Aussie homebuilt camping trailer

[Joanne]

Hi all,

Steve down in Australia build this teardrop style offroad trailer. Although it's not a super offroad adventure trailer, it's certainly not a street queen either.

There has been some discussion here as to whether a teardrop would stand up to offroad use. I would give a qualified answer of "yes". These trailers will never go every place a full blown adventure trailer would go, but with some design accomodations made for offroad use (as Steve did) it would make a nice camping trailer.

You can find his build journal here:
http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15620&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Joanne

 

[adventureduo]

Very cool! I like the way he had all the drawings to figure out what he wanted to do and what it would look like before he ever began.

 

[Rezarf <><]

Great build up thread for sure! Thanks for posting.

Drew

 

[highlandercj-7]

I been following the build on y'all's tear drop site. It's a sweet trailer. Oh yeah and big thanks to you Joanne, Your the one that posted the link that I found the Expo. Umm so y'all can blame her....

 

[1leg]

That is a very cool TD, My plan is build my own some day. I have been Lurker on that site for about a year now.

 

[Dave]

Very cool trailer! To the owner, make sure you tuck away your tongue jack before you get too far down the road. Just a tip from someone who has transformed a tongue jack into a useless pretzel...while pulling out of my parking area.

 

[ntsqd]

snippage....
Just a tip from someone who has transformed a tongue jack into a useless pretzel...while pulling out of my parking area.

BT, DT several times. Doh!! It's the reason our loan-able utility trailer has a 'kick-stand' instead of a jack.