Ultralight Hybrid Trailer Project

Posted by Thomas Alan Gray Jul 28, 2009

Sooner or later, everybody winds up doing little modifications to their unit. Little things that add to comfort or convenience.

We have an older (1999) 16' hybrid trailer, and I had noticed some unused space above and behind the radio/cassette player. For three years I've planned to do something useful with that space, like use it to store facial tissues. Llast weekend I decided that the time had come (I don't like to rush into these things, you see).

So, I punched out the little wood panel (which was unfortunately too badly damaged to re-use for this project. The manufacture sure glued and stapled the sucker.) My wife had bought a box of tissues to fit. There was some room on the side for long skinny stuff like boxes of waxed paper and cling wrap.

I had a piece of acrylic from another project. Holes in the corners and some jigsaw work to connect the dots gave me the faceplate to hold the kleenex and boxes in. Some little plastic mirror mounts provided retainers to hold the plate in place. It worked out quite well, I thought.

Some leftover luan (left over from replacing a water-damaged inside panel on a fold-out bed, which I neglected to photograph) provided a little shelf above the radio. I had to remove one side panel in the cupboard to expose the radio and insert the shelf. A couple of brackets on the sides gave necessary support.

It all went together rather well, and what was unused and "wasted" space above the radio is now a handy tissue dispenser and useful storage.