New member.New oversized tear drop.and the clock is ticking!

[Woodstramp]

You got some skills! Cool build.

[pete42]

Market for trailer?
add cost of materials, add you and your dad's labor
then add 10 20% for factory burden lights, heat, cool ones ect.
don't forget liability insurance on each product.
back about 20 years ago a company came out with a small 2 seat
airplane based on a 40 year old design they replaced the 4 cylinder
engine with a 2 cylinder with more HP than the 4 it sold for less
than $8,000 a real bargain added libality insurance price
doubled to $16,000 no longer a bargain.
Then ask is it cheaper than a tab? which is what it looks like.

[b.bodemer]

What a beautiful trailer.......................

Barb

[Yuri4x4]

That is a Beautiful trailer! Good luck on your trip, and congratulations to you and your new wife.

[Turbo Matt]

It's been a busy month or so. We managed to get the trailer all painted and put together the day before the wedding. It was REALLY hectic that last couple of weeks or so, I was waking up at 7AM and working until about midnight, the only thing keeping me from getting burnt out was the thought of the long vacation that would immediately follow. Anyway, here is the finished product!













The wedding was fantastic! My talented and absolutely stunning bride put the whole thing together and it turned out great.



The honeymoon was a 3 week road trip adventure that we will remember forever. We are the out doorsy type so we did a lot of hiking and wildlife watching at places like Yellowstone and Yosemite. We rode fourwheelers in Moab, did San fransisco right, slept in a tree house in Washington state, and did a ton of other stuff in our 6,400 miles of travel!






The trip across the country wasn't without issue. We mounted the torsion axles with the R on the left hand side and the L on the right hand side because this was the only way we could get them to fit. At the time we thought it was no big deal but every thousand miles or so the trailer would self-lower and the tires would rub the fenders, I jacked it up twice on the road and shimmed them up with some washers but finally, in Oregon, I had to buy smaller tires as a temporary solution to get us through the trip.
Also, I was trying to make this thing super light weight and in a way I succeeded because it weighed in at 1,520 lbs which was even lighter than I suspected. The down side is in my quest for supreme lightness I used 2x2x1/8wall square tubing for the frame. About the time we hit Seattle the trailer had bounced around so much it developed cracks in the tongue area of the frame. I will be cutting out the whole front portion of the frame and replacing it with 1/4 inch wall shortly.
I know these sound like major mess-ups but I am still very happy with the whole project given the time frame I had to work in.

[pete42]

One great looking trailer and you wedding and trip both sound great also.

when you build a trailer you are bound to find flaws, there a lot of trailers here that have had delamation, leaks, one even had a axle wheel combo fall off.

I'm thinking with your skills and understanding of materials you will fix anything that needs fixing and if you decide to make and sell trailers you will know they will standup.

so what ever you decide good luck and may you and your bride have many happy years together.

ol'pete

[Weirdnerd]

TEACH ME!!!!!



Excellent workmanship, I am really impressed.

[myoung]

Kudos!! Exceptional craftsmanship. The galley is the most gorgeous I have ever seen in a TTT. Love the backsplash.

[Miriam C.]

Wonderful finish to a great build. Your TTT is really spectacular and I am sure you will fix the details. We would love to see the fixes too. Yeah, more pictures is always good..

[S. Heisley]

Amazing build! Thank you for sharing your pictures and story.

[mezmo]

Congratulaions on your Wedding and squeeking to completion
on the "Honey Moon Suite" right before the deadline !

A beautiful Bride and a beautiful build!

You're Are A Lucky Man ! ! !

[SonofT@B]

Great build, beautiful wife and sounds like a VERY special honeymoon...CONGRATS!!!!

[mezmo]

Hi Matt,

I see on ebay you're willing to duplicate the build for those who
are interested.

Best of luck in the endeavor! It certainly deserves to be cloned.

Keep the build quality and you will find takers among those who
appreciate such things.

It's been compared to the T@B but I think your profile lines are
much fairer and pleasing to the eye, although similar.

'Wishing you success.

[MikeW]

Congrats on your recent nuptials! Beautiful work, better than I have seen on a factory trailer!

[atahoekid]

Very nicely done! I wish you well in your entrepreneurial endeavor. I've thought about making a go of a business, but I believe I am an entrepreneurial chicken Good Luck, hope you sell a ton of them! They certainly are good looking and the workmanship is top notch. Oh and congrats on the marriage. Here's to many years of happiness