WOW I am impressed with your craftsmanship. I have seen many teardrops, and yours is built to very high standards. The whole while watching your video I started off with the impression that it was an over build.. yes, but the overall product was VERY well worth the watch. Thanks for posting this.
Great music choice in addition to the cool build. If you're going to build something you really need to build it right without taking short cuts on safety to limit cost.
I like how you used the L-brackets inside the galley door, good way to hide any screw holes, I think I will try that on our next build. New video promo - The Tear Drop Trailer / Ice Hut
Your videos inspired me to build my own teardrop. It's an extremely simple version, but I'm having lots of fun with it! You also inspired me to make a video similar to yours.
Beautiful work. im working on a design very similar with the addition of a generator and ac unit. and a camp water heater. and have a small water res in the bottom so fresh water can be carried. I hope to have mine done by winter. you have also given me some great ideas to integrate into my design. again, awesome work.
thx for posting your vid. i've thought about building one like that and after watching how you built yours i'm completely sure i would rather buy a t@b trailer and just spend the $8k. yours is awesome but it would take me 2 months to build that and i'd spend at least $5k doing it. but wow man....you did a really nice job.
I took everything we leaned from camping in the teardrop and designed/built another trailer from the frame up. There's not that much difference between a 5X8 and a 5X9, just make sure you go 5' wide. Our replacement trailer is called the Boxcar and there's a build video of it.
Where did you get your plans for this? I am getting ready to build one and yours is just what I want. I love the dove tail quality on the drawers. It really goes to the detail that a lot of folks would overlook...
I used 3/4" aluminum angle from the home center that I annealed and bent around the curve. Pain in the rear to do given that they sell trim for RVs that can be easily bent. Bruce
Wonderful work, great details all around, good job documenting it as well. The only thing I can't see is how you could bring yourselves to sell it? If I made something like that it would be in the family till I die. I like that you did not use plans. I think (if one is a good craftsman) plans are vastly overrated. People need to trust their creative instincts.
Well, its only 4' wide and its too narrow for my wife and I. I would strongly recommend a 5' wide model if you're interested in getting one. I've built another trailer, I'll post another build video sometime.
Nice job Bruce,I am almost finished building my teardrop.I have the same H/F trailer as you and also the same wheel jack for the front.The problem I have is there is not enough clearance to swing the jack as the wheel on it hits the ground before its all the way in the vertical position.Any suggestions haw you got your jack to have enough clearance.
Great video, and nice rig. It looks sturdy and functional. I'm considering building my own teardrop camping trailer, but I need to keep the weight down to say 600-800 lbs. empty, so I can easily pull it with a Ford Focus. How much does your trailer weigh? What do you pull it with?
Awesome video!!! How much does this weigh? Could I pull it safely with my light duty pick up truck? My little Ford Ranger with a four banger and 5 speed on the floor comes to mind.
typically, a police officer would come out and look at it and write it up as a homemade trailer. just have a bill of sale of some sort. again this is what I went through without a hitch and I'm building mine now. hope that helps
gday,,sorry it may have been talked about already,,but was just curious as to what width you made the camper,,here a standard sheet of ply is 2400x1200 (8x4ft).. but all the vids i look at the trailers seem wider than that,,,great vid and great job on your camper,,credit to you.
I love this! Inside and out! I'm wanting to make one of my own, starting with an old trailer frame I can get for nothing. My question is, how do you get a license plate for one of these things? There is no serial number or anything, so, how does it work?
Awesome build, did you have building plans? If so where did you purchase them? Is the trailer from Harbor Freight? How the teardrop holding up? How much did it cost total? Best Regards, George Cardona
Bruce, nice teardrop build. I'm near the end of building me one. I'm having trouble finding a place to order trim! Any way you could help me out! thanks!!!
I see, as I read below, that you sold it as it was a little too narrow for you. Did you end up building a second, wider one? If so, did you, or do you plan to, use the kuffel creek plans and just upscale the dimensions? If not, what plans did you, or are you planning on using? I am doing lots of research to find plans for a 5X8 or 5X9. Thanks!
great gob!!thanks for the good ideas.i'm going to make one for this summer,hopefully.the plywood that i can get here is 122cm x 244.what size is this one?
Did you find putting your ribs horizontally on the hatch that it caused the hatch to spring back or have problems? I've read that vertically is optimal. Also, have you had problems with the HF bearings going out and being difficult to replace?
+KathyLinn Garcia I have a teardrop on a HF trailer(10000 miles) the only people I here that have problems with the bearing are those that don't clean the packing goo out of the bearings and pack with good grease.
The ribs are horizontal on the hatch. I clamped the hatch to a bench when I glued the skin on it, that helped with the spring back. HF bearings are fine, no problems with them. You order spares at the HF store.
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Great video Bruce! I think this will give a lot of people the needed enthusiasm to build their own and get rolling.
