gonekayaking
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enjoying using my camper and not working on it anymore!
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Post by gonekayaking on Dec 16, 2014 9:30:25 GMT -8
I think this is great....and have thought if I ever do again...I'll either scratch build a teardrop or do as you are. Which is why I'm posting. The folks over a teardrops and tiny travel trailer forum are much more focused on the build side than the repair/restore side. I'd hop on over there from time to time when you are noodling a question and see if they have an answer. After all a tear drop is in many ways just a tiny canned ham. www.tnttt.com/
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gomesie
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Post by gomesie on Dec 16, 2014 15:53:27 GMT -8
I will check them out.
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patty
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Post by patty on Dec 30, 2014 15:19:36 GMT -8
On page one of this thread John said, "I would never build a new trailer using Jailousie windows."
I was wondering why you said that. I like the fact that you can leave them open for ventilation even when it's raining.
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John Palmer
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Hi, From a vintage trailer guy located in Santa Ana, CA. It's good to see lots of activity here.
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Post by John Palmer on Dec 30, 2014 20:45:24 GMT -8
On page one of this thread John said, "I would never build a new trailer using Jailousie windows."
I was wondering why you said that. I like the fact that you can leave them open for ventilation even when it's raining.
Hard to polish/clean the frame extrusions, too many moving mechanical parts to fail, hard to find all the different sizes of seals used in just one window, Oh.....and the BIG ONE, they do not seal the water out! I have no idea why they would have ever been spec'd as an original equipment window that came on the front of a trailer. If you were to tow a trailer in a rain storm, the water would be driven in the windows. I think the fact that they were used for a relatively short period (compared to other window models) underlines they were a poor design.
There are lots of better choices for windows that are still vintage. Best to just avoid the headache and restore all the other cool trailers without jailousie's.
You can leave most any kind of RV window, or roof vent open while it's lightly raining, just as long as the wind is not strong, they don't leak. It's also good to leave something open on the "down wind side" of the trailer for adequate ventilation while sleeping/camping.
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camperdude
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Post by camperdude on Dec 31, 2014 1:24:22 GMT -8
Scratch build.?..that's all I do. Here is a sample linkand another link
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patty
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Post by patty on Dec 31, 2014 7:41:08 GMT -8
What did you use for the trailer or did you build that from scratch too? Do you prefer steel or aluminum? By the way, I love your trailers.
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Post by wisconsinjoe on Dec 31, 2014 9:32:23 GMT -8
Camperdude,
Really nice job. Can you post some interior pics? Bet I can come up with a hundred questions for you. I'm looking forward to spring when I can start my own project.
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camperdude
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Post by camperdude on Jan 1, 2015 2:29:16 GMT -8
Patty i used to build my frames from scratch, but found that, at least in Indiana, I can buy pop up campers, tear them down to the frame, and rebuild on them easier than building from scratch. For the size camper I build, most pop up frame are easily strong enough. Most pop ups are 1200-1800 lbs., and have 2000 lb axles. My campers usually come around 1200#. i even have a frame from a pop up, where the original tag states the gross weight was 2200 lb!! I have yet to use it for a project ,yet.
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camperdude
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Post by camperdude on Jan 1, 2015 2:33:46 GMT -8
Joe Heres a pic of the interior link
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camperdude
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Post by camperdude on Jan 1, 2015 2:41:14 GMT -8
Check out my thread "1959 Metzendorf Clone" for more pics. Yes, completely scratch built, except for the frame.
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lakewoodgirl
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Post by lakewoodgirl on Feb 15, 2015 9:04:51 GMT -8
I say go for it!
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Post by desertrat on Feb 15, 2015 12:26:17 GMT -8
I've actually been thinking that once I've got Donna rebuilt that I'll be able to build a new trailer from scratch. I was looking at my progress on reframing Donna, and I thought, "If I was doing a brand new wall frame I would have had both walls and the ceiling framed out by now. Considering the scale of the rebuild I'm doing now, I'm more or less building a new trailer anyway.
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Post by elewayne on Mar 8, 2015 21:10:39 GMT -8
I one has the skills to do all the planing, it's easier to build new than restore almost anything. cheaper too, most of the time. Just a short story: I live in a vintage neighborhood. My house build in 1916. There was a house up the street I just loved and always wished it would come on the market. finely the owner died (of old age)and it did. I got a tour of it, by the granddaughter, Looked really cool but was a total wreck, through out, foundation to the roof. A rabbit warren of tiny rooms after the living and dining rooms.I took the look and thought if I bought it, and I didn't, I'd take pictures and give them to my architect to design a new one similar. so much better and cheaper. someone did spend the fortune to restore it though, but not me. I did mine however, but it was in better shape to start with. MY 1949 trailer was such a lost cause I saved only the aluminum skins, they were in great shape, the steel rolling frame, I put on new axle, brakes, and wheels. I saved the windows too and totally rebuild the rest from scratch.
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