What is a T or TTT?

[eaglesdare]

:applause: You all have done a great job keeping it clean. No blood drawn.....Since I am still debating my replacement I will only say "way to go Mike" for the freedom of speech he has always promoted and for the out of the box ideas he also promotes...

How about a big fat foamy tiny house...

And Don't forget the http://www.teardrops.net/destinations01.html

hey i like the big fat foamy tiny house! go foamies

[Forrest747]

A foamie vardoo intresting

[Facemeltingly Epic]

I know I'm a total newb here, But .
I've been in the RV bizz for 28 years fixin the stupid things. A trend I am starting to see is I have several customers, unrelated who were full timers for several years in monster 5th wheels.
Several of these customers have now settled back down and released themselves from these moster rolling homes.
But due to their nomadic lifestyle they find they can't just sit at home. Vintage, self builds have become their new passions. So they can still get out of dodge. And it seams after having the biggest and the best their choice of direction is small, smaller and smallest.
I've had other customers who upgraded from RV's to cottages and regretted the move because they lost the comradery of the campfire.
Remember, when you hit the campground, everyone is there for the same reason, my reason is lower blood preasure...lol, oh and beer.
I myself am on my first build, and finding this site to be the best resource I have found, even for an old rv salt

Now that I've built my trailer, I think my dad could eventually be one of the people you describe above. He and Mom are retired, and recently replaced a 27-foot 5th wheel trailer with a 32-footer. But when the conversation shifts to our respective trailers, Dad always mentions that the size of his 5th wheel limits where he can travel.

When my sister and I were kids, we did quite a few camping trips with a pop-up tent trailer in tow behind the family sedan. I could easily see my dad doing a teardrop; if anything, he's more handy than I am (and better equipped to build - I borrowed quite a few of his tools for my build). The tough part would be convincing Mom...

[honeask]

Grant, no offense taken. As I said, one day we may build. We have every advantage to do exactly that, time, we are retired, room, a 3 car garage and large parking pad. My problem with building one is that my husband is a true perfectionist, to the point of driving me batty. I can hear him now, five years along ...Well, as soon as I decide what plan I want and then when I get those really exclusive drawer pulls from Outer Mongolia that are on back order for another year, then I can get started...you get the picture? I pushed for purchasing from an independent builder because I wanted to start my teardrop camping NOW. And we have been able to do that so if he wants to build one he can take all the time in the world to do it, I have my teardrop. You see, there was a method to my madness.

[Corwin C]

I read this thread a couple of days ago, thought about it, figured that I'd stay away from it, but I can't resist.

I would hate to see anyone turned away because they have a camper that is "too big" or even a class A. There is valuable knowledge here which applies to more than just teardrops and tiny travel trailers. People who choose to come here should be respected just like any of the rest of us, if you don't want to follow their threads, feel free to skip over them. And those who are on the fringe of our interest, don't be offended because you don't get acknowledged as much as others. I, for one, can learn a lot from someone with a big camp trailer or RV, just as I can learn from someone with a 4x8 tear.

I am impressed with those who have made comments ... this is a touchy subject with many, but it's good to see that for the most part, even though others have differing opinions we can still get along.

[working on it]

Like Corwin C. stated above, I couldn't resist adding a comment anyway. To quote Wiki:"The first teardrops were designed around the idea of using standard 4 by 8-foot sheets of plywood"; in the 50's and early 60's I must've seen a dozen built to that size criteria (and wished to have one someday!). Any other trailer was much larger, and seemed to me as a youth, just a traveling house. Since I was a Boy Scout during that time frame, I was used to tent camping (though never used to sleeping in the mud or on rocks) and saw the TD as a special, improved,"hardtop" tent, as opposed to the "softtop" pop-ups that my neighbors had (and regretted as their canvas rotted away). Years passed, 30-35 since I last camped out, and I never thought twice about the size TD I would build...4x8. However, it wasn't until I researched here that I realized only half of the TD's I remembered were actually the curved teardrop...half were grasshopper types. Now, I had to choose traditional curves or simpler boxiness? Not a woodworker, I chose simpler. Either way, built on a similarly sized platform, I thought it would be ok with traditionalists. Now I see that it is with some, maybe not with others. So what! I am building a long-delayed vision, as are others here, so I agree that whatever "floats your boat" be accepted by the enthusiasts.

[DragonFire]

Another 'Hopper-type trailer!!! Great design, options for more than just a bed inside. It's what floats my boat, but I like the teardrop shaped ones, too.