WOW I am impressed with your craftsmanship. I have seen many teardrops, and yours is built to very high standards.
The whole while watching your video I started off with the impression that it was an over build.. yes, but the overall product was VERY well worth the watch.
Thanks for posting this.
INCREDIBLE craftsmanship! I'm doing some precursory research for a build I'm planning to start soon. Your teardrop is nothing short of amazing!
I plan to build a small travel trailer one day and your excellent video gave me some great ideas. Love the roof mounted solar cells.
Awesome man, i like your tiny trailer better since you made it with no plans. You could do this for a living!
Workmanship to be proud of ! Fantastic job.
Great music choice in addition to the cool build. If you're going to build something you really need to build it right without taking short cuts on safety to limit cost.
that is sweet , good job not only on the trailer but on youre video too !
One of the best I have seen!!!. You have a lot of good idea's.
I like how you used the L-brackets inside the galley door, good way to hide any screw holes, I think I will try that on our next build.
New video promo - The Tear Drop Trailer / Ice Hut
Your videos inspired me to build my own teardrop. It's an extremely simple version, but I'm having lots of fun with it! You also inspired me to make a video similar to yours.
Very nice job on your trailer, it looks great !
Take care,
Bluefin
Very nice. I plan on doing starting my camper in the next week. I hope it turns out half as nice as yours.
excellant choice of music.and i will refer back to your video for sure.good job
The best job I've ever seen... It's wonderful.
te mereces un felicitado por toda la dedicacion en compartir tu hermoso video - te deseo los mejores exitos ... saludos desde argentina .-
You did a great job building this trailer... Awesome....
Beautiful work. im working on a design very similar with the addition of a generator and ac unit. and a camp water heater. and have a small water res in the bottom so fresh water can be carried. I hope to have mine done by winter. you have also given me some great ideas to integrate into my design. again, awesome work.
Wow! This is totally amazing. You are very talented. I would love to build one of these!
Very well done. You are a skilled craftsman.
Great Job!!!!! Starting mine soon!
BEAUTIFUL work!!!
Excellent craftsmanship!
Fantastic. Kudos to you, sir.
hi i have the utility trailer and u just inspired me to build mine, a big thanks.great job..
I have the same Harbor Freight trailer that I am going to attempt a similar build this summer.
Beautiful cabinetry.
Great job! and beautiful...you must be proud!
Beautiful Job! Outstanding! Thanks for sharing!
Really Stunning!
THIS IS AWESOME!
thx for posting your vid. i've thought about building one like that and after watching how you built yours i'm completely sure i would rather buy a t@b trailer and just spend the $8k. yours is awesome but it would take me 2 months to build that and i'd spend at least $5k doing it. but wow man....you did a really nice job.
Well done! Very informative, thank you.
I worked from the Kuffle Creek plans.
I got most of the parts from eBay and HD.
I can pull it as fast as I want but I have a pretty big truck.
Bruce
I took everything we leaned from camping in the teardrop and designed/built another trailer from the frame up. There's not that much difference between a 5X8 and a 5X9, just make sure you go 5' wide. Our replacement trailer is called the Boxcar and there's a build video of it.
congratulations! very nice work
Very nice!
music = "Little Sunflower" "Take Five" nice
awesome build
Where did you get your plans for this? I am getting ready to build one and yours is just what I want.
I love the dove tail quality on the drawers. It really goes to the detail that a lot of folks would overlook...
Thanks. I got the trailer from Harbor Freight tools. Its the 1800# model.
Beautiful job
I used 3/4" aluminum angle from the home center that I annealed and bent around the curve. Pain in the rear to do given that they sell trim for RVs that can be easily bent.
Bruce
Nice work! good detale.
Wonderful work, great details all around, good job documenting it as well. The only thing I can't see is how you could bring yourselves to sell it? If I made something like that it would be in the family till I die. I like that you did not use plans. I think (if one is a good craftsman) plans are vastly overrated. People need to trust their creative instincts.
make sure to post some pictures and good luck with your build!
4x8 trailer from Harbor Freight Tools.
dude a million dollar ride u have
Beau travaille,merci pour la vidéo.
Well, its only 4' wide and its too narrow for my wife and I. I would strongly recommend a 5' wide model if you're interested in getting one. I've built another trailer, I'll post another build video sometime.
NICE indeed...............
Google "Teardrops and Tiny Travel Trailers". All your questions will be answered in the forum...
We needed a bigger trailer too. Check out "How I built our Tiny Travel Trailer"
Make sure and take a lot pictures during your build so we can all see your progress!
Depends on the county where you live, Call your DMV ask them what you need to do to license a home built trailer.
great job buddy, i got some videos of my towable backhoe im building right now.
