20' toy hauler trailer build

elkhunter338 · 01-11-2019, 11:40 PM

By request a description and few pic. of my future toy hauler. Why build my own, same reason we ride china bikes, we all can't afford new expensive stuff.
I am building a 24' toy hauler/camp trailer, living/cargo is 20' (5 sheets of plywood long to maximize material. Trailer frame is 4" standard Channel, single 3,500 lb axle (build so I can move it front/back, tongue weight adjustment). Every 4' I have cross member, I don't have pictures of just the bare trailer frame. I sheeted the trailer frame with 1 1/8 tongue/groove plywood (bolting it to the trailer frame), primed/painted the underside, glued the joints. Makes a nice stiff floor. Framed the walls out of 1 1/8 plywood studs (cut all of them) why because I could not find straight lumber for a light weight stud 2" wide 1 1/8 x 2 studs. Sheeted the trailer with 6mm marine plywood then fiberglassed the exterior. The entry door will be a door in a door. 4' wide plywood door and in that door will be a rv. entry door, that way I can load motorcycle thru the big door and use the rv entry door for normal use. In the front will be a bed, camp stove, freezer and such, insulate it and probably install a wood stove.
My back ground is I build a stitch/glue plywood skiff, basically a fully fiberglassed boat so the plywood does not get wet. Renn Tolman skiff.
I will post pictures, need to figure out how to shrink their size, too large.

elkhunter338 · 01-11-2019, 11:57 PM

think this will work for pictures.

**JerryHawk250** · 01-12-2019, 08:01 AM

That looks like a nice project. I like the boat too.

wheelbender6 · 01-13-2019, 11:53 AM

You are very skilled. I can barely build a saw horse.

ben2go · 01-13-2019, 01:55 PM

Cool. I've been wanting to build a 6x12 camp toy hauler and a boat similar to yours designed by Jeff Spira named Sitka.

elkhunter338 · 01-13-2019, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ben2go

Cool. I've been wanting to build a 6x12 camp toy hauler and a boat similar to yours designed by Jeff Spira named Sitka.

Basically I built a shallow v version of the 27' Sitka. Mine is a Renn Tolman Jumbo Skiff, I stretched it from 24' to full 26' 11". 8'2" beam. If you don't beach launch, then I would highly recommend looking at the tolman. The tolman has dory flare sides so the boat rides up and over the waves. I have 160hrs on the engine, all pacific ocean fishing. I love the boat, other than when I have to dock in wind, being light weight the wind pushes the boat around.

Sitka looks like a nice boat too.

The boat was a big project, my first boat build ever.

ben2go · 01-14-2019, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by elkhunter338

Basically I built a shallow v version of the 27' Sitka. Mine is a Renn Tolman Jumbo Skiff, I stretched it from 24' to full 26' 11". 8'2" beam. If you don't beach launch, then I would highly recommend looking at the tolman. The tolman has dory flare sides so the boat rides up and over the waves. I have 160hrs on the engine, all pacific ocean fishing. I love the boat, other than when I have to dock in wind, being light weight the wind pushes the boat around.

Sitka looks like a nice boat too.

The boat was a big project, my first boat build ever.

I looked at the Tolman's. I've never come to like the stich n goo method of boat building. I was planning on the 30' version of Sitka with the V entry bow. I do plan to beach but not launch from the beach. I also like the less than 12-inch draft, motor up, for my areas of boating. We have sudden shallows here. Lots of towing companies taking advantage of people too.

elkhunter338 · 01-20-2019, 01:18 AM

I draft 16" at the stern, flat bottom boat will draft less. I was not sure about stitchnglue until I put some plywood together in a v shape to simulate the keel, and tried to break the joint.

dh · 01-25-2019, 12:06 AM

Fabulous job with your trailer and boat. I am rebuilding an old 8x20 office trailer as a cabin right now and I feel your pain when it comes to the low quality lumber. I ended up buying kiln dried 2x4 and ripping all my own 1.5" x 1.5" x 8' studs to re-frame a couple of rotten walls. I like your idea of using the plywood for studs. Do you plan on painting the fiberglass exterior?

I have also enjoyed stitch and glue building and built several 8-12' dinghies using plans from Hannu's boatyard: http://hvartial.kapsi.fi/

The teal boat is one I made for a part of a floating display at a local Zoo a few years ago and the red boat was one I made for cruising a local lake with a 3hp outboard..

01-11-2019, 11:40 PM	#1
elkhunter338 Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Oregon Posts: 81	20' toy hauler trailer build By request a description and few pic. of my future toy hauler. Why build my own, same reason we ride china bikes, we all can't afford new expensive stuff. I am building a 24' toy hauler/camp trailer, living/cargo is 20' (5 sheets of plywood long to maximize material. Trailer frame is 4" standard Channel, single 3,500 lb axle (build so I can move it front/back, tongue weight adjustment). Every 4' I have cross member, I don't have pictures of just the bare trailer frame. I sheeted the trailer frame with 1 1/8 tongue/groove plywood (bolting it to the trailer frame), primed/painted the underside, glued the joints. Makes a nice stiff floor. Framed the walls out of 1 1/8 plywood studs (cut all of them) why because I could not find straight lumber for a light weight stud 2" wide 1 1/8 x 2 studs. Sheeted the trailer with 6mm marine plywood then fiberglassed the exterior. The entry door will be a door in a door. 4' wide plywood door and in that door will be a rv. entry door, that way I can load motorcycle thru the big door and use the rv entry door for normal use. In the front will be a bed, camp stove, freezer and such, insulate it and probably install a wood stove. My back ground is I build a stitch/glue plywood skiff, basically a fully fiberglassed boat so the plywood does not get wet. Renn Tolman skiff. I will post pictures, need to figure out how to shrink their size, too large.
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01-13-2019, 11:53 AM	#4
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	You are very skilled. I can barely build a saw horse. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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01-13-2019, 01:55 PM	#5
ben2go Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,335	Cool. I've been wanting to build a 6x12 camp toy hauler and a boat similar to yours designed by Jeff Spira named Sitka.
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01-20-2019, 01:18 AM	#8
elkhunter338 Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Oregon Posts: 81	I draft 16" at the stern, flat bottom boat will draft less. I was not sure about stitchnglue until I put some plywood together in a v shape to simulate the keel, and tried to break the joint.
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