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How about making your own teardrop trailer over the weekend (or a few weekends) and RVing anytime you feel like driving out of the city? All that’s needed is a trailer for a base and some plywood, framing wood, and screws. Of course, some people like to put in a bit more effort to make it more stylish and streamlined, like this one here by Truck with a Heart (who seem not to be accessible anymore).
RVs in America. Always popular, but changing in size, as have all vehicles I guess. These teardrop RV trailers first gained popularity among consumers in the Great Depression, a time of non-extravagance. They were small, light, economical RVs for the age, towed behind 1920s and 30s cars (and, one could imaging, some horses, too).
Teardrop trailers then and now are small camping spaces, with a bed, as well as storage space and often a cooking and food preparation area.
After the Depression, American prosperity happened, and everyone around the world is probably familiar with the (now considered) relatively big vehicles Ford, GM and others produced.
But now the economy is such that people don’t have money again in a lot of cases, and they’re looking for inexpensive, often smaller alternatives to things like houses and RVs. Yes, that includes travel trailers and campers. So the teardrop trailer is coming back into vogue, sometimes people are buying them, sometimes making them DIY style. With modern materials, the RV trailer can be made even lighter than before, and can now be towed behind a little smart car, motorbike, and sometimes even pedal bike.
