Teardrop trailers

[Ol Man]

Rich,

That tear drop looks to be an exact copy of the trailer my dad's company built in the 1950's. He was part owner of a company called Benroy. Their mfg facility was in Burbank.

BTW - all summer I have been restoring a 1951 14' trailer to tow behind my Jeep. It really won't be for off roading so to speak, but rather for a base camp set-up i.e. Calico, Ballarat, & Means Dry Lake type camping.

I have read a lot about the Benroy's. They command a good price and some have been remarkable restored.

I remember you talking about your restoration project. Hope to see some day.

[NAILER341]

Here are the Benroy Plans-
http://www.teardroptrailers.us/GenericBenroyPlans.pdf

[JeepGal]

I ran across these yesterday..

Its a hybrid tear drop:



http://www.safaricondo.com/alto/1713/indexeng.php

I think the weight is around 1700lbs.

[NAILER341]

I ran across these yesterday..

Its a hybrid tear drop:



http://www.safaricondo.com/alto/1713/indexeng.php

I think the weight is around 1700lbs.

That is bad ass. You get the tear drop look and your hot dogs can be sand free. Win Win.

[Ol Man]

I ran across these yesterday..

Its a hybrid tear drop:



http://www.safaricondo.com/alto/1713/indexeng.php

I think the weight is around 1700lbs.

Very clever use of space. Lots of thinking going into all of these variants on the old teardrop idea.

[OU812]

I would like to build a trailer that uses the pop-top off of a VW campervan to make a top bunk and some head room to cook.

[EricMCJ5]

I've got one.







It was custom built by a guy in San Jacinto.

[NAILER341]

That looks like Al's old sleeper

[4xfiend]

If you haven't yet, definitely check out http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/.
It's a great teardrop forum with a ton of home builds, as well as manufacturer information.