How to Build a Teardrop Camper Start to Finish Time-lapse
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this video, I show you how we built our first homemade teardrop camper from start to finish!
We are Paige and Danny of Wander Tears. You may know us from our Instagram: ( / wandertears . At the beginning of 2020, we set out to build our own tiny camper and travel the country so that's what we did. Be sure to subscribe to our channel to see future videos like this one!
Comment below with any questions or suggestions for our channel. We look forward to meeting like-minded people and helping them as much as we can!!
Happy building!
This video is a compilation of our first build timelapse videos. You'll notice a few gaps in the video where we don't show a few things. We apologize for this and are working to improve our video quality. Helpful suggestions and constructive criticisms are welcomed!
Links to items used for the build:
(Some Links are affiliated with Amazon Associates, which means I may receive a tiny commission on items purchased, at no cost to you. Thank you for your support!)
DIY Camper Plans:
HTTPS://wandertears.com/diy-plans
Aluminum:
Hurricane Hinge: amzn.to/30JMk26
Edge Trim: amzn.to/2ORP4Ym
Offset T-molding (hatch): amzn.to/2On7AIt
Side Table Bracket: amzn.to/38yN7qT
Aluminum Sheets: SAF.com
Electrical:
Tongue Box: amzn.to/2OSJWmG
Battle Born Battery: amzn.to/38G8w1c
12v Fuse Block: amzn.to/3bHpn5L
Master Battery Switch: amzn.to/3vm38u3
Reading Light: amzn.to/3cyv4ST
Vent Fan: amzn.to/3qONuDQ
Charging Station: amzn.to/3bLfhRx
Miscellaneous:
Mattress: amzn.to/2PBh4jk
Doors: amzn.to/31oJXll
Stove: amzn.to/3u43QL8
Trailer Frame:
Purchased locally at a manufacturer. You could also use a bolt-together frame from Northern Tool or Harbor Freight.
MUSIC:
Music: 00:00-02:08: Take it
Musician: LiQWYD
Music - 02:07-05:13: Whenever
Musician: LiQWYD
I've watched a lot of these builds and I have to say your build is one of the best home built tear drops I have seen. You have a passion my man. Keep living the dream! Happy Wandering!
Thank you very much. It took a lot of time and planning to build so we truly appreciate that.
@@WanderTears but it is worth the hustle my men, congratulations, really amazin build
@@WanderTears how much did the project cost you?
Продаете проект и видео урок?
Love how his wife helped. So nice to see a husband and wife working together.
I really couldn’t do it without her!
Yes thats a beautiful thing❤
Love seeing couples doing stuff together
I honestly love watching people share their builds from start to finish. Not only can I learn, but i also just enjoy watching you create something from nothing. I must be getting to that age now where I want to start getting more into building things. I did a fit out in the back of my 4wd without any clue to what I was doing, and although it's not perfect it works and it was so much fun to problem solve on the go. My recent project is shaping surfboards from stsrt to finish. It really gives you an appreciation for people who master their skills and produce perfect finished products. I surf so just being able to surf my boards at the end is a huge reward for the time.
Keep posting and sharing. Bloody awesome and thank you.
There is something very special about creating something from nothing. We live sharing our story and our main mission is to encourage others to do the same. Do you have any videos of you shaping boards? I’m sure people led would love to witness it, including myself!
I love how Paige is jumping in a really contributing to this great build, using the Kreig pocket hole jig, glue plywood stiffeners, etc, not just holding stuff.
She’s handier than most men!
@@WanderTears Then she's DEFINITELY a keeper!
Absolutely one of the best builds I’ve watched. You have some serious skills and she seemed to be right in unison with you. Great teamwork.
That brought back memories. My build was very similar to yours, but smaller. Mine was 4X8 so I did not have to join any plywood. My hatch was built almost exactly like yours. It was more flexible than I wanted, but it worked. I used similar side doors, too, but they had larger windows.
Insulation was not an issue, since I live and camped in the South. However, I built an air-conditioner into my teardrop using a cheap, 5,000 BTU "window shaker." I can't sleep if it is 85 degrees in my camper. From the outside, you could not tell it was air-conditioned, except for a couple of marine vents for intake and exhaust to the condenser fan/coil.
