My First Teardrop Build

[TotalChaos]

This is the trailer frame I bought from Northern Tool

My brother helped me by welding on jacks to stabilize the trailer

Tar is the worst to work with!

Subfloor and first wall bolted down

Starting to take form refuled my motivation


Bottom of galley and counter installed


Ceiling liner installed used decorative panneling for ceiling bent easily after making a stop on head board for it to seat into

Interior cabinet face installed

Back view of galley without cabinets


Wired 12 volt and ran back to galley

Roof being glued down should be waterproof and duable its refrigerated semi trailer liner! Thanks to my friend Mark for the hook up!

Progress so far gives me a third wind of motivation

All 12 volt lights and fan are installed
RECORD TEXAS HEAT + AIR CONDITIONING TECH = NO TIME FOR TEAR
so 3 months later



110 volt installed next to 12 volt utilities done

Utility cabinet installed plan to make a bulkhead for cabinet and secure it with brackets and velcro so I can used 5 of the 8 inches for additional storage

Mirroring pantry cabinet installed in galley

Wife installed floor looks good


Sister ships Mark's T.E.A.R. (Totally Experimental Adventure Rig) and my yet to be named tear (both first time builds and done concurently)

[rockinrobin]

Awsome

[mallymal]

Nice job, and love that ceiling detail

[jss06]

Those are great. Awsome work.

[Alfred]

Campers look great! Great work x2 = Time for camping!

AL

[WhitneyK]

Wow! You both did a pretty slick job. Looks great

[WildTexan]

There will be camping. Lots and lots of camping.

[kinto]

NICE!!!

great job... looks fantastic!




kent

[TotalChaos]

Thank yall I think these things are addictive. Now that it's built I find myself hanging out in it in the garage dreaming up the next build! It's first camping trip happens this weekend I think were going to Ft Richardson state park

[absolutsnwbrdr]

The both look great! Did either of you install insulation?

I have an experiment for you and your friend to try, which will work great since you have identical tears, with entirely opposite roof colors.

Stick a couple thermometers inside your tears one day when you are camping together. I'm very curious to see how much difference the inside temperature is due to the roof colors. One would think that your white roof teardrop would be slightly cooler, but I'm still curious.

Thanks for the pics!

[TotalChaos]

Both trailers are insulated at the roof and floor. The difference is that my trailer has a white roof 3/4" walls and has a galley in the back. Mark's trailer had a black roof 1/2" walls and his galley is accessible from the cabin. Well have to test the temps while camping. I'll post the results also I am working on adding a ducted air conditioner this winter. I originally built this to be able to camp during the hot Texas summers.

[S. Heisley]

The two teardrops look great together. I got a good chuckle out of the oar hatch supports! Congratulations!

[dangerranger]

Nice job! may I ask how long your build took? Im thinking of building something simular for a weding preasent. a little more clasic shape but a nice simple build like yours. I really like the interior look of your. DR

[TotalChaos]

The build took 9 months of casual weekend work. But I also work in the air conditioning industry in Texas so for 2 1/2 months I did not work on it. Also I had a second set of hands from my friend Mark who I gave a set of hands for on his build. We built both at the same time. It was pretty easy if you think three times measure twice and cut once ( it's also easier on your wallet ). I love it set up camp in the dark I about 5 minutes and tore down camp in ten minutes. Waking up Sunday to go home feels like a Saturday morning cause it's so easy to get out on the road!