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Re: Build Your Own Travel Trailer
I have built one out of pure necessity. Most of the materials i had tucked away or given to me. The biggest important factor in the entire build was to keep the camper weight itself to a minimum. I framed the exterior walls with 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 3' soild styrene deck spindles each extended on each end with hollow vinyl spindles of the same dimension giving me roughly 8' high walls. Each stud (connected spindles) were placed 4' to 4' to 2'= 10' length and for the width i settled on 70" just because that was the length of other material i had. I know you may think 4' centers are to far apart however if you use 16" tie down straps and hurricane clips at each joint and use strictly screws only the frame will stand and once you sheet the walls the frame will be solid. Stagger sheets of 1/4" plywood adds to stability. Once done sheeting wrap entire structure in as thick of plastic as you can, painters drop cloth type plastic works great. Wrap 2 times completely paying attention to not staple in the field rather stay to the edges and lap all over under. Lastly get two 15'x20' tarps (I used camouflage ones from harbor freight at $20 a piece. I used corrugated metal roofing to do the roof but i didn't sheet it with any wood, just the metal. Now you'll have a basic rigid box to do any custom build you want and have almost no substantial weight to tend with. Kdotmatrix I have video and images of my home build if anyone wants to see email me kdotscomc@gmail.com878Views0likes0Comments
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