I have finaly weight my teardrop trailer

I was passing by the truck weight station on the freeway near Trois-Rivières, Québec and it was closed for summer.  So I decided to stop to check if it was on and it was.  So here are the results: total weight with camping gears: 330kg (725pounds) and tongue weight: 30kg (66 pounds). 

My teardrop trailer construction and design presentation

Here is a powerpoint presentation explaining the design and construction of my treardrop trailer.  PLease join my blog to receive information about future project and share it on facebook.

New teardrop trailer layout

New teardrop trailer layout


I'm designing my next teardrop trailer shape using AutoCAD.  Here are the 3 layout I have chosen so far.  1st one is my actual teardrop shape 8ft x 5 ft floor.  2nd and 3rd are new designs both 9ft x 5ft floor.

Tell me what you think about it...

New teardrop trailer design

New teardrop trailer design

I am thinking about building another teardrop trailer.  I want it a bit bigger but still towable with any compact car.  I am considering the new design shown below.  It is 1 foot longer but still 5 feet wide and 5 feet inside height.

Actual design (8 feet long)

New design (9 feet long)

My actual home built teardrop trailer (5ft x 5ft x 8ft long)

My teardrop trailer mentionned in a popular blog about small houses and related

An article about my teardrop trailer have just been published this week in a popular blog talking about subjects related to small houses, small spaces and related stuff like teardrop trailer.

Thanks to Alex Pino for writing it.

You can visit Alex's blog at www.tinyhousetalk.com

My teardrop trailer specs

• Floor length: 8ft
• Floor width: 5ft
• Inside height: 5ft
• Overall length 11ft-8in
• Overall height: 6ft-6in
• Weight: 750 pounds (estimated)
• Suspension: 2000# leaf springs and axle
• Floor: BC fir plywood
• Walls: composite material sandwich (epoxy-fibreglass and polystyrene foam)
• Roof: Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene plastic (UHMW-PE plastic)
• Frame: all welded steel
• Color: green because it’s cool!

Future of my teardrop trailer

Future of my teardrop trailer

Actual prototype design (8ft long x 5ft high x 5ft wide)

Future prototype design  (9ft long x 5ft high x 5ft wide)

• Some fine tuning will probably be needed next summer.  I’ll see after extended use of it.

• I am planning to test it a lot next summer.  I’m willing to lend it to many people to test it even more throughout the summer.

• I would like to build a second prototype.  It would be a foot longer, same height and walls would be made of another material, easier to work with then fibreglass and foam.

• I am considering a lot of design modifications: a rear hatch, a second door, lightning system, electric ventilation, storage  bin, etc...  But I want to keep my design simple as possible.

• I like to receive suggestions and comments when people come to talk to me when I park at Walmart.  It is a great source of inspiration and motivation.