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This is really coming along now.. watching closely but with laptop firmly facing away from the Mrs.. as i'm sure the question of if her panda would pull one will come up  Is the build going to be subject to any trailer type iva testy stuff or is it too small? Hi Joe, as far as I know, there is none of that sort of malarky. I do not want to, but would be happy for them to inspect it ifever needed. Mine is quite a heavy build, and the only thing one possibly needs to address is the weight disribution toward the front, as it is quite front biased they way I have left it. I am already planning a 2nd build, which would be for a 1400 Corsa to pull. That would be a MUCH LIGHTER chassis. One can get away with much less than what I am doing right now. |
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Hi Ade, Thanks for the input, much appreciated. I have no idea what the best is, ultimately , we froze at Santa Pod in the bus this year, so it has to make the little caravan reasonably warm. My mate who gave me the roll, said he thought it was better than many other systems, but I have no experience. hiya mate , the van would have got a lot colder than the teardrop will due to your van being metal and conducting heat better , the teardrop being 2 skinned will hold more heat ,, youve just got to be carefull not make it too well insulated or it wil be too stuffy sleep in , you need good ventilation as a small space with two people sleeping in it could make you sick , carbon monoxide poisioning and the such. its proberbly something youve already thought of of course. there are plenty of calculators online to work out the heating required for your trailer , an average of 3m l x 2.5 w x 2 m h requires a total of 0.5 kw to heat to 21 degrees celesuis in 10 degree ambient temperatures. you need to take in to account that each person puts out 2kws of heat each. so your teardrop being moderatly insulated would be well snug with a good duvet and two plump ( lol ) bodies. during a day when your awake and slumbering in the trailer reading , watching tv , you need comfort heating , ie around 21 degrees , during the night when your both sleeping ( drunk or not) with a good duvet yo need around 12 to 18 degrees c. if you put up the height and length and width sizes I can find you the the information you need. oh and good work mate , love the idea of the lawnmower box. cant wait to c it.ade Woke at 2am, with a stiff back from working in the chill yesterday, and also Nicola having had a serious nightmare. So made a cuppa tea, some Penguin choccy biccies, and she is now back to sleep, and I am awake. Ade, the "Sleeping Box" of the trailer will actually only be around 7' L x5' W x4' H if you do not detract the curve, so roughly 140 Cubic foot, or in metric, I guess about 4.5 Cubic metres. Nicola is deffo like a furnace, so must kick out about 6kw ;D ;D ;D Looks like we will be about 40% over capacity  |
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Woke at 2am, after Nicola had a mean nightmare, made us a cuppa tea by 3am, she fell asleep, I ended up on the web by 3.30am, then back to bed at 5.30am, up into the garage by 8am, and started doing the varnishing of the frame and under side box, also did the first coat on the floor. At around 8.50am, I heard the front door open, and bang shut, thinking, aaaahhh, nice one, she is bringing me a cuppa tea...... ermmm, WRONG !!!! She was off to the shop to get a paper to read. So I finished painting the floor, cleaned the brushes, as I realised something was wrong, and sneaked into the house..... At this point, I asked her why she was holding her breath ?? Turns out I had been a bit off a pratt...... zoning in on the Teardrop project to the exclusion of her. OOOPPPSS !! Anyway, having been seriously reprimanded, we then set off to a bootfair, where I picked up 4 stainless steel caravan moving handles for the grand total of 50 pence each. Result. I also bought 15 cooked prepacked smokey barbeque racks of pork ribs for £5.00 from the mobile meat seller. We then set off to go look at the house we plan on buying together next year when we get married. This is the 3rd time we have been there, only 5 hours visit this time. Nicola and the sellers wife have been best friends since age 11, and are now 45, so go figure. Gary used to have a large boat, and sold it later, but he still had the Bulldog Hitch lock from when he had the boat. I traded him for half of my spare ribs for the lock..... £2.50 bargain . Back home by 4.30pm, Nicola went home to her kids, I scarpered for the garage, to get a 2nd coat of varnish onto the wood before dark. Next up, I will screw the plywood floor to the frame , and also cut the hatch for the storage, and seal everything with silicone, or mastic. OPINIONS PLEASE; Silicone vs Mastic for sealing the joins on the box. After which I get to paint the underside with one or two coats of stone guard ?? 1st coat of varnish earlier today.  4 handles at 50 pence each.  Massive lock, what a bargain, traded for some spare ribs.  |
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Oct 18, 2009 18:17:17 GMT
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whats the underside box for?  oh and mastic if it was me , the type that don't fully cure but stays flexible. done the calculations fr heating your trailer , based on your sizes with outside temps of 5 degrees c , and inside required of 18 degrees c , then total heating required of a massive 0.15kw. so a 12 volt ceramic heater would cook the van nicely. |
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Oct 18, 2009 18:18:41 GMT
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lol traded for some what?
As in food?
