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24th September 2014, 11:03 AM
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Mini Caravans
Went to a classic steam fair couple of months ago and got talking to the people at Retro Trailers.
It stirred something in me and ever since I've been looking at trailers and mentally designing my own style of mini caravan. I've still got a long way to go before I start building it. I need a trailer, finish off my other projects and convince the wife to let me build the workshop/garage with hard standing at the bottom of the garden. But in the mean time I can read up and do some research mini caravans. With such an eclectic bunch of people on this site I thought I would see if anyone has built their own trailer or caravan before or even own a mini caravan?
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24th September 2014, 11:16 AM
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I saw this one in Greece the other week:
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24th September 2014, 11:22 AM
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Sod that, what you need is one of these
 I do like the teardrop trailers, prefer the plywood ones though as they are more organic and warm looking and selfbuild friendly. Some nice ideas on this thing too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXDbXOQwk4
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Last edited by Delboy; 24th September 2014 at 11:25 AM.
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24th September 2014, 11:27 AM
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heres a mates chevy + trailer van
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24th September 2014, 11:48 AM
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I would not want to do an ally one. Looking more in to the tear drop ones, the bending of the wood is a lot of effort and can fail, I'm tempted to not go for curved. Rather go for something that's square cause its easier to build. The UEV-440. Been looking at their videos and I've changed my Design a couple of times because of them. I like the pull out kitchen but the runners, pipe and cables could make it complicated for me so I'm tempted to stick with the rear kitchen like the tear drops. Quote:
What engine has he got?
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24th September 2014, 11:59 AM
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You can buy a lot of hotel rooms for the price of one of those trailers
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24th September 2014, 01:16 PM
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This is something I've toyed with doing as well. I've got absolutely no need for one but just fancied another project.
There's some good stuff in this thread pinched from another forum I'm on: http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/garage/teardop-201745
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24th September 2014, 02:46 PM
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8th August 2021, 12:36 PM
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Good to my word, I did indeed build a miniature caravan which I finished a few years ago. I still have it and use it and I posted a full build thread here: https://www.rhocar.org/index.php?/fo...ct-rhocaravan/
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