Front profile preferences- flat or angled?

[Wm Hill]

I'm pretty close to starting a squaredrop build and I'm undecided on the front design. What (and why) is your preference- a straight front or an angled nose from about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way up. I have no interest in the rounded front, so that's off the table. Thanks in advance
(Pictures are just for comparison purposes, not to scale)

 

[HaveeBear]

If it doesn't extend up above the vehicle, either, but the box looks a bit too "square." (pun intended ) Too much like a cargo trailer.

I prefer cutting off the front corner for aesthetics - it give the trailer a "direction."

....just my preference....

 

[OldGreen]

I wish I would have made mine square. . .but I have standing height. More solar, more interior storage. . .function before form. . .but I didn't.

 

[NatersXJ6]

Was there a function intended in sloping the rear? Lower aero drag perhaps?

 

[NatersXJ6]

To the OP, at 48” height (from your other post) I would stick with square. Easier to build, more space, and tucked well under the height of almost any tow vehicle you will find here.

 

[eatSleepWoof]

Square, always. In small trailers every cubic inch of room counts.

My last trailer had a sloping front wall, right where the dinette was, and it was miserable. I could only sit on the far edge of the dinette, otherwise I would hit the sloping wall. A vertical front wall would have been 100x better.

My current trailer (cargo conversion) has vertical walls all around and they're a blessing.

 

[OldGreen]

Was there a function intended in sloping the rear? Lower aero drag perhaps?

I do not have a good answer for my poor decision. Honestly, there was a reason but I can't remember it anymore and the cons far outweigh the pros. Now it is just a discussion piece at camp.

 

[Teardropper]

Well...

Curves tow better and are stronger.



Tony

 

[Wm Hill]

I've decided on a square front. The height is very much the same as the tow vehicles, so that is a factor. I did a mock-up of one side to get a good plan for the door(s) placement. A asked my wife to get in and lay down and get back out to see how the layout was. I had intended that we would sleep with our heads towards the tongue, but she faced the other way. It turns out that it's MUCH easier to enter/exit from that position. So the storage that would have been in the rear over our feet hill now be in the front. So the extra space gained by a square front suddenly became more valuable

 

[Ozarker]

Why not a longer V nose?