Just wanted to say that I love your trailer! I’m a welder by trade, but I’m also a journeyman carpenter and I have 4 years background in a custom cabinet shop. I’ve been going back and forth with building vs buying one a couple years old and modifying the suspension...and this makes me want to build it lol. It’s nice to see someone not rush through and cut corners to finish it quickly. If you don’t mind my asking, what’s a ballpark for what you’ve got in the materials for this?
"Old Man's Toy" offroad teardrop trailer
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old_man
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I hadn't stopped by here in a while so sorry for the delayed reply. I did an absolute item by item costing and I calculated I have about $5000 in the complete build. Bear in mind, even though I did all of the fab, I used top notch materials and processes. I probably have $100 in glue alone and another $100 in screws. The filon skin ran almost $1000. While the frame was fairly inexpensive, all the misc hardware, appliances, water system, electrical, hatch hinge, and the such was the bulk of it.
Teardropper
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Have you had a chance to weigh her yet?