I'm drawing up what I hope to be the final plans for my version of a 5 x 9 Grasshopper style TTT. I am planning 1x2 framing in a sandwich style wall, and I really need to know how much framing is too much or too little. I will be using this trailer to hunt and fish out of as well as for some "general" travel. It will see some highway as well as some two track dirt trails and everything in between (all at sane speeds as I don't like to tear up my vehicles), so I want to build it as strong as necessary yet as light as practical. Can anybody help with some general guidelines? Illustrations of some sort would really be appreciated.
Also, in reference to the framing, would well glued and clamped lap joints be strong enough, or would I need to use mechanical fasteners?
As you can probably tell, I'm not a woodworker,but I'm going to give it a try.