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Magazine May 2019

Editor Sarah Tucker

COV E R STO RY Colorado Built

Contributing Authors Marilyn McCray Bob Phillips Bud Stratford

By Bob Phillips

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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ON THE TEARDROP TRAIL: TEARDROP BREAD IN A DUTCH OVEN

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By Sarah Tucker

By Marilyn McCray

MANUFACTURE FEATURE: ROAD TOAD

By Bob Phillips

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THE ROAD GOES ON

By Bud Stratford

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Letter from the Editor:

Cherish every moment Those three words are so important. Never in my life have I meant it more than I do right now. As I mentioned in the April editorial, my mom fell ill in March and after fighting hard for 25 days, her body wore out and we lost her. The following days have been the hardest of my life as I have been overwhelmed with my helping my kids through their grief, taking care of the estate and holding down my regular job.

In the midst of all that, I have missed my mom with every waking moment. She was only 62 years old and a vibrant, healthy woman, but as I'm coming to learn, it doesn't matter how old or sick, losing your mom is just hard.

My mom had a very deep, strong faith that she lived out daily for all to see. It's because of that faith that I am confident of her eternal rest. She loved her family. She told stories of car camping when she was a kid but was never a fan of it. While she loved gardening and was often found in our yard with her hands in the dirt, she was NOT a fan of eating or sleeping out of doors. And so we never camped when I was a kid. But when I showed an interest and then finally built my own teardrop, she was completely supportive. She helped figure out hard things when I was building it. She gave me fun pillows and decorations for it and let me talk about it whenever I wanted to.

I was actually camping the night she fell ill and have not been out since. But I plan to go for Mother's Day Weekend. She would want us to move on and get back out and enjoy camping. I would give about anything to have one more conversation, one more hug or even one more smile.

So whether your parents or loved one lives far or near, take the time and connect with them.

Tomorrow is not promised and every moment counts.

Until next time‌enjoy every sunset!

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TeardropTrail WITH MARILYN

Marilyn McCray is a published author of a cookbook titled Canning, Pickling and Freezing with Irma Harding, the International Harvester’s fictional spokesperson. Marilyn and her partner, Jim Kerkhoff, travel in a beautiful teardrop to promote the book and she has graciously agreed to share some recipes with us in a regular column. Be sure to check out her book at https://octanepress.com/book/canning-pickling-and-freezing-irma-harding

TEARDROP BREAD IN A DUTCH OVEN

Baking in camp can be tricky but Dutch Oven cooking can be one of the most rewarding parts of camping. The aromas fill the air. Everyone in camp awaits with great anticipation as the lid is lifted off the cast iron Dutch Oven to reveal the magic of fresh, warm toasty bread. Here’s a link to a chart to help select the best size Dutch Oven and the correct number of coals needed. It also covers how to adjust the temperature of your Dutch Oven. This is a no-knead, artisan bread.

Serves: one large loaf.

Ingredients · 3 ¼ cups of bread flour · 1 packet dry active yeast · 1 teaspoon salt · 1 ½ to 1 ¾ cups water · ½ tablespoon olive oil · Course cornmeal for dusting

Optional: Add shredded cheese, garlic or rosemary for a pungent, herb taste.

Add brown sugar and cinnamon for a tasty cinnamon bread.

Prepare before leaving home · Measure dry ingredients, place in plastic bags – label · Measure and place oil in a reusable container – label · Pack a large bowl, whisk, spatula, cotton dish towel, lid lifter · Refrigerate eggs, butter, buttermilk and fruit in ice chest or cooler

size. Dust cutting board with flour. Scrap dough on to board in one piece. Dough will be loose and sticky. Dust top of loaf lightly with a small amount of flour and cornmeal, but do not stir in more flour. Cover with clean cotton towel. Let rise for one to two hours.

Cooking Methods On the campfire – Cast Iron Dutch Oven Prepare the campfire in advance to produce hot coals. Oil Dutch Oven with ½ tablespoon of olive oil. Pre-heating the Dutch oven is critical. Place Dutch Oven with lid on the fire 30 minutes before cooking. Placing coals on the lid will provide an all-around, even heat. Use the correct number of coals for the bottom and lid of your Dutch Oven size for 475 degrees. Sprinkle about one teaspoon of cornmeal evenly on the bottom of the Dutch Oven. Place the dough in the Dutch Oven and cover. The Dutch Oven and lid should be rotated, a 1/4 turn every 15 minutes.

