swoody126 wrote:GOOD START
QUESTION ¿ can you and your sleeping partner sleep comfortably on a 70" long bed ?
w/ a body width of 72" minus 2 wall thicknesses you will be left w/ only 70"
just this old man's 2¢ worth
sw
tony.latham wrote:Looks like you're cranking!
I'm a teardrop guy myself, but how'd you do your sketches? What software?
Tony
Homebrewer25 wrote:Lookin good so far. I'll mention a few things that you may want to consider.
1. Door. Campgrounds are usually set up so the passenger side faces the usable area of the campsite (picnic table, fire ring, etc). Power/water/sewer hookups are usually on the driver side. All you would need to do is flip the galley and toilet to put the door on the passenger side.
2. Bed. My wife and I are both 5-9, and I'm sure we would have trouble sleeping on a 70" bed. We both like to sleep stretched out rather than curled up. But if it works for you ...
These 2 may not be important to you, but consider resale value. Lots of people build a TTT, then after using it for a while they see things they'd do different, and end up building a second, third, etc. Features that are uncommon to TTTs may make it harder to sell.
3. 6x8. If there is no compelling reason to stay at 8' long, you could extend the floor 6-12" on both front and rear to give a lot more room.
4. 1500 lb. Foamie!!
I'll bet it was a gorgeous day in Boone yesterday. I know it was over here in Flag Pond.
aggie79 wrote:I agree with the posts about bed length. If you can't stretch out full height and are a side sleeper, you'll need extra bed width to keep your bent knee position from crowding out your partner.
Take a look at this build: http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25814. It is almost the same size and shape as your TTT. The width on this is 6'-4". Here are a couple of pictures from that build.
The company that built this is no longer in business. The above had a transverse bed like your design, but they also produced a longitudinal bed design (with different layout.) Here's a link to an article about this design: http://tinyhouseblog.com/tiny-house-concept/retro-traveler-1200/.
Rather than increasing the width, you may want to consider a longitudinal bed design cantilevered from the back end of the trailer frame.
jbell.louisburg wrote:Ever considered something other than a dinette? If so, it opens up lots of possibilities.
If I were forced into a 6x8, and "had" to have a bathroom, and ALSO "had" to have a kitchen....
I'd either do a trifold like this:
https://www.birchlane.com/furniture/pdp ... e=hotdeals
or possibly a 72" jackknife sofa on the far wall (takes up the same bed space when folded out)
https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/a ... s2189.html
It would give you a sitting/eating place when folded up, and a bed when folded out.
Because the bed buts up against the shower curtain, you could let your feet hang off the end.
Splitting the kitchen into 2 pieces also helps.
Kinda like this:
nik1093 wrote:aggie79 wrote:Rather than increasing the width, you may want to consider a longitudinal bed design cantilevered from the back end of the trailer frame.
What do you mean cantilevered from the back of the trailer frame? Just so I don't have to put a bed support so far forward in the cabin?
aggie79 wrote:nik1093 wrote:aggie79 wrote:Rather than increasing the width, you may want to consider a longitudinal bed design cantilevered from the back end of the trailer frame.
What do you mean cantilevered from the back of the trailer frame? Just so I don't have to put a bed support so far forward in the cabin?
I was trying to say that structure of the TTT and bed can further back beyond the end of the frame. Take a look at page 2 of this link to see what I mean: https://web.archive.org/web/20160331004452/http://www.angib.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/teardrop/widget6-general.pdf This the Widget design from the Design Library. (Somehow the library was "obliterated". This is a link to an archive of that page.) In the cross-section of page 2, the TTT structure (orange) and the bed structure (green) extend beyond the back end of the frame.
I never really thought about it until this time, but the Widget design is also similar to your design.
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