from WikipediaTyler State Park is a state park north of Tyler, Texas. It is 985.5 acres in Smith County, north of Tyler. The park includes a 64-acre lake.
Adirondackersouth wrote:Hello everyone
I appreciate the commentary drawn from experience of manufacturing Teardrop trailers. The historical information was interesting. The average teardrop cost 500.00 bucks to build back then which was a third of the cost of an average car. Interesting.
My used Toyota highlander with 140K miles on it, cost 12,000 last Spring to buy. I should expect to spend 3960.00 for a likewise used teardrop. I think that is where the ones that I can afford are hovering. The truth is with my limited skills and space I could make a teardrop for 1500-2000 but I do not have the place to build one. There is a honey of a deal by a fellow who is on this forum that is selling a teardrop in upstate NY that I think is a good buy. It needs replacement of the skin on the galley door assembly, but after that it looks like a sweet deal. The problem is the snow, time of year and how to get an exposed teardrop from NY to VA without causing all sorts of other travel damage. It is amazing what traveling at 65-70 can do to tarps and exposed wood. I am familiar with wood and its special properties of absorption. There is a sweet 1947 all wood replica teardrop down in Miami that looked good from the original photographs when he first made it, but after four years of Miami climate the wood has started to deteriorate. Is this a common problem with all wood or woodys? I was just curious?
Adirondackersouth wrote:Hello everyone
I appreciate the commentary drawn from experience of manufacturing Teardrop trailers. The historical information was interesting. The average teardrop cost 500.00 bucks to build back then which was a third of the cost of an average car. Interesting.
My used Toyota highlander with 140K miles on it, cost 12,000 last Spring to buy. I should expect to spend 3960.00 for a likewise used teardrop. I think that is where the ones that I can afford are hovering. The truth is with my limited skills and space I could make a teardrop for 1500-2000 but I do not have the place to build one. There is a honey of a deal by a fellow who is on this forum that is selling a teardrop in upstate NY that I think is a good buy. It needs replacement of the skin on the galley door assembly, but after that it looks like a sweet deal. The problem is the snow, time of year and how to get an exposed teardrop from NY to VA without causing all sorts of other travel damage. It is amazing what traveling at 65-70 can do to tarps and exposed wood. I am familiar with wood and its special properties of absorption. There is a sweet 1947 all wood replica teardrop down in Miami that looked good from the original photographs when he first made it, but after four years of Miami climate the wood has started to deteriorate. Is this a common problem with all wood or woodys? I was just curious?
Greg M wrote:No worries, it happens all the time.
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