MonteQuest wrote:... One of the first things I've learned is that little items add up quickly in both weight and cost. I'm hoping to stay under 850lbs in weight and under $4000 in costs.
My goal for my 4x8 was to stay under 1000 lbs, and my wife's goal was for me to stay under $500. Neither goal was met, not by a longshot. At 2225 lbs loaded, I exceeded that goal by 2.25x, and I'm not sure about the total cost.
pchast wrote:Should be no problem if you keep track.
I built the trailer for 22 months before it was ready for its' inaugural outing; half of that time it was 50+ miles from home, in a friends home shop, where it would be out of sight of the wife (for whom it was being built...at first). I brought it home once the trailer exterior was completed (ready for weather and highway travel, i.e. painted and sealed), and I'd already exceeded the $500 budget by then.
I had been keeping receipts for expenditures, but threw them away at $1000, and kept on going. Once it was home, in the garage bay I had made ready for it (one bay for trailer, one bay for my Chevelle, one bay for tools & my wife's "antiques/junk"), I asked the wife if she wanted the interior done or not, and if she said yes, then for her to accept further expenses.
I figure that I spent 5-6x the initial budget, and have added greatly to that total in the following 11 years, with all the mods and additions I've made to it. I admit to some excesses, but after the wife never used it (being so small, she said it made her feel like it was a coffin), I took it over, and customized it to my needs, probably spending another $1000 or so. It is what it is.