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I wanted to clarify something in my earlier post: It's not the axle rating so much that makes it hop, it is the spring pack sitting on the axle. Each spring pack is rated at 1450 pounds, giving me 2900 pounds. If I go to an 1175 pound rated spring, it will be softer, still be enough for my...

Were you camped on the Smith River in northern California a few weeks ago? If not, someone else out there has a very similar rig! Awesome build.

You, Sir, are facing a conundrum: You want the trailer to behave under both light weight and heavy weight conditions. Not gonna happen. I just finished my Sawtooth XL, which weighed in dry at 1080 pounds. It is sitting on a 3500 lb axle and spring pack, which I bought and installed because I...

Compact Camping Concepts has them, too. Compact Camping is a long time contribuor to this forum. Good guy and very repsonsive to requests.

I had no problem adding my home built trailer to my USAA auto policy for $7.00 per month. Gave them the VIN and told them the cost to build. Just one of the 50 different answers from 50 different people.

Headed back to Alaska today Packed and ready to go. Note the WalMart roof rack. It needs some work to strengthen it and lift the forward end, but for $88 and change, it will do. Having trouble uploading other photos, but I did reattach everything in the galley for the trip. Having done so...

That 3M tape really failed me! So much for faith in ALL 3M products. Here are a couple of shots from the road. The trailer is too light for the spring pack I have on it. It hops. City streets are the worst because the pavements are broken and so irregular. Plus, traffic keeps you...

Yes, that's me. Headed to Yosemite from West Marin County.

Lesson learned: Do not use 3M 55ib double sided tape to mount fixtures and then drive Highway 101/HIghway 1. No bueno.

This build is flying! I think it looks really great with the new rear doors. Your wiring solution was much simpler than mine. Since it is 93 degrees here in this campground outside Placerville, I wish I had insulation in mine, and since you are in TX, the insulation will be very beneficial to...

It's like a Tardis, tiny on the outside, huge on the inside! Enjoying it very much.

And that's a wrap . . . Busy, busy day. I finally found a trivet for the galley counter top. Am I the only one who doesn't put hot pots on the counter? Anyway, I found it in a store where they sell old pre-used things not valuable enough to call antiques. They also sell candles and incense...

Thank you, indiedog. Originally I envisioned an all natural wood look for the interior. Shifting to the bendable plywood to accommodate the curves in the front/nose made me rethink that. The new material was almost white in color, and the grain was very open. It also needs a very good sealer...

Little bit by little bit . . . Interior almost finished (doors for cabinets, some trim bits, maybe two more hooks. Carbon monoxide and smoke detectors are installed, bear spray too. Also, put a LED strip light in the tongue box for those times when you need a little bit of light. I put...

I spent too much time running errands instead of working on the trailer yesterday. But (among other things) I did get the "porch" lights wired in and working. Switch insralled and working: Light is on, although sunlight obscures it (it was 84 in the sun when I took this. I quit working and...

Beautiful work!

See how the top has a slight bow in it? 24 hours later when I removed the clamps and let it sit for 8 hours, the bow inverted. Wood is a tree is a tree is a tree. My 4th was pretty frustrating. I was putting in some moulding (the plastic screen moulding from HD because it is permanently...

Thank you! Yes, the mold problem was my fault for not putting a finish on all of the interior. The side walls were finished with three coats of wipe-on polyurethane, and they were fine. The raw wood was what the mold grew on. No raw wood left inside there now! You are doing great on your...

To really get it water sealed, the CPES (Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealant) from http://www.rotdoctor.com/products/cpes.html seems to be the gold standard. They ship really fast. I called them, gave them a credit card number, and they shipped it the same day overnight. To Texas might take a...

Regarding galley hatches I think that a modified original design would be best. If the curve were straightened out to resemble the design as it now stands, and if tee-moulding is used instead of original "as-built", the design would be simpler and easier to build. The difficulty of the...