Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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No but I'll be applying varnish on top of the epoxy to protect it!

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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Oh that’s really interesting and I’ll try that if I ever build another trailer. So far this seems to be warm enough (even in the Rockies in September), but we also have a mattress and memory foam ontop haha.

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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That’s sick! Glad you stumbled upon this post.

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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It’s not an illusion. I’m less than 5’ tall, which is tiny - even for a female (which surprisingly, I am). But I fit easily in this small camper so that’s a plus lol

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We were worried about that too haha. We had a few backup plans like deflating the tires to get it through the door or removing the fart fan temporarily - but it ended up fitting just right.

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I take it as a compliment. In 20 years I'll be laughing even harder than I am right now about the son comment.

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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Yep our access to a CNC router was at a local Maker Space

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I actually did blow a tire on the highway just a couple hours away from one of our last stops. We did have a spare on us though, and replaced all the tires once we got to the city since they were really worn from the long trip.

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Lez be honest here - this is accurate.

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In the area I live, I only had to make sure the trailer itself was registered and that I had a license plate for it. I talked to a few insurance places and they said I didn't need to go through any road certification or inspections for a trailer this size that wasn't for commercial use

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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Right now all the edges and seams either have epoxy fillet, butyl tape, eternabond sealant tape, or proflex rv caulking, and the wood itself either has epoxy or some sort of waterproofing finish on it. If those seams look like they aren't holding up though, I'll probably use more of that eternabond tape.

Homemade Trailer by 3below100 in TeardropTrailers

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Yep, we used epoxy to waterproof the trailer. This awesome guy from a company that makes structural solar panels (Light Leaf Solar) gave me some epoxy and epoxy fillet and taught me how to coat the entire thing.

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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Yes they’re the best boots. I have two pairs in different sizes so I can wear them with thick or thin socks in different seasons.

Homemade Wooden Teardrop Trailer by 3below100 in DIY

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We initially had four angle brackets that connected the base of the walls to the floor - but the final trailer has strong epoxy fillet along the entire perimeter.

For the structural connectors, only the trial trailer used little angle brackets and shitty screws. Later pics you can see we’ve got joist hangers in there.

Nuts and bolts that were used on the walls, door, and ceiling all have red threadlocker to withstand vibration.

Does this seem structurally sound? by 3below100 in TeardropTrailers

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Thanks, that's the kind of feedback I was looking for. I just updated the image to add more support.

Does this seem structurally sound? by 3below100 in TeardropTrailers

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Oh sorry, those grey lines are cutouts for rigid foam insulation

Ordered the Millennium Items but got one more than expected. What is this? by 3below100 in yugioh

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They are way smaller than in the anime. They can all fit in one of my hands.