Ultralight Tiny Teardrop the Lil' Hobo, 425 pounds

[Crawdaddy]

After applying two coats of oil-based polyurethane clear to inside and outside of sidewalls, it is time to add interior roof pieces front and back.





Also start pulling wires through foam insulation for interior and exterior lights.



Dry fitting the cabinets. Easier to do this before roofing.



Wiring plans:



Glued in every last scrap of insulation before roofing.

[Crawdaddy]

Ours is the 1720lb HF trailer at less than half the designed weight. We run 30psi in our
original tires with a 560lb total weight.

I pack the bearings full so that grease is pushing through by hand and install them in the
empty and clean hub. It sounds like you have everything right.

The only other thing I can think of to check is the axle alignment to the trailer hitch. You
should have an equal measurement to the hub inner bearing location on both sides of the axle.

I checked out your photos, I too love that blue foam. I have made a few things with it before and when I started my build I wanted to experiment with wood clad foam walls. Is yours all foam with canvas? I think we had similar ideas. So good to see other people engaged in creating wonderful experimental vehicles.

[lgatlin]

If you are the artist I tip my hat to you, the designs and paint are spot on someone is very talented. I like the slanted walls and the gypsy wagon concept, Yours is a real work of art!

Thanks, yes, my husband is a builder, I do the painting and finish work. We make a pretty good team. When we first started on this journey, we were actually looking for a vintage trailer to rehab. We ran across this site, a couple other DIY websites and decided to just jump in. Now that we're in the home stretch, he's ready to get a new project started. I'm an artist by profession, so the painting is pretty much what I do.

I appreciate the measurements - we'd like it all to fit on 4 x 8 plywood - I like the sandwich wall construction. My husband is also quite tall - so we want to be sure it's enough for him to lay out -- we'd be using it primarily as a sleeping pod on our trips back east, no kitchen, just some storage inside.

Looking forward to reading the rest of the build notes!

[Crawdaddy]

I bought a set of four ratchet straps from HF to secure the roof panels while I used liquid nails on the spars and Gorilla glue water-activated foaming glue for the foam on the walls.





The last flat rear section, straps attached to wheel hub.



Putting in the next section, I would spray water on the tight radius. The joints were scarfed using the trim router to make a lap.





I made this jig to apply pressure to the joints.

[Crawdaddy]

Working on detailing today.