Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

fourbtgait wrote:Compared to building a teardrop, a cargo trailer is a piece of cake. Quick. Ive only had it 2 weeks now and it just flows.

Indeed, that is some rapid progress. It doesn't hurt to have some experience either. When I saw your mock ups and templates for the sink & stove, I thought to myself 'These folks really know what they want'.
It's gotta' be easier to stand and work inside. I really like the Beadboard panelling. I can't tell, does it have the finish/ clear coat or not?

McDave

McDave wrote:

fourbtgait wrote:Compared to building a teardrop, a cargo trailer is a piece of cake. Quick. Ive only had it 2 weeks now and it just flows.

Indeed, that is some rapid progress. It doesn't hurt to have some experience either. When I saw your mock ups and templates for the sink & stove, I thought to myself 'These folks really know what they want'.
It's gotta' be easier to stand and work inside. I really like the Beadboard panelling. I can't tell, does it have the finish/ clear coat or not?

McDave

No finish yet. It will get a very light shade of stain to even it out and then clear coated.
Very little work was done from the inside of the tear drop. I prebuilt the kitchen and interior cabinets then set the assembly in place before standing the walls. Ceiling was installed from outside as well as running wire and such. But once you had to crawl in to start finishing, was a pain.

Short evening, dawgs not happy, no hike.
Talked my wife into applying a very light stain to the paneling just to even out and enhance grain.
While she did that I completed the bed/dinette frame, cut top to shape.
Tomorrow I will face the dinette cut out with bead board, cut bed ply to length. Install dinette top clears to bead board to support the 3/4" ply that drops down and fills the hole.
I also need to rough in the kitchen counter top for camping this weekend.
Oh, and over head lights should show up tomorrow night.
Sigh, the teardrop left today with new owners....

97* today, supposed to cool off this weekend for camping.
Bed/dinette frame roughed in.
Kitchen wall insulated, sheathed.
Countertop height established, 36" to top from ground, with a section of bead board as the backsplash. Her plans are to paint walls in back white.
Countertop set in place, she wanted stained wood.
Found a bar sink with faucets at Home Depot by accident for $109.

Your wife has some fine attributes … likes to fish and helps build the trailer … nice work!.

featherliteCT1 wrote:Your wife has some fine attributes … likes to fish and helps build the trailer … nice work!.

Hmmmmm
It meant though that I would paint it white for her......

Finishing just enough to take it camping. 2nd coat sealer on walls in living. Trim paint on backsplash kitchen, temp install counter and sink. Tomorrow night is packing for camping friday. No cabinets, live out of totes, water jug.

Looking great so far. If you haven't opened up the barn doors yet, they are probably like mine. Hollow inside, best to take the plywood side off to insulate.

I thought about doing the foam route, I am going to try rock wool this time around...

Barn door foam is down the road a bit, to many other things to catch up.
Took it out for the weekend as is to see what we think. I expected the mileage for the 4runner to drop from the tear drop, down to 15 mpg same roads as before. Tear drop got 17.5, but we can stand up now so its worth it. Compared to before with a F150 pulling typical 20' TT and only got 10 average.
Got back Sunday at noon and began working on the cooler slide drawer, completeing all of the rear cabinets, redoing part of the bed area that I already knew I was going to do..i do need to buy a water tank and pump even if I dont buy the water heater right now. Simply because blue jugs are a pain.

Is your sink the Kindred model that Lowes sell with both the sink and faucet? (LKBS602KIT) I was shopping for sinks the other day and ran across that kit.

FlyBye wrote:Is your sink the Kindred model that Lowes sell with both the sink and faucet? (LKBS602KIT) I was shopping for sinks the other day and ran across that kit.

Elkay, Neptune model kit. It's not bad, it is 6" deep.

Question for those that view this posting. I had a message saying I need to rotate/orient my photos before posting them as for them they show up sideways. When I post a picture, it shows up correctly on my Ipad. When I go back later and view any photos, even not logged in, they show correctly.
Has anyone else noticed this on their screen?
How does this photo show up?
To me it shows correct, but to you?

They were all good except the bed frame, matress, both rear galley shots, sink close up and camping pics 1 and 3. The last shot of pullout cooler tray? is OK too. Where were you at? Looks like some pine beetle damage there. Still beautiful.

McDave

Northeastern Washington.
So another words, the forum does not like, cannot deal with photos that are taller than they are wide. It prefers square or squatty photos.

In other words portrait vs landscape.

Squarish are the most universally appropriate.