Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

For creative ideas, you may want to go to a boat show. I built a sailboat a few years ago (Friendship Sloop) and there are lots of options for head/shower in close spaces. The setup I wound up with involved a curtain in the hatch area, boom mounted showerhead, and a well that could be a grey water holding tank or pumped into the bilge. Past twenty miles out to sea, and you can pump overboard (Look up 'Y' valve) but I don't think that condition will apply in a teardrop. (At least not intentionally)

I still haven't got round to puting this on my web site, so here is a preview of the S.O.W. - not an expletive, but the abbreviation of Shower On Wheels. I tried to see what was the smallest (sensible) trailer that allowed for a stand-up shower compartment. It ended up so much like Bev'S Shasta Compact that I stole the styling from that. Here is the interior:



The body is 128" long, 76" wide and overall height is 84" excluding roof vent. So this is on the big end of tiny, as travel trailers go, and comparable to the smaller Scamp or Casita trailers.

Andrew

I have been thinking about an outside shower for a larger (2+2) type tear. The idea was to combine a Coleman water heater, a fiberglass shower stall bottom, a waste sump pump, and a small tent enclosure. I wanted to design the bottom into a pull out and drop arrangement that was stored outside and under the tear. It would drop down and swing out. Just set up the tent walls, fire up the heater and your ready to go. All the mess is outside.

I have been looking at liftgates as a source of the type of mechanism needed to move both out and down.

I'll have to sketch this out tonight.

agpage wrote:I have been looking at liftgates as a source of the type of mechanism needed to move both out and down.

You could also look at the human arm, as that can do that sort of motion for something light quite well.

And I don't mean as a source of the type of mechanism, but as the mechanism.

KISS and teardrops do go together....

Andrew

I found this a while back and thought it was neat:

http://www.truckshower.com

Inside the right trailer............ or use it outside.
(I'm sure the guys will really enjoy the near naked lady too!

Here's an idea too:
http://www.pocketcruisers.com/art_shower.html

Bev

beverlyt wrote:I found this a while back and thought it was neat:

http://www.truckshower.com

Inside the right trailer............ or use it outside.
(I'm sure the guys will really enjoy the near naked lady too!

Here's an idea too:
http://www.pocketcruisers.com/art_shower.html

Bev

Thanks for the sites. I really like the homemade shower.

OK This is a bit of something I have used at the beach. Great for summer showers.

Use a sprayer with pump on it like you get at garden supply for spraying plants. Paint it black and set in sun for a hot shower. You can actually take a shower with less than 2.5gls.

For privacy take a beach umbrella and attatch a couple of cheep shower curtains from the dollar store.

These items weigh very little and are good in places that don't have facilities.

kdenault wrote:Does anyone have any design thoughts about equipping a tear with an interior shower? Necessary equipment, interior design thoughts, any ideas would be helpful!

Kathy

Kathy

It has been a while since your first post. Here is something I worked on that allows a person to stand up inside a traditionally shaped TD. I suppose with some work and modification it could be adapted to a very simple shower configuration.


http://www.nfdc.net/home/cbdb/Teardrop%20Designs.htm#Stand%20Up%20Teardrop

Dee Bee