Category: Teardrop Trailer

After getting the bunks up I decided that the top bunk needed a little more support. So I ripped down some pieces of plywood and added a 2×4 down the length. I also cut down some scrap plywood to make dividers for the storage area under the bottom bunk. I also added the piano hinge….

This step was nerve wrecking. It was time to stand up the walls and align all of the bunks and cabinet faces in to their grooves. As you can see in the pictures I used ratchet straps to supply pressure till the glue dried. If you look at the bottom bunk. You will see it…

Next up I made the cabinet faces for the galley and the cabin. I also cut out what will become the bunks for the kids. I used the Kreg Circular Saw guide to rip down the plywood. I used my router again and a scrap piece of molding as a fence to get straight relief…

Next up was to plan out some of the rest of the build. I had this all done up in Sketchup, but things change when you see it in person. First thing I did was cut out all the spars, I did these from 1″x4″s, I ripped them down on a table saw so the…

The next step in the build was routing out the walls.  Because the template was cut out of a 4’x8′ sheet of MDF and the walls are made from 4’x10′ sheet of Birch a solution was needed.  To solve this I would first clamp the template on one side ensuring everything was square and afterwards…

After finally getting the time to build this trailer and the money. I made the trek out to Plywood Company of Fort Worth. http://www.plywoodcompany.com  Their selection is great. I picked up the following from them: 2 – 4’x10’x3/4″ Birch A1 (these will be the walls) 1 – 4’x8’x1/4″ MDF (This is for the wall template and…

So my teardrop trailer build started in 2015 with a Harbor Freight 4×8 trailer. I lengthened the trailer to 4’x10′ and then used 2″x4″s and plywood to build over the wheels. The floor is insulated and has a storage area built in. This build had to get halted for a little while as my wife…