I used FRP instead of metal for my skin. Not something I would do again, but it was cheap, and it worked. I used my teardrop to sleep in, and the galley to cook in. That's all. It was my comfortable "tent on wheels."
You said it perfectly! A tent on wheels. We love how it forces us to stay outside but at night when you have a bed to sleep in, in the middle of nowhere, it changes everything. We were tent campers for so long and can’t imagine going back.
Where did you put the AC and how did you drain the condensation? We’re in The South as well. Camping without AC is not an option July/August!
Hola amigos, soy de argentina la verdad los felicito muy linda casita rodante. No entiendo nada el inglés pero me encanta verlos trabajar
You are incredibly lucky to have such a patient and capable helper.
Haha She is very patient with me! Thank you.
@@WanderTears, does she have a sister like her?
LOL 😂😂
@@smileyslick1534lol, I'm probably a bit too old for her but who ever ends up with her will be a lucky fella, no doubt!
My wife would have sat in a lawn chair and just watched. Lucky man.
@@stanleydenning I feel your pain
Wow!!! Love it. Symmetrical, clean lines, solid build. Kudos.
Thank you!
Top de mais.... viajar é a melhor coisa do mundo....
Now I know why teardrops are not cheap. Lot of work, well done!
Now the materials are X 5 ! .... Excellent build and Video !
incredible you started in a garage and now you have a tremendous company you are an example for me because that is my dream thank you for inspiring me to make it possible...
You have done an awesome job 👏 I hope you both have many years of fun in your wee Glamping van. 😀
I'm looking forward to videos of this in use and to learn how it holds up. My cousin and I are looking to build a teardrop this summer.
That’s a great idea! We will try to put that video together soon. Thanks for the idea!
This guy knows what he's doing! Excellent work.
Much appreciated! Thank you!
Built one 20 yrs ago. Good job.
One hell of a good looking teardrop you have there. You should both be very proud of that ! I love the quality touches like the aluminum skin on top. When you're paying its hard to swallow the cost of an Airstream but I suppose when you're doing it yourself its easier to afford some of the better materials. Excellent work !
Thank you! It was a very fulfilling experience. And after building this one I can understand why airstreams are so expensive.
Take the money you would spend on someone else’s labor and put that into quality materials and tools for yourself.
Great build! Liked how it was the two of you working on it!
Thank you! Yeah definitely needed an extra hand a few times.
Amongst so many videos and books - this build is the most descriptive and inspiring build. Will be my reference video when I start my build next month! Would be really helpful if you could include a list of tools used in the build in the description
I appreciate the kind words. We do have plans for this specific model. Slightly different (simpler) build method but all the tools, materials and cut lists are included. Check them out on the website wandertears.com/diy-plans. We have had many people get it done in less than 4 months. No experience needed.
Parabéns ao casal ficou lindo!!!
un trabajo hecho con un nivel de detalle increíble !!! es una belleza esa mini camper!!!
Thank you very much!
Dude's got skills and a cute assistant!
Amazing video, really shows how everything came together. will be my inspiration for my build!
Awesome! Thanks for watching. Let us know if we can help.
Living the dream..
I really like your design and attention to detail. Great job!
I appreciate that. Thank you!
Superb build, now we wait for some videos of your adventures!
Thank you! And I know, We need to put some together for you all! We do put most of content on Instagram though. @wandertears
I like the small campers I just like the fact you hav to go outside to cook or whatever it can be cold out raining or snowing who wants to stand outside to cook and all that they should make it so that the outside kitchen can come inside make it rotate so now you can cook in its nice and cozy
Great workmanship, awesome end result. But by far the best aspect of this video for me is that Macho Man tank top. Makes me want a Slim Jim.
lol Im glad you enjoyed it. Some people thought I was wearing Paige's shirt haha. No just a cool walmart tank.
Beautiful i love it thank you for sharing your project
Love the teardrop camper👍🏽
Like the music aswell 🎶🎵🎶🎵👍🏽
And the video was very helpful. Thanks👍🏽.
