Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Haha! You know that's right! The photo will be posted after lunch today! I move fast!

Just wanted to stop in and say hi. I began my build thread this evening and I am ready to get the party started. If anyone is interested in looking at the design/build you can find it here:
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=62234

Finally starting after a rough year last year. Between having shoulder surgery, bad illness, and the wife being diagnosed with cancer. Here is to a better year.

Curtis

Curtis looks great, I'm building another tear it is 7'x16' I just got the frame built. wow its big compared to my 5x10. I'm in north fort worth.

spinnernut wrote:Curtis looks great, I'm building another tear it is 7'x16' I just got the frame built. wow its big compared to my 5x10. I'm in north fort worth.

I believe we might be pretty close. I live a little north of the 287 and 35 split. The only downfall up here is how much construction is currently happening. When we moved up here it was considered country. Oh we'll. we will have to meet up some time and swap ideas.

Curtis

CMC wrote:Just wanted to stop in and say hi. I began my build thread this evening and I am ready to get the party started. If anyone is interested in looking at the design/build you can find it here:
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=62234

Finally starting after a rough year last year. Between having shoulder surgery, bad illness, and the wife being diagnosed with cancer. Here is to a better year.

Curtis

Looking forward to meeting and camping with you. There's a lot of us in this area. Great looking trailer design. Good luck with your build.

Welcome Curtis, looks like a great start. Looking forward to meeting and camping with ya! Dave (coyote). By the way...Woodyperk is close. A lot live in the area.......some of us just have to drive longer!

CMC wrote:

spinnernut wrote:Curtis looks great, I'm building another tear it is 7'x16' I just got the frame built. wow its big compared to my 5x10. I'm in north fort worth.

I believe we might be pretty close. I live a little north of the 287 and 35 split. The only downfall up here is how much construction is currently happening. When we moved up here it was considered country. Oh we'll. we will have to meet up some time and swap ideas.

Curtis

Yep my shop is at hicks airport.

Another teardropper goes standy!

Nope, still a teardropper. It has a 12" basement so the interior is approx 3'9". I'm more into the traditional teardrop, just wanted a bigger one.

Spinnernut, your right down the road from me then. I'm not lucky enough to have a shop but I do have a 3 car garage that I hope is big enough.

Curtis

Curtis I was actually talking about Danny's move from the teardrop to the sixteen footer he is working on. I just checked out your build and its built like a hoss!

2bits wrote:Curtis I was actually talking about Danny's move from the teardrop to the sixteen footer he is working on. I just checked out your build and its built like a hoss!

I do apologize Thomas.

Curtis

2bits wrote:Curtis I was actually talking about Danny's move from the teardrop to the sixteen footer he is working on. I just checked out your build and its built like a hoss!

Its still a tear drop, I never saw the rules on how big or small they had to be.
It doesn't cost any more to go first class, We just can't stay as long

I'm no teardrop police, just messin around, and I am no one to talk! I am downsizing though I think a Scotty it the smallest standy around! Looking forward to seeing your "Wide Load" Danny.

My 2001 Tacoma TV has been giving me fits, lately. First it was a Check Engine Light that indicates that the Cat Converter has had it, and inspection is due this month. Then the radio died yesterday . I really don't want to trade up just yet. The Taco only has about 140K on the odo. So, I pulled the radio tonight to check if it's getting volts (which it is). In doing that, I had to pull the center console, which gave me a look at the 4WD shifter. The Taco hasn't had 4WD-high since I got it about 6 years ago. Well, lo and behold, I get a good look at the shifter and the wire from the 4wd switch isn't connected to anything. I looked around a bit but couldn't find anything to plug into, then a wire pops out from under the carpet that isn't connected to anything. Hooked it up to the switch, and things under the truck made an appropriate noise when I pushed the switch. It's either fixed or the transfer case will hit the ground when I test drive it tomorrow. So, two steps back and one step forward.

In my book, an occasional repair bill is better than 5 years of car payments. Then repair bills. I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and get the Taco fixed.

The latest crop of aftermarket radios look pretty good, so a new radio should be a nice upgrade. I'm not likely to miss having a cassette player in the truck.

The Assistant Tow Vehicle is making an expensive-sounding noise, too.

And the Tear still wants bucks.

When it rains, ...

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I hear you there, the truck i bought only 6 months ago blew the transmission literally right after I unhooked the camper coming back from the Christmas gathering. Turns out it is a known issue with these to do this about this mileage (150k) due to non-hardened steel on a crucial part. It didn't bother me too much, just hurt my pocketbook. It got me to get my Monte Carlo running which just needed a few minor things, and I drove it, plus it was kind enough to wait until I got home so it broke down in my driveway which was alot better than in a bad part of town in I-20 pulling my camper! Lastly, at least now I know that I have a new transmission and should be good to go for the next couple hundred thousand camping miles! So I look at it as the best case scenario for an expensive piece of mind.

I've also been working on transforming my '65 Scotty from a ball of mud to something nice and campable. I am hoping to get it done by the March gathering but we'll see, I still need to pull the roof off and replace it, everything else is small stuff.

Best of luck on the truck!!