Teardrop Trailer For Two
If I had let my obsession get the best of me and I had no one else in my life to consider but myself, I would be building the Trailer for Two right now. It was a design that was in the September 1947 Mechanix Illustrated magazine and it’s my favorite.
It’s also the favorite of most of the people who have built their own teardrops, so far better builders have figured out how to make it using a pre-fab Harbor Freight Trailer. Here is a link for the plans for this trailer built on the 4′ X 8′ Harbor Freight Trailer:
I actually looked at the trailer at my local Harbor Freight store, but Mike told me in no uncertain terms that I was welcome to build a teardrop trailer, but he would never sleep in one. They are just too claustrophobic for him to even consider sleeping in.
So ended my love affair with the Trailer for Two. If the love of my life won’t sleep in it, then it’s not for me.
I built the Trailer for Two a few years ago and I made a few mods. I insulated the walls, added a roof vent and I loved it. When I went through my divorce, I listed it on ebay and it sold FAST! Now, I’m planning another teardrop and, like you, I would build this one if I had no one else to consider in my life. Hey wait!! I DON’T. So, yeah, I’m going to build the same design again. A number of folks that I know have built this trailer only in a version that is 5 feet wide instead of the 4 foot wide shown in the plans. No one seems to consider that a 5 foot width on this design will fill up the mirrors of any vehicle smaller than a pickup truck. Since I was towing mine with a 4 cylinder sedan, I would not have been able to see traffic behind me if I had built mine at 5 feet wide.
Comment by David Grason — August 15, 2015 @ 6:37 pm
I built this design about six years ago. I loved it but the “love of your life” was not necessarily wrong. At a shade less than four feet wide, it can be quite cramped for two people even if they are both slender. Sadly, I am not. But for one person, it’s wonderful. There is another problem and this can be a problem for virtually any teardrop or very small camp trailer. The builder must provide adequate ventilation. With my trailer, I added a pop-up roof vent. Admittedly, this ruined the clean teardrop lines but was a worthy trade-off in the name of safety. Without proper ventilation, it is quite probable that someone camping can literally breath all of the air right out of the camper on a cold night. So, your SO’s claustrophobic concerns are not unfounded.
Comment by DavidG — October 5, 2016 @ 3:42 am