You guys might remember my fancy Hi Lo camper build from last year. Well, I traded it for this ugly boat trailer a couple of months ago. I could see the potential in it even though most other people couldn't. My goal is to have a rustic looking tear drop shaped camper tall enough to stand up in without hitting our head. I want this thing to look like an old shed rolling down the road. It will have a wood storage area under the bed frame. This is a rough sketch of what I want to build.
My new burgundy beauty!
The tires had some dry rot cracks which made me a little nervous. I found a good deal on some almost new tires plus a spare. Next up was to convert the V frame to a flat bed. I got some 1/4" x 2" angle iron and started welding. I made the flat bed 13' long.
I ground off any rust that I could see.
A coat of primer and 2 coats of flat black covered up that horrible burgundy color.
Once I got the deck down it looked totally different than when I started. The axles are farther back than a normal trailer but I think that will actually work out better when I'm fully loaded.
Today I started on the camper. I did a lot of measuring and thinking trying to come up with a good side profile. This is what I came up with. The more I look at it the less I like the slope down to the back. I want to take the angle farther up towards the front. I'll draw some lines on it and see if I can make it any better. I don't want to lose any head room in the open part of the camper.
