post over here. What I am wondering is for a 8 x 10 teardrop camper will

3" channel 12 gauge thick be enough? also anyone know how much steel I will need?

thanks & take care,

K0BLR9

Your best bet may be to go with an existing design -- have you looked in the design library? If you find one you like, someone else has probably already built it and there is probably a thread on it that you can read and learn more. Then you can ask some specific and meaningful questions.

The gage you are talking about would probably work, but to do a trailer from scratch you are going to have to do a lot of figuring and planning. For instance, the gage may work for the periphery, but your tongue might need to be beefier. All of those methods and formulas are in the design library -- check it out -- lots of good stuff in there. Once you have a specific design or concept, then you can start figuring out the material that you will need.

[K0BLR9]

sounds good!

thank you for suggestion.

[K0BLR9]

I really like that campster 12. do you know the location of the thread for that one?