Check the status of the coals. Add coals to the fire as needed. Bake for 20 minutes and check it. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes. Continue to check the loaf. Some Dutch Ovens may take the better part of 90 minutes. When crust is browned on top but not burned or the bread reaches 200 degrees as measured with a thermometer, it should be done. Remove from the fire.

Preparation Start preparations the night before cooking – at least 12 to 18 hours before cooking. Make sure you have all the ingredients and equipment ready before beginning to cook. Wisk four, salt and yeast in large bowl. Mix 1 ½ cups of water, stir until thoroughly mixed. Add remaining water as needed to make a sticky mass of dough.

To serve Dough will be much wetter and not form a ball.

Use a metal or wooden spatula to remove the loaf Place in bowl, and cover with dish towel, or and transfer to a cooling rack. Let the loaf cool for plastic wrap and let it sit at room temperature 1 hour before slicing. Enjoy. forTears 12 to Magazine 18 hours until more than doubled in May 2019 Cool

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Tent camping discomfort lead to this home-built, Bronco-themed teardrop

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By Bob Phillips

ike Hahn’s story has a familiar ring to it. As years roll by, sleeping on the ground in a tent often loses its appeal. Not wanting to give up camping, or spend big bucks on a fancy RV, a teardrop camping trailer seems to be a logical step. For a guy who enjoys building things, there’s the allure of taking on the challenge of building a teardrop at home from scratch. You’ve read similar stories here before.

It was a family camping trip to the Colorado mountains in the summer of 2016 that started the Hahns thinking about teardrops, as Mike tells it.

There was excitement as they prepared for the trip since they hadn’t been camping for many years, but it took only one night to convince them they would prefer something more comfortable. Mike’s wife, Christina, even spent the second night sleeping in their mid-sized SUV. “It was the summer of 2016, on a camping trip with my wife, Christina, our son Evan (16), daughter Leila (6), and my wife’s cousin and his family, at Eleven Mile State Park in the mountains of Colorado,” Mike related. “We had set up camp, had a great first day

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and were bedding down for the night. My son had his own tent, borrowed from our cousin, and Christina, Leila, and I were sleeping on a blow-up mattress in the other tent. It had been years since we had been camping. During the early years of our marriage, I was in the Army stationed in Texas. Since we both had family in the Midwest, we used to do a lot of road trips, pulling off the highway at small camp sites for the night with a small two-person tent to sleep in, since we were strapped for cash. Being young, sleeping on the ground didn’t really affect us. Fast forward 22 years, and it was a completely different story!

“I remember it was rather windy that night, and my wife and I were awakened many times by the sounds of the tent flapping back and forth with the wind.

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When we got up the next morning, Christina and I were exhausted from tossing and turning all night.

I remember her saying, ‘I am not sleeping in that tent again tonight!’ So the next night, she proceeded to setup a bed in the back of our Dodge Journey.

Needless to say, she got a much better night of sleep than the previous night.”

It was Christina who suggested that a teardrop would be more suitable for camping. She had seen them online and liked what she saw. She even told Mike that he could build it. Mike agreed to tackle the project and several months later began the build. He learned that a buddy at his workplace was building a teardrop and started picking his brain about the process. The friend even loaned Mike his build plans. After carefully reviewing those plans, Mike

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said it became apparent that many revisions would be necessary.

side profile starting out and then did a lot of research online to get a feel for what worked for people versus what didn’t. I wanted to build a teardrop that looked as professionally built as possible.

“One morning, in the early days of January 2017, I left the house and told my wife that I was heading to Harbor Freight to pick up a utility trailer. The look on her face when I returned home with two rather large cardboard boxes was priceless. She looked at me and said something to the effect of ‘it looks like your building this teardrop out of legos!’ I laughed it off, knowing that it would all come together.

“There were a few challenges.

Modifying the frame required a lot of welding, something that I had very little experience doing. That was a bit intimidating. The biggest challenge I had was the hatch. I thought I had designed a hatch that would fit perfectly. Once I put it in place, the top half looked and fit perfectly, the bottom ended up three-quarters of an inch off.

