Hi from the UK

[dan_uk_1984]

Hi Guys & Gals,

I'm Dan, from Wiltshire in the UK. I've been hankering after a teardrop for some time and have now decided to have a go at building one myself.

I'm relatively "handy" but not overly experienced with woodwork so this will be a bit of a learning curve - but I love that!

I picked up a trailer this evening to start the project with. It's an old caravan chassis 4x6, really pleased with it as it's coil sprung with dampers. Vs a lot of the cheaper ones I was after were leaf sprung. I paid £35.00 for this which was a bargain!

The first job is to strip it down to metal and get it painted. The bed will extend easily another 2 feet towards the hitch.

Here's a photo, with my pride and joy tow car:


New Trailer by d86cfv, on Flickr

Anyway, fantastic forum! Will get on and read some of the posts about other peoples builds!

Dan

[aggie79]

Welcome Dan,

We're glad to have you on board. It looks like you have a good start with the trailer - nice tow vehicle by the way.

As always, please post pics of your build progress.

Take care,
Tom

[jackdaw]

Hi Dan, Welcome to the forum....
It is a fantastic journey building your own teardrop.....But it can be quite addictive
We're only just up the road from you, and always happy to share what we know

Keep the pictures coming.... we like pictures

Dave.

[dan_uk_1984]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the welcome!

Dave, I may well take you up on that!

Dan

[starleen2]

[Backwoods Guy]

Hi Dan,

I don't believe I've ever seen anyone from the UK use the word "hankering" before. I thought it's use was only found in "Genuine Frontier Gibberish" from the old U.S. Southwest.

Welcome

[dan_uk_1984]

Hi Dan,

I don't believe I've ever seen anyone from the UK use the word "hankering" before. I thought it's use was only found in "Genuine Frontier Gibberish" from the old U.S. Southwest.

Welcome

Apparently it's origins (1655) are Dutch, it is classed as "Indo-European" word as it's is used across most of europe in various forms. All meaning "to long for" or "strong desire for",

Ask any Brit what hankering means and they'll know - what I would say though is that from experience we tend to miss out our "quaint" odd words whilst talking to other nations because we appreciate they are oddities.



Dan

[Backwoods Guy]

I'll admit my opinions may be a bit clouded by watching to much BBC America.

In the states it's often pronounced more like "hanker-in", dropping the "ing" sound as in "king". And most often associated with old mining prospector characters in american western movies. But the definition is still the same.

It's always good to learn something new everyday.

Thanks, Guy

[dan_uk_1984]

Thanks again for the welcome, I have started my build today, so have created my Build Thread

Boy do I feel like I've had a work-out today!

[H@nk]

Hi Dan,

I don't believe I've ever seen anyone from the UK use the word "hankering" before. I thought it's use was only found in "Genuine Frontier Gibberish" from the old U.S. Southwest.

Welcome

Apparently it's origins (1655) are Dutch, it is classed as "Indo-European" word as it's is used across most of europe in various forms. All meaning "to long for" or "strong desire for",

Ask any Brit what hankering means and they'll know - what I would say though is that from experience we tend to miss out our "quaint" odd words whilst talking to other nations because we appreciate they are oddities.



Dan

Hi Dan, Welcome on the forum.

Again some Dutch language I didn't know about
Every day, I realize, we Dutchman are important.
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