The maiden voyage of our little camper

[pbrunicorn]

9 months ago I started my last year of schooling towards my AAS in welding at metal fabrication. I began school with 1 large project in mind and that was a teardrop. The concept had to change over time based on needs (mine vs the fiance vs the dogs) materials and time constraints. The trailer is no longer a teardrop design. My aluminum came in with 1 week of school left. I hustled and got it all riveted on with 1 functioning door. That was two weeks ago.

In the last two weeks I finished the majority of the exterior work. Created the two missing doors and installed them and sealed the entire trailer. Last weekend we finally got her out of the city and in to the mountains. We went to a campground named Dog Creek just outside of Pine, Idaho. A very small campground with 12 spots. We arrived late friday night and got the last spot available. It was a beautiful weekend. The dogs had a wonderful time as did we. Sleeping on a real queen bed was amazing compared to an airbed in a tent. We have a lot to figure out on how to pack efficiently and move about inside but we look forward to it.



There are still a bunch of little upgrades I want to work on inside and out. Overall I am very happy with the trailer and look forward to more uses with it.

Thanks to everyone for their help, ideas and suggestions in the build thread and thanks to those who sent me private messages with advice and info.

Now back to lurking

[S. Heisley]

Brian:
Congratulations on a successful first camping trip. Your trailer looks beautiful! Great family picture, too! Thanks for sharing.

[mikeschn]

Congrats...

It looks like you had a great time!

Mike...

[goramsey]

Congratulations on your build and finishing school. Looks like fun ahead.

[parnold]

Very awesome!

How did you finish off the inside?

[pbrunicorn]

Thanks guys

the inside is a birch ply with aluminum trim. I have two aluminum cupboards that I made plus an aluminum shelf. The bed has a basement underneath for storage. You can see in the pics below the inner trim isnt fully attached yet and the doors are not on the cupboards. The inside of the entrance doors aren't finished yet eitherWe are thinking we will put a cargo net across the shelf to pack our clothes on to eliminate a backpack or two. We will see where that goes though.....






There are more pictures on my flickr page

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moomoocow/

[parnold]

The insides look real good. It makes me happy that there are others out there that "aren't quite finished".

I have a few trim items inside that always seem to get pushed back for some other modification or improvement I think of.

[Kurt (Indiana)]

Way to go Brian. I still remember my very first outing (2001) in the teardrop.

It rained all weekend and was 33 degrees on Saturday morning.

I still had a great time . It's been good ever since.

[Miriam C.]

What an accomplishment! You have a wonderful looking weekender......Do you guys need air conditioner up there? Have lots of fun and thanks for the pictures.

[greekspeedoman]

Great work Brian.

That first trip is a fun one. Looks like some quality work. Congrats on school & the trip. Thanks for sharing.

[razorback]

Great Work. hope you enjoy yours as much as we enjoy ours.
nice photo too..............
larru

[Classic Finn]

Yes that sure looks Finntastic. Nice work. But we need more camping pics

[Dragonryder]

CoNgRaTs on a successful maiden voyage. I'm hoping to have my first outing at the end of this month.

[Ratkity]

w00h00!! Glad you had a great trip! How'd the pup do?

Hugs,
Ratkity

[hiker chick]

Looks terrific!

And the pups seem to approve of their new crate-on-wheels.