DIY Squaredrop Camper FULL BUILD Walkthrough

Hi, I'm Elvis Svonja, and during 2021 I've built my first squaredrop camper (aka tiny camper or teardrop trailer) called Glacier Explorer. This video provides a detailed walkthrough of this squaredrop camper build - built completely from scratch. I have also uploaded short timelapse videos of building the base frame of this trailer as well as the main box (see my channel).

This camper was designed and built based on a balance between various design principles such as: quality, strength, convenience, aesthetics, cost effectiveness and ease of implementation. This trailer consists of a steel frame, and a squaredrop box built from very strong marine plywood. The exterior of the trailer is covered with decorative aluminium and thin layer of steel.

There are a number of accessories that I later added including roofracks, shade awning, stabilizer legs and toolbox. At the time of publishing this video, I have done around 3000 kms with this trailer including a longer camping trips, and it's been an awesome experience. I am so excited about these small camping trailers (teardrop, tiny camper, squaredrop etc), that I'm already planing to build a next one using slightly different implementation methods. I hope to build even better, lighter and better equipped trailer next year, so be sure to subscribe to my channel for future videos!

Feel free to provide constructive comments with any questions or suggestions. I acknowledge that there are things that I could have done differently and better, but after all, this was my first trailer. Thank you for visiting this channel. Wishing you good vibes and stay tuned.

Elvis Svonja

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Welcome
02:18 Acceptance Criteria
03:28 Base Frame Construction
08:07 Main Cabin Construction
11:16 Interrior
14:37 Exteriror Finish
19:45 Kitchen
20:36 Registration
21:35 Outro

Timelapse video of this trailer:    • Full Tiny Camper (Squaredrop / Teardr...  

Timelapse of making the frame:    • Teardrop trailer - base frame build t...  

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Material Reference:

Checkered black aluminium, Marine plywood, interior panels, t-rex glue
https://uptons.net.au/

J-mould/J-trim, Sink
https://www.onestopcaravanshop.com.au/

Stickers
https://megastickerstore.com.au/

Door
https://ajpm.com.au/products/statewid...

Window
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sliding-W...

Stabilizer Legs:
Ebay: MOBI 400mm Drop Down Legs 1200LBS Caravan Corner Stabilizer Iron Legs Black

Centaflex Hinge (kitchen door hinge):
https://www.ovesco.com.au/products/hi...

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MUSIC in this video:
Knuckles - Slynk
Dream Lagoon - Chris Haugen
Philanthrope, Brock Berrigan, Birocratic, iamalex - Brockoli https://chll.to/589cab9f
Let's Do This! - Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Blurry Vision - Corbyn Kites
Dreaming of Aummer, www.melodyloops.com
The BREED - Flip Flop Vibe, https://chll.to/b5d7e418
X Ray Vision - Slynk
Bensound - Energy, http://bensound.com
Sunny Travel - Nico Staf