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Every "build" that get posted on here seems to be given a name these days, so from this point forward I will be calling this the #TheOutSideInn as the end goal is to have a trailer that we can live out of for extended periods of time that my GF will be more then content with and I won't be asked to spend a night a week in a hotel!
After spending 4 weeks on a overland/road time this summer we quickly realized how much better things would have been if we never had to break down camp every time we wanted to drive our truck somewhere. This is where I planted the idea of some form of base camp, the RTT mounted on a trailer.
Fast forward to a week and a half since we have been home and that being you to last Thursday the 28th, we picked up a new to us Canadian military M101.
We got this unit with a bunch of mods done to it already at a fair price, but it still needs a bunch of work if it's going to work for our Overland trip planned for next fall.
Here she is 15 min after we picked her up:
As you can see there is some minor work required to get this little gal to look at home behind my T.
The pervious owner sand blasted the whole thing, built a lid and got it all Line-x'ed inside and out, top to bottom with a two tone black on top maroon on the bottom. After that he decided to add a tailgate which required the re-location of the brake and signal lights and for a bunch of the line-x to be removed off the rear (both still need attention) also leaving a nice sized hole to fill!
The next area that needs attention will be the hinges and the latches.... The hardware chosen by the PO belong in a wood working shop and have no business holding and pivoting this lid!
I am going to be welding three of these in its place, which should have been done right off the bat IMO
After that I will remove all of the external tie downs the PO installed. You can see the shining in the pic below
I then moved the Thule bars into the correct spacing and mounted the CVT tent, so at least it's now functional....
I plan to put OEM 16" wheels with matching tire size to the T... And already did a SOA swap so it's now sitting level
Then I plan on building a simple rear bumper for this beast to house the tail and signal lights and a hitch receiver to do some light duty work (haul bikes or something)
As I will be adding reverse lights to the rear of the trailer I will be upgrading the 4 pin trailer connect to the 7 pin (or is the round one 8?) which will also provide charging to my house battery which will be houses in the tongue box up front.
Lastly I will be building a kitchen that pulls out solitary to this:
Then it will be re line-x'ed all black and ready for years for adventure!
More to come as it progresses!
Cheers
Sent from handheld smoke signal device
After spending 4 weeks on a overland/road time this summer we quickly realized how much better things would have been if we never had to break down camp every time we wanted to drive our truck somewhere. This is where I planted the idea of some form of base camp, the RTT mounted on a trailer.
Fast forward to a week and a half since we have been home and that being you to last Thursday the 28th, we picked up a new to us Canadian military M101.
We got this unit with a bunch of mods done to it already at a fair price, but it still needs a bunch of work if it's going to work for our Overland trip planned for next fall.
Here she is 15 min after we picked her up:
As you can see there is some minor work required to get this little gal to look at home behind my T.
The pervious owner sand blasted the whole thing, built a lid and got it all Line-x'ed inside and out, top to bottom with a two tone black on top maroon on the bottom. After that he decided to add a tailgate which required the re-location of the brake and signal lights and for a bunch of the line-x to be removed off the rear (both still need attention) also leaving a nice sized hole to fill!
The next area that needs attention will be the hinges and the latches.... The hardware chosen by the PO belong in a wood working shop and have no business holding and pivoting this lid!
I am going to be welding three of these in its place, which should have been done right off the bat IMO
After that I will remove all of the external tie downs the PO installed. You can see the shining in the pic below
I then moved the Thule bars into the correct spacing and mounted the CVT tent, so at least it's now functional....
I plan to put OEM 16" wheels with matching tire size to the T... And already did a SOA swap so it's now sitting level
Then I plan on building a simple rear bumper for this beast to house the tail and signal lights and a hitch receiver to do some light duty work (haul bikes or something)
As I will be adding reverse lights to the rear of the trailer I will be upgrading the 4 pin trailer connect to the 7 pin (or is the round one 8?) which will also provide charging to my house battery which will be houses in the tongue box up front.
Lastly I will be building a kitchen that pulls out solitary to this:
Then it will be re line-x'ed all black and ready for years for adventure!
More to come as it progresses!
Cheers
Sent from handheld smoke signal device