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Subject:Re: Small trailers
From:Tom Forhan
Date:Tue, 27 May 2008 10:42:20 -0700

Just Google "Teardrop Trailers". There are forums,
manufacturers, kit sales people, and free plans from
vintage 1930 Popular Mechanix mags and the like.

HTH
--- Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:

> I've seen some interesting "Tear-drop" style
> trailers recently, none behind
> a vanagon, but other small vehicles are using them.
> These, and I have seen
> a few different types, usually have a door at the
> curb side and another
> "hatch" on the back/top.  Some have a cargo space
> back there and some have a
> cooking area built into that area.  They look pretty
> well made (from a
> distance) and have semi-normal sized wheels.  The
> ones I've seen seem about
> 6 feet high and maybe 8' long..
>   Interesting side fact:  Last I heard, you need no
> license or registration
> for utility trailers in Oregon, and they are
> often-swiped there...Also, in
> Washington state, you have to have a vehicle license
> for a slide-in
> camper..No wheels, no motor, but you still must buy
> a separate vehicle plate
> for the camper..?
>   Don Hanson
>