Hello all, this is my first post to the forum. I live in Southern California. I have been lurking around soaking up information for a few months since I made the decision to build a trailer I could tow behind my Wrangler JKU. I was originally planning to build a teardrop style camper from scratch, but found that registration would be easier if I just bought a trailer that was already registered. I decided to go with an enclosed cargo trailer. It seemed like the right choice for me since it saves me the work of building the exterior frame and siding and still allows me the freedom of customization.
I wanted to share the pictures of what little work I have accomplished so far. I swapped the drop axle for Timbren axleless suspension and put on 35" Toyo OC tires I got from craigslist. The bottom of the trailer frame sits at 23" off the ground and the lowest point is around 19". I used the cross member between the suspension and I also beefed up the frame with an additional 0.25 3"x2" cross member in the frame above the suspension. I am going to do some more beefing up as well.
The next step for me is to weld in a new step/fender and replace the coupler with a receiver hitch for my max coupler. I plan to lengthen the tongue, too. I will share updates over the next couple months as continue work. I work on it for a half day here and there.
I am using the attachment manager for the first time to insert these so bear with me if nothing shows up.
Here's the day I brought my trailer home. The tow ball is dropped 6 inches
Here's the factory axle
Here's the timbren suspension getting into place. The hardware seen here was replaced with grade 8 per Timbren's specifications.
New hardware and new tubing in here. We had to cut out a cross member to bolt on the suspension so I replaced it with something way beefier, 0.25 3"x2" tubing. That's in addition to the 0.25 3"x2" tubing that runs between the suspension
Brakes and wheels installed. The brakes are dacromet, partially because I wanted them to be corrosion resistant and partially because that's what they had in stock and I didn't feel like waiting for non dacromet brakes to come in.
Here is the trailer on the ground now.
This is my first time building a trailer so I am very open to advice and ideas. Thanks for reading my post!
I wanted to share the pictures of what little work I have accomplished so far. I swapped the drop axle for Timbren axleless suspension and put on 35" Toyo OC tires I got from craigslist. The bottom of the trailer frame sits at 23" off the ground and the lowest point is around 19". I used the cross member between the suspension and I also beefed up the frame with an additional 0.25 3"x2" cross member in the frame above the suspension. I am going to do some more beefing up as well.
The next step for me is to weld in a new step/fender and replace the coupler with a receiver hitch for my max coupler. I plan to lengthen the tongue, too. I will share updates over the next couple months as continue work. I work on it for a half day here and there.
I am using the attachment manager for the first time to insert these so bear with me if nothing shows up.
Here's the day I brought my trailer home. The tow ball is dropped 6 inches
Here's the factory axle
Here's the timbren suspension getting into place. The hardware seen here was replaced with grade 8 per Timbren's specifications.
New hardware and new tubing in here. We had to cut out a cross member to bolt on the suspension so I replaced it with something way beefier, 0.25 3"x2" tubing. That's in addition to the 0.25 3"x2" tubing that runs between the suspension
Brakes and wheels installed. The brakes are dacromet, partially because I wanted them to be corrosion resistant and partially because that's what they had in stock and I didn't feel like waiting for non dacromet brakes to come in.
Here is the trailer on the ground now.
This is my first time building a trailer so I am very open to advice and ideas. Thanks for reading my post!
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