“I went with the plan’s template

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That was a major disappointment. I literally spent two weeks trying to figure out how to fix the issue without building a new hatch.

One day it came to me. The only reason the hatch wouldn’t close had to do with the trim I chose to seal it. I ended up shimming the hatch with quarter-inch ply, reinstalled the plywood sheet, skin and trim and was able to correct the issue.”

Mike always had a project going on, often building something from a picture Christina found. One thing he learned early on from his dad was to have the right tools for the job. When it came to the teardrop, having the rights tools made the build a lot easier. Mike said spending a few extra dollars on a specific tool makes a big difference.

“The build process itself was both fun and challenging,” he said. “This was by far the most aggressive project that I have

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ever taken on. As the pieces started to fall into place, I started seeing opportunities to add aspects that I hadn’t seen on other teardrops. While working on the frame, I wondered what I could use for a battery box.

I wanted the battery up front, towards the tongue, but didn’t know how I was going to build the battery box.

During this brainstorming process, a thought came to me. About a year prior to starting my build, my sister had sent me a vintage 1950s aluminum beer cooler that was my late father’s. I thought it would be a nice tribute to them to incorporate the cooler. I liked the fact that it added a bit of nostalgia to the look of my build. I am really glad that I figured this out early on, as I had to fabricate and weld brackets onto the frame to ensure a secure fit. I realized early on that you really have to think four steps ahead while building to ensure that everything falls in place down the line.

“While building the cabin, I tried to pay attention to detail to the flow of the inside. I selected birch plywood for the walls, ceiling and doors, and white

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pine for the shelving. I came up with adding ambient lighting for the interior by way of sconces, with LED light strips hidden behind them. It provides a really subtle lighting effect, while not using too much power. Christina suggested adding a pass through door into the galley, which turned out to be an awesome addition. It was something we hadn’t seen in other tears.

“The floor came together by way of a friend replacing the flooring in his house. He gifted me enough threequarter-inch Indonesian hardwood to do the main cabin and galley floors, which really took the look to a whole new level. It was installed prior to the wall insulation and interior skins being added, to ensure that all of the lines looked as clean as possible. I decided to build custom doors, since the guy who loaned me his plans also gave me the old doors off his build, which included the windows and door handles, for free! The doors took some time, but turned out nearly perfect. I added side tables that

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attached to the doors inside for added counter space.

“For the galley, I also used Birch plywood for the side panels, as well as white pine and birch for the cabinetry. We decided not to go too overboard in the galley with things like a sink or grill, since we also plan to take the teardrop tailgating to a few of the Denver Broncos home games each year when we are not camping. The cooler in the galley was heavily modified and given a bit of a facelift to don the Bronco’s markings. The strut bases have a “D” and “B” for a bit of added subtlety without going too overboard on showing love for our favorite team.

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“I went with hidden LED lighting under the top shelf, as well as an LED light strip on the inner hatch to add bright lighting while not using too much power. I purchased a 45 amp WFCO series power center and converter, which is mounted in the galley, with the fuse panel installed for access from inside the cabin. I installed two 110 volt wall plates, one in the galley and one in the cabin, to be able to hook up to power.

When plugged in, the inverter\converter also charges the battery. I installed a volt meter in the cabin to monitor battery voltage while camping. I decided to French-in the license plate into the galley hatch to add a more custom flare to the overall look and flow of the teardrop. I hadn’t seen this on any other tear in the past. I ended up with a really clean look that I was happy with.

“The exterior of the teardrop was skinned with .032” aluminum and wrapped with vinyl auto wrap. If I ever sell it, the next owner can re-wrap it to a color they desire.

The wrapping process was very time consuming. I laid each piece of vinyl on

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a flat surface in the garage before adhering it to the aluminum. I went with the color blue to go with Christina’s orange Dodge Journey for that Bronco color scheme. All of the trim was ordered from Frank Bear’s Vintage Technologies. I built exterior side tables with attached drop-down brackets to hold them in place, which matched the interior side tables.

A four-inch, capped PVC tube was installed on the front end, behind the battery box, to store fishing gear.

On the back end, I fabricated two small bumpers, just to give it more of a finished look.

