I love the international flavour of the membership here, I have seen posts from North America, South America, UK, Europe and of course my home - Australia. A big shout out to the Canadians – we visited your lovely country earlier in the year (your spring). Had a ball hiking trails around Whistler, Sun Peaks and Banff!
I am looking forward to participating in the helpful discussions!
I have already begun my build and I read that you like lots of photos so I have uploaded a couple to my gallery to get started with.
Let's see if I end up with anything like the plan!
- I have picked up some second hand boat porthole glass pieces
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So here is the story so far....
Our extended family are all mad keen water skiers and we gather regularly to camp and ski. My wife's 3 brothers, their families, the in-laws and two ski boats make quite a party!. Two of the brothers have upgraded from tents to camping trailers where the tent top folds out and the mattress is on top of the trailer still. Similar to this style of thing:
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When the air mattress in the tent sprang a leak my wife looked longingly at the foam mattresses in the trailers.... Now she is into retro style things, will dress in the style of any decade from the 40s through the 70s as the mood strikes so when she saw a picture of a teardrop on Pintrest, well let’s just say it was a light bulb moment.
Due to limited parking space (or too many vehicles & boat!) I have designed a system where I can lift the TD off my trailer so it can double for general haulage tasks. (it also allows for sliding a folding table and tarp poles etc underneath)
- The bar the jacks lift slides out when the TD is in use.
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I have the base trailer (5’ x 8’ flat top kit) and my floor frame complete (recycled steel too!). I have the profile drawn up and the marine ply for the sides ready to cut out ….
Although I’d love to have it done for our Christmas trip it is highly unlikely, given my time off work is after Christmas. I’ll do what I can in the meantime…
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