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Oct 18, 2009 19:52:28 GMT
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lol traded for some what? As in food? ;D ;D ;D Gary went to his garage when I had shown him the Teardrop thread, and fetched the Bulldog clamp to give to me, so I offered him half of the spare ribs I had bought, which he thankfully accepted..... So £2.50 for the Hitch Lock. Ade, I suspect that between us, Nicola and I will overcook the inside anyway, so no need for a heater yet. |
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Oct 18, 2009 20:18:14 GMT
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Hi Grizz ,
Great progress fella,
I don't think you're going to need any additional heat in your trailer. Keep in mind that your fridge will give off a fair bit of heat, that could , if you find you need it , be vented into the cabin.
We've insulated the area behind the fridge to stop the heat transfering to areas we don't want it.
The hitch lock was a bargain trade.
Dave
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Oct 19, 2009 17:46:34 GMT
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Bought these today. Polished Radar wheels. Same as on the bus. Trust me, at £425 for the set, including almost new tyres, 20 wheelnuts, and the centre caps, plus 2 adaptor plates for VW application, (Selling them) I would never get the price repeated. Now the question is, do I put the polished ones on the bus, and put 2 of my white ones from the bus, onto the trailer, or do I go polished on the trailer ?? It also means whichever way I go, that I have 2 full spares, one for each vehicle. Or I can sell two on, and just stick to the regular VW steel I have as a spare at the moment.    Oh, and the purchase of these wheels is only possible because I save elsewhere with skip finds and recycling bits. |
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Last Edit: Dec 7, 2010 21:57:34 GMT by grizz
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Mark
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Oct 19, 2009 19:50:44 GMT
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Well, try the polished ones on one side of the bus, and the white ones on the other and see which you prefer!
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Well, try the polished ones on one side of the bus, and the white ones on the other and see which you prefer! Exactly what i was going to say.  |
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Oct 20, 2009 17:42:21 GMT
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50 mm polystyrene will be better than that bubble wrap wibblepoo!
Simples!
Lewis
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Mike
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Oct 20, 2009 21:32:58 GMT
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Go with the polished ones on the trailer, easier to work with any colour scheme variation you decide on then perhaps?
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Oct 20, 2009 22:00:12 GMT
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Polished rims on the bus. Get the wet & dry/autosol/elbow grease on the white ones for a matching polish (do two of them to start with) Polish the remaining 2 wheels on wet & rainy days  ;D Alternatively, paint the polsihed ones white to match (after keying them down) OR paint them green to contrast with the white wheels on the bus ......not really helping am I?? |
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blippi
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Oct 20, 2009 23:47:31 GMT
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was gonna say get em painted white to match bus look better in white
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Oct 22, 2009 20:44:30 GMT
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Thanks for the opinions guys. Mike, I will be going polished wheels on the trailer ,as the plan is to polish the ally too, so the two should blend together nicely. If someone offers me sensible money for the 2 spare wheels and tyres, they will be sold, or else, they will become spares for the trailer and bus. Tonight I used a tube of caulking to seal up the joins on the underfloor box, then I varnished all the interior ply their first coat, and also gave the floor another coat of varnish. Now have to just wait for it all to dry. Drying was slow tonight, due to the rain we have had here, which has left the air full of moisture. I hope it is all dry by Friday night, or even Saturday, so that I can start the under floor stone chip paint, and then assembly of the floor, and a final coat of stone chip paint. Garage looked like this at the end of play tonight.  |
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Last Edit: Dec 9, 2010 18:30:57 GMT by grizz
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Oct 22, 2009 20:54:24 GMT
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Your garage always looks like that ;D
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Oct 22, 2009 20:59:00 GMT
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Your garage always looks like that ;D 'tis true Dave Was more that I was trying to illustrate the varnished plywood for the interior, and floor. |
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Oct 23, 2009 18:42:24 GMT
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Wheels are home. Wheel bolts are minging, but hey, I did not ask about their condition.  Dummy mounted, next to the chassis. Hope they ultimately look good enough.  |
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BiAS
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Grizz, it's gonna look awesome, matching wheels is a must for the trailer, I like the idea of putting the polished on the trailer as, like you say, they'll be the same wheels as on the van but the polished finish will tie them into matching the teardrop. Cool as penguin knackers. Keep up the good work |
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Grizz, it's gonna look awesome, matching wheels is a must for the trailer, I like the idea of putting the polished on the trailer as, like you say, they'll be the same wheels as on the van but the polished finish will tie them into matching the teardrop. Cool as penguin knackers. Keep up the good work Thanks Ian, That means a lot coming from a pro like you. I do want it to be cool as . Raining here, so only indoor stuff happening, some stone chip to the floor underside, and also want to reskin the door in ply, so that it looks like the rest of the caravan, rather than have the textured ally on it. |
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oh and mastic if it was me , the type that don't fully cure but stays flexible. done the calculations fr heating your trailer , based on your sizes with outside temps of 5 degrees c , and inside required of 18 degrees c , then total heating required of a massive 0.15kw. so a 12 volt ceramic heater would cook the van nicely. 
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