“When it came to naming the teardrop, Christina wanted to honor her dad who had passed away in 2017. He always went by JR growing up, so she thought it would be a fitting tribute to name the tear “Junior.” While visiting us some years ago, we were all sitting in our garage, which had been converted into a bar. On the back door, whenever someone new visits the bar they are required to sign the door.

Christina handed her dad a marker, in order to leave his mark in our fine establishment. He simply wrote, “Let the good times roll -- Andy T.” That line was the perfect finishing touch to add to the back of the trailer. So from now on, once we load up the camper for a camping trip, we will do what he said, and let the good times roll!”

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Although the trailer has been finished for over a year now, the Hahns have yet to take it on its maiden voyage. The Colorado Springs residents have two trips planned for this summer, somewhere in the Colorado Rockies, where they will park alongside a roaring stream, set up their gear and enjoy the great outdoors.

“Who knows, maybe it will motivate me to build an even bigger teardrop next time around,” Mike said.

“I am really looking forward to see how this teardrop holds up in the mountains; to see if all of the detail and hard work pays off!”

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ROAD TOAD

New construction technology makes these teardrops lightweight, tough, affordable

By BOB PHILLIPS

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oad Toad teardrop trailers, which went into production the first of this year, utilize a unique uni-body construction method that makes them lightweight for smaller tow vehicles, yet durable and low cost. The trailers are built by Petenwell Industries LLC in Necedah, Wisconsin, the company that also produces Camp-Inn camping trailers.

Road Toads are far different from Camp-Inns, so Petenwell owners Cary Winch and Craig Edevold thought it best to have a stand-alone company for a stand-alone product, marketed to a niche clientele.

“Camp-Inn is very well known for it’s high quality, special marine grade build materials, long list of options and accessories and, most importantly, very high level of customer service,” Cary said. “In contrast, the Road

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Toad is a super simple, low frill, low cost, low maintenance product that needs little care.

Having a separate company makes it easier to keep customer service easily handled with fewer resources than the much more complex Camp-Inn product line.”

Craig and Cary came up with the idea for the Toads in 2014 and built a prototype. It was road tested for over four years. The prototype was towed over 50 miles every day for one full year and on several trips of 1,000 miles and more. It was used in temperatures from 104 degrees to minus-30 degrees in sun, wind, rain and snow. The prototype was loaded to 120% of its axle load rating and towed over rough roads. A 1,000-pound axle failed

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under the heavier test load so the trailers now come with 2,000-pound axles.

Construction methods and materials are very different between Road Toad and Camp-Inn. The Camp-Inn is a wooden camper that makes use of marine grade woods, glues, wood finishes and hardware throughout. The Road Toad has no wood in it. It has no structural skeleton like most trailers, instead using a construction technique in which the body is integrated into a single unit with the frame rather than a separate body on a frame. This uni-body design is engineered to provide a very high strength-toweight ratio. Specially designed composite panels of corrugated plastic and aluminum are used to form the body, all held together by

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system of aluminum extrusions at the joints.

Even the frame rails are aluminum extrusions that also provide a mounting structure for the axle and tongue.

The goal is a simple low-cost camper that has very little need for care and maintenance.

“The construction method is something Craig and I dreamed up many years ago and sketched up the concept,” Cary said.

“The whole idea started with, could we build a camper that is all held together primarily with a system of aluminum extrusions? In 2014 we built a prototype and did extensive testing of the concept. Once we knew how well it really worked we tooled up all the special extrusions and started a plan to build Road Toads. We use a unique composite panel material, for the walls and floor, which is a corrugated plastic core with thin layers of pre-coated aluminum bonded to both sides.

The roof and the galley hatch are a similar material that is thinner and has a solid plastic core. Both are super lightweight, and super strong. While the material is more expensive than plywood or other more conventional building materials, due to the strengths of the material, less material is needed and the weight savings alone justifies the choice.”

Both brands are built in Petenwell’s 20,000 square-foot plant in Necedah. The Camp-Inn

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product typically requires 240 to 270 hours of labor to produce a typical model. They are built in an assembly line process that flows from one end of the building to the other. The Road Toad is brilliantly simple in design, only requiring about 30 hours of labor for each camper, and is built in a work cell away from the Camp-Inn line.