Nice job Bruce,I am almost finished building my teardrop.I have the same H/F trailer as you and also the same wheel jack for the front.The problem I have is there is not enough clearance to swing the jack as the wheel on it hits the ground before its all the way in the vertical position.Any suggestions haw you got your jack to have enough clearance.
damn...thats awesome
Wow, really nice! I sure have a lot of questions though... :-)
excellent!
I wish i knew how to work with wood. Would love to be able to build something like this
Great video, and nice rig. It looks sturdy and functional. I'm considering building my own teardrop camping trailer, but I need to keep the weight down to say 600-800 lbs. empty, so I can easily pull it with a Ford Focus.
How much does your trailer weigh?
What do you pull it with?
The trailer is a 4'X8'. That was a bit too narrow for us so we sold it and built another trailer.
Awesome video!!! How much does this weigh? Could I pull it safely with my light duty pick up truck? My little Ford Ranger with a four banger and 5 speed on the floor comes to mind.
typically, a police officer would come out and look at it and write it up as a homemade trailer. just have a bill of sale of some sort. again this is what I went through without a hitch and I'm building mine now. hope that helps
I'm not sure which hinge your referring to. The hinge for the hatch is a hurricane hinge, the slides for the drawers are from Home Depot.
gday,,sorry it may have been talked about already,,but was just curious as to what width you made the camper,,here a standard sheet of ply is 2400x1200 (8x4ft)..
but all the vids i look at the trailers seem wider than that,,,great vid and great job on your camper,,credit to you.
It took around 10 months to get it to a level we could use, then another 6 months of finish work.
I love this! Inside and out! I'm wanting to make one of my own, starting with an old trailer frame I can get for nothing. My question is, how do you get a license plate for one of these things? There is no serial number or anything, so, how does it work?
Awesome build, did you have building plans? If so where did you purchase them?
Is the trailer from Harbor Freight?
How the teardrop holding up?
How much did it cost total?
Best Regards,
George Cardona
I got my plans from Kevin Hauser . Google Kuffel Creek Teardrop . Of course I changed everything but the plans are a great starting point.
NICE !
Wonderful trailer! I am going to build one close to the quality of yours. Great work! Did you design it camper yourself?
+Biff Yeager No, I used the Kuffle Creek plans.
Good video
That's the hatch. I clamped it to the bench while the glue dried on the skin.
Thanks!
Great looking! How long did it take to build?
Great job, I want to build one myself! one question though- how much of a hassle is it to get one of these titled & licensed?
sorry my englis! am going to do a trailer very soon, is a military trailer for my land rover!
I used the Kuffle Creek "Cubby" plans and the siding is called Filon...
Very nice, there is also a nice teardrop over at GoDownsize
Awesome! I want to build the exact same thing but what did you use for the outside of the trailer? Filon?
Bruce, nice teardrop build. I'm near the end of building me one. I'm having trouble finding a place to order trim! Any way you could help me out! thanks!!!
nice job,ramp up and build a few for sale.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
I live in Sydney, Australia.
I would love to be shown in a step by step workshop on making my own small camper trailer!!!
I see, as I read below, that you sold it as it was a little too narrow for you. Did you end up building a second, wider one? If so, did you, or do you plan to, use the kuffel creek plans and just upscale the dimensions? If not, what plans did you, or are you planning on using? I am doing lots of research to find plans for a 5X8 or 5X9. Thanks!
I really like it, how long did it take to build? how much in material costs?jason
Teardrops weigh anywhere from 900# and up, depending on how they're built. Your pickup shouldn't have any problems pulling one.
Nice Job!! I would love to build one just like it. Do you have plans for it or was it something you did as you went?
I used the Kuffle Creek plans.
great gob!!thanks for the good ideas.i'm going to make one for this summer,hopefully.the plywood that i can get here is 122cm x 244.what size is this one?
Good luck and post some pics....
Do a Google search on "Teardrops & Tiny Travel Trailers". There are free plans posted there.
Bruce
Yeah, lol, that's what I thought too, a couple of months tops...
Not yet, but my wife says two trailers is one to many.
Nice job, do you still have that old Virago.
Did you find putting your ribs horizontally on the hatch that it caused the hatch to spring back or have problems? I've read that vertically is optimal. Also, have you had problems with the HF bearings going out and being difficult to replace?
+KathyLinn Garcia I have a teardrop on a HF trailer(10000 miles) the only people I here that have problems with the bearing are those that don't clean the packing goo out of the bearings and pack with good grease.
The ribs are horizontal on the hatch. I clamped the hatch to a bench when I glued the skin on it, that helped with the spring back. HF bearings are fine, no problems with them. You order spares at the HF store.
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-HF Trailer.
- Sold it in 2009 but still holding up according to the new owner
- Didn't track costs
I didn't really notice any kind of odor, there certainly isn't one now.
Bruce
it took 9 months to get to 90% done (and roadworthy). The last 10% took another year.
Interesting version of "Take Five" at 5:25 - where did you hear that?
(PS. Sorry if question has been asked before - I just found your vid.)