Thank you! Some people love the music, some people hate it haha.
i know how long this video took to put together and i just want to thank you for all your effort! great work
I appreciate that, Thank you!
No doubt.
This video made me realize if I ever MADE a teardrop camper myself it would like much much much worse. Very nice job it is quality looking and I bet people would pay good money for one of their own.
Thank you! If you would like to make one yourself we do have plans for our camper!
The handwork is very good! Admirable!👍👍
Thank you!
I absolutely loved watching this video. Makes me want to build my own so badly but I'm disabled and I don't see it happening. I was thinking about getting a little fixer upper to try to do myself, but I would love something light for me to tow myself. I hate asking for help. I want to do everything myself, but I do not think I can build this myself. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy one so I can hit the open open rode. I've learned that life is too short, and too much I haven't seen. I want to get out there. Thank you for the inspiration. It's the perfect size.
Thank you! These little campers are life changing. You have everything you need to go anywhere, and you are correct - there is so much to see and do! Let me know how I can help you get into one!
The end result is truly excellent. Time 15:29 , priceless, I envy you!!!
I’m 99.9% sure Zack Fowler just made a video with same build cause this one was recommended next great work 👍🏼👍🏼
Great video I enjoyed seeing you put the teardrop together looks like fun
Thank you! I wish it went together as fast as it looks in the time-lapse.
Great!!! Hope ya'll have a grand adventure.
It’s been fun so far! Thanks
Damn this is sick. Really top notch. Thanks for the attention to detail and the shared process!
No problem thank you for watching!
Beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Great job!
I'm getting that age the kids will be gone soon and I'm still capable, this is going to be my next project. Good job on the trailer and the video.
Thank you! Let us know if we can help. We do have plans available on our website if your interested in cutting out the long planning phase! Or we can customize some plans for you as well. Either way, check out all the DIY teardrop communities on Facebook. They can be super helpful! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic job you two.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations !!!
Very well done, congratulations
Those ???? Over the rear hatch was more like a thousand cuss words when I built mine. I built this same plan and had it since 2015 and still going strong! Wish I would have made a video like this. Fun to look back
😂 exactly!
Great job! Thanks for posting this project.
Thank you!
build one myself , but a bit different. first time building sometging like this , you really inspired me
Hola buen día, Felicitaciones a ambos, quedó espectacular prolijo 100 puntos.
That is cool .hope your family have many good times.
i'm an 80yo diyer. excellent!
Wow you're so smart, love your RV tiny👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Love you video from start to finish. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Wow,, that was some serious effort. The end result was really nice. Happy memories!
Thank you! yes we have had some great trips in it. Currently on our way back from a 5000 mile trip!
Excellent job… perfect finishing 👍
Thank you!
We love your video and we love your teardrop! Looking forward to more videos, keep um coming! Thank you!
Thank you! We have a lot of content to put out so hopefully we can get them out every week or so! Let us know if you have anything you’d like to see more of.
Very, very good - professionell - better as from factory! RESPECT!!!
Thank you very much!!
Damn sir! Looks great! I'd love to build my own, you did outstanding! Hope you are enjoying this camper as often as possible.
Great pre-planing, looks amazing
Thank you!
Aweson!, I like it so much. You´re a very good constructor. Excelente video, me gusto mucho y me da buenas ideas para hacer el mío.
Thank you! I'm glad you got some good info!
Great construction and great video!
Wow man, great looking teardrop
Fantastic ,thanks for sharing .
I'm looking at making a tear drop camper for my honda goldwing motorcycle ,this has given me the incentive to start
Many thanks
Dave from Scotland near St Andrews
Is there a website I can download the plans?
Thanks
Dave
Amazing! It’s a very fulfilling achievement. We sell these plans on our website wandertears.com. It weights about 1200 lbs so I fear it may be too heavy.
A really great demo. No long winded preamble about what you where supposed to be demonstrating. Even using speed up video it still had enough visual info to show your method, great. More You tubers should do this instead of being a talking head. I've watched a lot of supposed builds that don't actually show anything. Your video is a beauty. thanks. I did turn the music off.