If we were all the same here it would get mighty boring. And people generally get along here, even though we may have a different trailer than the next guy.

Yeah, hard topped tent...that's how I think of mine. I've slept in downpours in canvas tents...no fun. The Grasshopper should keep me from re-living that nightmare!

We all have camping in small trailers in common, or camping in home built trailers. Very creative people here. And people are just throwing out opinions here, not arguing or cutting others down. That is an amazing thing in itself!

Happy Camping, everyone!

[Wolffarmer]

Personally I would not like anyone to be turned away. Now I do not like large trailers for several reasons. And you do not need to know them. If there is a thread about a style of trailer, camping method, meat ball recipe then don't click on it. I will not make you. I promise.

Randy

[dguff]

Just curious as to what size limit there is on a tiny travel trailer. I have a pretty good idea what is a teardrop although there are some differing opinions, but when there is a thread about converting a 24' travel trailer into a toy hauler I think we have gone too far. This is definitely not a tiny travel trailer. I think the moderators should come to some agreement about what is the maximum size for a trailer to be included in the forum and to delete those threads which do not conform to the philosophy of T & TTT.

Jerome

Having read all of the replies several times I feel compelled to respond based on my original post as quoted. The title of the forum is Teardrops and Tiny Travel Trailers. My personal opinion is that we have started to stray too far from the original concept. I did not advocate banning any person, only a thread. I did not mention anything about materials such as fiberglass or foam, did not say anything about buying versus building, did not mention anything about religion or politics, did not mention anything about who was welcome or not to my camp.

According to the responses to the post and some PMs I am in the minority. The forum owner and administrators have already seen fit to expand the topics and threads to such things as boats, houses and garden tractors to mention a few. That is fine and I respect their right to do so. I just expressed my opinion. I fully understand my ability to ignore those topics and threads which hold no interest for me and will continue to skip them.

As far as a Tiny Travel Trailer my opinion is that it should be no more than 6' wide and 14' long not including the tongue. Your definition may vary.

Jerome

[Gage]

Boy Jerome, sometimes you and I don't see eye to eye but this time I'm in total agreement. I even brought up your first post one time to no avail. It's a shame that 'Teardrop Times' kind of fell apart. Now that was a board. But like that, people got pissed because it was mostly about traditional Teardrops, not all this other stuff, and they were discouraged about what they wanted to build or buy and still be included. That's why Mike started this board. I'm also like you Jerome, I read very few post anymore and I don't give all that much advice anymore because most today are looking for the cheap way and not what will fix the problem that will never return.
My interest is in Teardrops and TINY Travel Trailers only.

[Cpt Ronnie]

I found this site by mistake about a year ago, and after reading many a post about many different size campers, I was hooked.

Im now building a 5x8 benroy based on the provided plans. I found ALL the info very helpful because my wood working skills are slim to non...

I dont care what size trailer it is I like the creativity and workmanships that goes into all builds. I hope that when im finished poeple with all size trailers can look at my little camper and find something good to say about.

[Mukilteo]

With the posts wandering away from tiny trailers to things like cigar instruments and other things, I think we now will need a section for vans and class B motorhomes. Or even campers for 2bits. (sarcasm intended. But I do own a "B" van)

[absolutsnwbrdr]

I dont care what size trailer it is I like the creativity and workmanships that goes into all builds. I hope that when im finished poeple with all size trailers can look at my little camper and find something good to say about.

Exactly! Not sure why some people feel the need to discriminate. We're all on this planet to have a good time, so

[rowerwet]

I don't see the need to ban topics(or sizes), if any topic is to far off the path for most of us it doesn't get to many (or any) responses. This pretty well keeps the forum focused in the same general areas. unless a group starts talking about 5th wheels, and 50' motor homes with slide outs and air levelers, a few posts about that stuff will show that the rest of us don't care or don't know enough to answer.

[48Rob]

I don't see the need to ban topics(or sizes), if any topic is to far off the path for most of us it doesn't get to many (or any) responses. This pretty well keeps the forum focused in the same general areas. unless a group starts talking about 5th wheels, and 50' motor homes with slide outs and air levelers, a few posts about that stuff will show that the rest of us don't care or don't know enough to answer.

Unless...the posts about motor homes and slide outs draws a lot of new people that only want to talk about motorhomes and slide outs?

This group is large enough it can probably hold its own, but with a smaller group, it might be a concern.
Most topic specific groups get/got large because they focused on the topic.

Rob