Dodge Dakota trailer camper for a Dodge Dakota

[Nick02]

I want to cage or dovetail the rear of my Dakota, but I loved haveing a campershell for camping and storein stuff...
I also needed something to put all my on-board water on, and other goodies.

The solution I found off craigslist.

Too bad the camper was trashed

But the bed is pristine

lol, first thing I did was an SOA, got some shocks from an 94 k2500 chevy (fit perfect)

on 27" tires

on a 37"

gonna find another 16x8 and throw another 35 on it

brazed pinion cover lol

gonna get rid of this sketch fabrication
got some 2x6" 1/4" wall to extend the frame and do stuff the right way.

I found another campershell on craigslist for $60 bucks, all windows open too!

 

[onelow1ton]

Looks nice so far

 

[Mark Harley]

Keep us posted on this build, I am sure it will look as sweet as the truck!
That thing is a beast!

 

[Nick02]

painted the trailer,fixed the sketch fab (extended the toungue too), and did an SOA on 35's

 

[Nick02]

Passed all my midterm tests, time to get back to work on this
Painted the rims and underside black today.

 

[ajsmith]

Nick02, thats a really nice trailer. You've done a very nice job with it, excellent use of fish plating, and I like the color. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to future updates. What are some of your plans? Tool box or some sort of storage up front?

 

[Nick02]

Yes, I am trying to find one of those jobsite toolbox things to throw on the front and throw my shurflo pump, batts and other junk in there, just waiting for the right one to show up.
I went to the adventure trailer open house thing and got a brand new SUV tent, sink, toilet, and lamp, all for under $65 bucks:Wow1:

 

[VanIsle_Greg]

I like the desert tan/black combo on the trailer. How much do you think this thing will weigh when it is done?

 

[Nick02]

No clue how much it'll weigh, I can lift up the tongue now and tote it around the yard by myself all 135lbs of me lolz

Here it is with the tent I got from adventure trailer for $50:Wow1:

 

[onelow1ton]

Looking good I am really liking this set up

 

[ajsmith]

Nice :drool:

 

[austintaco]

That's a score on the gear at the AT open house. I have that exact SUV tent and it's worked out really well for us. It's great for a base camp type setup, but we hate having to pack it all up every time we move locations.

 

[Nick02]

I got it titled and plated and I took it camping; recently I added the truck bed toolbox with on board water system in it, it consists of a shurflo pump, a 17gal RV water tank and an eccotemp L5 hot water heater It worked GREAT!

Then at work when we open the factory to the public at a monthly event called the 4M.
We had overland gourmet featured:chef: and I got to talk about my trailer, so I talked about how it came to be, the on-board water system, sleeping space and other things.

then I made some home-made Ice Cream!

 

[ajsmith]

Really nice, I like the way it's turning out. Keep up the good work!!! :clapsmile

 

[rikinwyoming]

Very nice, enjoying this thread alot,,,, I have a 96 ram 1500 4x4 that I am currently looking for a trailer so I can do pretty much the same thing!