small TD

[Aaron Coffee]

Update with pics
floor on frame

walls are up


I should have made the floor the length of the body, I think I will extend the floor on both ends.


The long cross piece repesents where the hatch will start and the longitudinal on the wall is approximately the height of the shelf.

One last thing any ideas on how to incorporate this into my build(bought it unused at an auction for $1.

Thanks

[Jst83]

Very nice
Couple questions as I'm following this thread planning my tiny tear.
What size trailer is that and is 107" long and 43 1/2 tall the actual size of the plywood sides?

Which leads to the sides, how did you do the pattern? Very nice

[Aaron Coffee]

trailer started out as a 40 wide x 48 long nu-way kit from Menards, I made new side rails and stretched it to 75 inchs long. Walls are 107 1/2 or so and 43 1/2 tall.
I downloaded the dxf from the design library for the cub. I was going to have one of the engineers at work resize it for me, got bored of waiting so I just played around with turbo cad until I got it close enough to the size I wanted, then played around and figured out how to get a point by point measurements and used those dimensions to draw it out on cardboard.

[Jst83]

I took the grumman profile and shrank it down to 6' long in photoshop, gonna go with the 40" wide.

So it's a camper 40" wide by almost 9 feet long?

So how was the diamond side design done?

[Aaron Coffee]

The pattern on the side just happened to be there, I think it has something to do with the way the veneer was cut. I answered an add on craigs list for hardwood plywood for $20 a sheet(bought 5 sheets, 4 hickory, and one cherry). Saw the 2 sheets of hickory with the scallops and knew right away which ones were going to be the sides, in the planning stages I was thinking paint with scallops. used the cherry on the floor. The sleeping area will be 75 1/2, just the right size for a single mattress, the rest will be storage. After I get my trim done then I will varnish with an hvlp gun(unless winter beats me, then it will have to wait for next spring)

[Jst83]

Thank you for the info and I'll keep watching.

[Senior Ninja]

Please don't forget to repack those wheel bearings. It appears that the trailer may have sat for a while and those smaller wheels are going to be really spinning fast on the highway.
Steve

[Aaron Coffee]

Yep, trailer has set since 2004, thanks for the reminder. Looks like I will need a new tongue as this one only extends about 18 inchs past the most forward part of the body.
Got the floor extension supports done. Just need to cut plywood yet and pull it apart and epoxy the new peices.
Here is the rear both of these where cut from 2x4 and will also act as spars.

Here is the front, the crossmember with the red X will also act as the first spar where the aluminum will start. I goofed when putting the walls up I put them level with the frame rails and forgot that the tongue is actually 1/8 higher than the side rails and wouldn't have been able to get the first spar in at the start of the current floor, and wouldn't have had room to get any screws in.
everything underneath will get three coats of epoxy.

[Aaron Coffee]

Two years and I'm still not done! Have made some progress.
Galley done.

Cabin Shelf

Wheel, tires and fenders mocked up

Tongue lengthened. Still need to have braces welded.

[S. Heisley]

Aaron, I like the shape of your galley. Oh, and don't worry about when you get done. You're on teardrop time!

[Lgboro]

Looks good to me too --- I may have to put one of my other projects further back on my project list and build a mini. Really nice build so far. I hope to build an aluminum frame for my mini when I build. Your build should help me a lot when I get funds to build (and finish my 4x9).

[Cliffmeister2000]

Glad to see you back at it!

[Aaron Coffee]

Took #2(need a better name for it)to a car show today, still needs varnish and my little boo-boos fixed, and windows and door sealed. Got an invite to an by invitation only car show the end of October, so it looks like I will have to continue busting my butt to get it done. Taking the night off though, and going to a street dance. Will post pics tomorrow.
Aaron
PS. I would like to thank those that know more than me (everybody)for giving me the confidence to attempt the stuff I have never done and for giving advice when I ask stupid questions.

[Aaron Coffee]

Here are updated pics and looking for opinions.






Opinions wanted: White insert trim, leave it or sand/strip it down to mill finish?
Fenders? Red to match body or black or some other color?
Any ideas on a galley hatch? Bought some lockable latchs at menards and they won't work. Kind of thinking of model A hood latchs but then don't have lockable option.
any other thought, ideas, comments, etc.
Thanks
Aaron
Thanks

[parnold]

I don't see the bedpan in your last batch of pictures. I was thinking you'd turn it into a sink.



Very nice looking trailer.