Haha thank you!
Nice work! Teamwork makes the dream work. 😊 You’re definitely blessed with talents and a great wife.
It looked like you didn’t use treated lumber for your wood floor frame and initial decking. I bought a used trailer and learned the hard way how treated lumber is essential especially for the bottom attaching to the frame. I had to rip it all out down to the frame.
Thank you!
Oh no! That sounds like a nightmare! That’s probably a good idea. We sealed it up pretty well so hopefully we won’t have that problem. Hopefully you got a good deal on the trailer?
@@WanderTears, how did you seal up the decking underneath to prevent erosion & rotting?
Fortunately I got the trailer really cheap. It was only $150, but I would’ve been better off getting a new trailer for a few hundred dollars more because the axle was slightly out of alignment causing uneven wear on the tires and blowouts. I went through 5 tires within less than 1000 miles.
We used Asphalt fence paint for the bottom and it’s help up great!
@@WanderTears, great! Thanks for the tip. I’m sure it will be helpful even to many that actually read through the comments.
Very cool! Great job!
We appreciate it!
Türkiye'den selamlar tebrik ederim yaptığınız iş çok güzel...👍👏👏
Beautiful build. Great team!
Awesome video it has inspired me to start building one love that u hand did it with jig saw and not a cnc
Awesome!
Ok thats expert level skill…nice job
I appreciate that! We spent a lot of time trying to make it professional grade.
Highly impressive, keep up the good work 👍 Long live to your channel.
Thank you very much!
Very awesome work man! Thanks for making the video!
Hope to see more of this.
We have more coming. Anything in particular you’d like to see?
Brilliant job and great informative video
Bravo!!
Well done. Great looking trailer.
Thank you!
Fantastic video and beautiful build. Hoping to start my first in next couple months. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! let me know if I can help!
subscribed here and following on Insta. will be reaching out I am sure. thanks!
This is impressive. Great work. 👍
Thank you!
Wow! It fantastic. 👍👍👍
Thank you!
You guys, did a awesome job, 👌
Thank you!
Congratulations guys excellent job Greece 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
Thank you!
Damn you guys work fast. Great video! 👍
Thank you sirrrr
AWESOME CAMPER! I hacked my lil camper together in a drunken stupor compared with this craftsmanship! BUT. I did dip every single stainless screw in clear silicone before driving it in the last time and glued every single joint and painted all wood inside and out during assembly of my rolling mistake! Great job brother!
😂 thank you! Hey as long as you can get drunk in the woods and wake up dry in cozy bed that’s all that matters.
This is amazing! Awesome work. Truly talented my man!
Thank you! Cheers!
You are crazy good!! This is mind blowing, seriously!
Thank you! It was definitely a challenge!
in Alaska trailer like these cost over $14,000. So summer of 2020, my dad and I built one for, well would of been under $2,000 if we knew what we were doing, ended up being just over that. The biggest cost was a snowmachine trailer we built it on top of. We also made it easier and faster by squaring it, instead of curving it. Made it low as we could, inside about 3 1/2 feet high, like a tent. It's light weight and so nice to pull up to a site in any weather, and my bed is already. We saw a picture online, and said, lets try to make something like that. It was a fun project.
I can definitely relate with that! We were tent campers for a long time, but got rained on too many times. We’d come back from a hike and all of our gear would be soaked. Now there’s zero setup at camp, and we are protected from everything. 1000x better than a tent!
Very well done, looks very professional.
Thanks! We took our time trying make it right.
Wonderful work thank you for your efforts !!!
Thanks for watching!
Amazing
Watching this again and so impressed with 689 K views in just 11 months yall did well and made a nice trailer too.
Yeah I was shocked to see it blow up too. I thought it’d be cool to get 1000 views.
Woow super bien..........
Hammer Teil Junge! 👍👍
Impressive.
nice job on the build, video was great too, good work!
Thanks for your support! We have a lot more coming!
Thank you for this Video
That turnt out nice
Thank you sir!
Really good job guys!! 😎👍
Thank you!