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MARTINSR · 08-19-2014, 10:25 AM

I just watched this cool little trailer leave out of my driveway two weeks ago.

This was as simple a trailer as you could ever imagine, it was designed by a friggin genius and had less components in it's entire trailer than a foot or two of that old aluminum one, LITERALLY. If I cook my trailer completely apart every nut and bolt and what have you that would come off and laid them out on the driveway and counted them that trailer you are looking at would have that many in LITERALLY a few feet tops! NO KIDDING! My trailer was basically two pieces of fiberglass like a two hot tubs glued together. No inner structure, no braces, no nothing, just two big fiberglass bowls glued together. Here is one I found on the net.

It is the simplest design of all time, if you want a trailer get one of these.

Anyway, I tell you about the design because I just spent many weeks working my butt off and about $500 to get it sale ready. My wife reupholstered it. (Bless her heart, never did anything like that before and did a damn good job if you ask me) She also made new curtains.

I had to change the broken tank.

Change all the tubing and faucet/pump. Install a few new lights, Clean the walls, OMG that was something. This brand has a foam with vinyl attached to it as installation glued to the inside of the fiberglass. Yes the walls are only about a half inch thick installation and all. This vinyl gets sticky, I read it all over the forums on these trailers. You can use anything you want, OMG I tried EVERYTHING and it was still sticky. I had to SCRUB the whole inside then replace all the seam tape.

I spent weeks busting my butt on this thing. And it was a "working" trailer without a single structural problem. The Fridge worked, the stove worked, the heater worked, just the water system and cleaning and sprucing is all I did and I busted my butt for weeks and it's only 13 feet long. It was made NEW in the '76 and been stored on a concrete driveway behind the house. And in fact used to store stuff like parts and boxes I was selling on ebay. It was in PERFECT FLAWLESS CONDITION compared to that aluminum one in the woods and it kicked my butt and cost me $500 and I didn't even get into the tires or bearings or anything, the guy towed it right to a tire shop for that.

This was a perfect little trailer compared to that aluminum one. That thing would take COMPLETE rebuilding, you might as well make one from scratch.

Brian

08-19-2014, 10:25 AM	#7
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,032	Re: It's got to be a disease. I just watched this cool little trailer leave out of my driveway two weeks ago. This was as simple a trailer as you could ever imagine, it was designed by a friggin genius and had less components in it's entire trailer than a foot or two of that old aluminum one, LITERALLY. If I cook my trailer completely apart every nut and bolt and what have you that would come off and laid them out on the driveway and counted them that trailer you are looking at would have that many in LITERALLY a few feet tops! NO KIDDING! My trailer was basically two pieces of fiberglass like a two hot tubs glued together. No inner structure, no braces, no nothing, just two big fiberglass bowls glued together. Here is one I found on the net. It is the simplest design of all time, if you want a trailer get one of these. Anyway, I tell you about the design because I just spent many weeks working my butt off and about $500 to get it sale ready. My wife reupholstered it. (Bless her heart, never did anything like that before and did a damn good job if you ask me) She also made new curtains. I had to change the broken tank. Change all the tubing and faucet/pump. Install a few new lights, Clean the walls, OMG that was something. This brand has a foam with vinyl attached to it as installation glued to the inside of the fiberglass. Yes the walls are only about a half inch thick installation and all. This vinyl gets sticky, I read it all over the forums on these trailers. You can use anything you want, OMG I tried EVERYTHING and it was still sticky. I had to SCRUB the whole inside then replace all the seam tape. I spent weeks busting my butt on this thing. And it was a "working" trailer without a single structural problem. The Fridge worked, the stove worked, the heater worked, just the water system and cleaning and sprucing is all I did and I busted my butt for weeks and it's only 13 feet long. It was made NEW in the '76 and been stored on a concrete driveway behind the house. And in fact used to store stuff like parts and boxes I was selling on ebay. It was in PERFECT FLAWLESS CONDITION compared to that aluminum one in the woods and it kicked my butt and cost me $500 and I didn't even get into the tires or bearings or anything, the guy towed it right to a tire shop for that. This was a perfect little trailer compared to that aluminum one. That thing would take COMPLETE rebuilding, you might as well make one from scratch. Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings" Last edited by MARTINSR; 08-19-2014 at 10:38 AM.