In my last article, I explained the need to have an RV inspected by a trained professional before making such a large purchase and in this article I’ll share some information I learned when I interviewed one of the National Recreational Vehicle Inspectors Association (NRVIA) certified inspectors who currently works …
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Everyone should understand that it’s important to know the history of your potential RV and its current condition before making such a large high-dollar purchase. As I have said before in previous articles, whether you are buying a new or used RV, it should never be considered an investment. It’s …
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You may have heard people refer to their VIN number when they are talking about their RVs or any vehicle that they may own. VIN is an acronym for the term “Vehicle Identification Number”, which is a unique series of numbers and capital letters that is assigned to RVs by …
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In the last part of our build, we skinned and sealed our rear hatch door. In this part of our series, we’re going to do almost the same thing for your roof assembly. However, we will be adding a sheet metal layer as the outer skin, a hurricane hinge to …
In the last part of this series we framed the hatch door and prepared it for skinning. In this part, we’ll install the outer skin for the hatch door, and we’ll seal it just as we did when we sealed our outer walls in a previous part of this build. …
Teardrop Trailer Build: Skinning Your Hatch Door Read More »
In the last part of this series we designed our gussets to support the hatch door. In this part, we’ll design our spars to support the outer skin and tie them into the gussets to square the hatch door for final installation. Timing & People Needs 4-6 hours. While you …
You may remember that in my first lessons here, I stressed the importance of saving most of your scrap pieces of wood as you were cutting out your teardrop camper walls, and this lesson is a perfect example of why you should save those cutouts and scraps. When we were …
Teardrop Trailer Build: Designing Your Hatch Gussets Read More »
Now that we have framed in our walls for your sleeping and living area, we’re now going to concentrate on framing in the hatch area. We’re going to do this now to help with squaring your build as well as installing wiring before we seal up the inner walls which …
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In my last installment in this series, we looked at how to design your walls and cut them to the appropriate dimensions for your design and then I walked you through the process of cutting the openings for any doors, windows, access panels and utility outlets. In this installment, we’ll …
In this part of our teardrop camper build, we’ll begin by constructing the walls. First, we’ll concentrate on the two 4’x8’ walls on the sides of your camper and then we’ll square those walls up by installing part of your kitchen hatch design and your forward wall which will have …
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