In July 2013, I started building my first trailer with no experience. I learned about electrical work, plumbing, and carpentry by watching YouTube videos and learning as I went along. On a budget if $6k , I was able to find a single wheel 6x10 trailer for $2k , and use the rest of the money to do this build. A very small budget for this build, but attainable, as I already had a Honda Generator at the time, which would have ended up costing me another $5k.
With this build I learned that Formica walls clean easy, but install or repair of such can be quite the task itself, not to mention the material is not strong enough to stand on its own, so you need to add plywood or steel walls for it to stick on. Because the whole build was on a very small budget, and the lack of experience, this build did not look perfect, but rather very simple. however as a starter trailer at the time, it held up well and gave me a good couple years of service.
Almost finished project, just some cleaning left to do. Unfortunately this and the following pictures are the only ones I could find.
The Table in this picture was the least expensive electrical table available at the time.
Here is the final product. The tub in the picture was the most affordable tub available from petedge at the time, I believe it was about $500
Here you see a wall that was built to seperate the electrical compartment and the equipment from the grooming area. Unfortunately I could not find pictures of that area completed.
At this point I chose to use a vinyl floor from home depot, this was the most cost effective material available at the time.
Working with the formica was a challenge, specially when learning.
Here you can't see but as the wall were going up, the insulation was added. at this point I also had the electrical going.
Removal of the plywood wall to add a bit of insulation and new walls.
A bare trailer before starting to build