“There are two things that set the Road Toad apart, the first being quality materials.”

Cary said. “Many people make nice low-cost teardrop campers. They are built with lower cost materials and building methods. This sometimes means lower quality and generally always means a shorter life span. We designed the Road Toad to hit the low-cost targets while building using higher quality materials that will outlast all the other construction methods and materials traditionally used in teardrop campers. A Road Toad can be expected to have a much greater life span.

“The main thing that sets the Road Toad apart is the weight. Many potential tow vehicles only have 1,000 pound tow capacities. All teardrop manufacturers, Camp-Inn included, have had to pass over that market. Conventional construction materials and methods just cannot get light enough. Even light teardrops will have

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empty weights of 700 to 800 pounds. To reach this target, teardrops are built narrower, at 4 feet, or the trailer is shortened and the galley is omitted. While they may reach the under 1,000 pound capacity target, they do not allow for the 300 to 400 pounds of gear often loaded into a basic teardrop. The loaded weight, of a typical teardrop, is too heavy for these smaller tow vehicles.”

The Road Toad is incredibly light, 400-460 pounds. This leaves plenty of capacity for gear in the camper and still keeps under the 1,000 pound range. The Road Toad is truly the only full-size teardrop camper on the market that can be properly used with tow vehicles that have 1,000 pound tow capacity.

Road Toad offers two models – the Abode and the Totes. The difference is that the Abode comes with a galley area and storage cabinets and the Totes has a wide-open interior that makes it work great for hauling cargo in addition to being a camper. They are identical in construction techniques with the same features and both will accommodate a queensized mattress. Both feature a large locking access hatch supported by gas struts, have 41 inches of ceiling height, 24X36 doors on each side with slide-open screened windows and a

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roof vent. The Abode adds a 59X24 countertop with 9.7 cubic feet of storage area, and 6 cubic feet of under-counter storage. The Abode’s ceilings are carpeted for insulation and sound reduction and there are 8 cubic feet of storage shelves in the cabin.

They are equipped with aluminum Jeep-like fenders, LED side marker lights, tail lights and license plate light. They have four-prong trailer wiring, optional 1-7/8” or 2” ball hitch and folding tongue jack. Optional are 12-, 13-, 14or 15-inch wheels, depending on the clearance desired.

The Totes is Craig’s brainchild, a cargo trailer/ teardrop camper hybrid. When Craig threw out the idea, Cary said he had observed that some people were cutting doors into cargo trailers and adding amenities inside for camping, and the Totes would fit nicely into that trend.

“This all came about when Craig suggested we make an empty model to keep it even simpler and to serve a dual purpose as a cargo trailer.

The Road Toad is a perfect platform for doing this as a production unit. Throw an air mattress in it and camp one weekend and use it to haul remodeling supplies the next weekend. We believe we are the only ones with a production version of a cargo trailer/teardrop camper hybrid, although there are plenty of them out there that are created by their owners.”

Road Toads are currently being sold from the online store on the Road Toad website www. roadtoadcampers.com.

They are built to stock and can be shipped rather quickly when ordered. The Camp-Inn trailers are built to order and often have a long lead time. They hope to offer the Road Toad product through dealerships in the future and will be looking for dealers who are interested in carrying the brand.

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nd The Road Goes On" started pretty humbly as a series of very elaborate, typeset and illustrated letters home to my friends and family about my many misadventures with my micro-camper, traveling all over the American Southwest. Later, I continued the theme for a series of skateboarding/camping articles for Concrete Wave Magazine and Everything Skateboarding.

"And The Road Goes On", the e-book, is a series of story collections based on the letters and articles, but expanded with more photos and illustrations, camping tips, and some of my favorite campfire recipes. The first two published volumes, Volume One and Volume Eight, are available now at Lulu (www.lulu.com); more collections will be published throughout the summer and into 2020, with eighteen more volumes on deck.

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If you're into tiny travel trailers, skateboarding, snowboarding, urban exploration, or Roadside Americana, then these books might be right up your alley. They feature large format print (for easy reading), and lots of photos and hand-drawn illustrations. Questions, compliments, and criticisms can all be emailed to budstratford@aol.com. See y'all out on the road somewhere...!

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