Awesome build. I too pretty much want to replicate this with a few tweaks to suit my needs. While you mentioned almost all of the tube sizes you used, I couldn't find what the actual trailer frame was constructed from. Did any engineering go into the sizes you used, or did you just figure a ballpark of what size to use. Again, very nicely done!
Small Garage, Big Project
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Rezarf <><
Explorer
Wow, this is a great build. I hope your enjoying it! You incorporated a lot of design features I wish I would have added. What are the main things you haul in it? Camping gear? That tent must take up a good amount of space but man, it's like a castle.
Anyhow great build up man, you built one of the best homemade trailers out there!
Anyhow great build up man, you built one of the best homemade trailers out there!
motoz
Adventurer
I agree with Kieran's comments. Ive undertaken a restoration of a trailer in the same style that I hope ends up like yours.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/110620-Motoz-Expedition-Trailer-Urban-Escape-Unit
johnspark
Ramblin Man
Tom Foolery
Adventurer
Yes, its a Max Coupler. I got it at this link below:
It appears that there is a new design of the same unit.
My Coupler looks like this below:
The New version looks like this below:
It appears that there is a new design of the same unit.
My Coupler looks like this below:
The New version looks like this below:
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Tom Foolery
Adventurer
Here are some new pictures of my trailer. I haven't been on the forum in some time. These shots were taken in Lone Pine California.
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Access to things in the front
Hi Tom,
I realise I'm awfully late to this thread and I'm hoping that you still look in on it now and again.
I was wondering if you had any issues packing and accessing gear at the front of your main box?
IIRC your box is 1700mm / 5.5ft long that's a fair stretch. I ask because I'm planning my own build based on the same inspiration as yours and I'm going back and forth on whether or not to have a front access door on each side.
Yours is a great build, if mine comes out half as well I will be doing alright.
TIA
Hi Tom,
I realise I'm awfully late to this thread and I'm hoping that you still look in on it now and again.
I was wondering if you had any issues packing and accessing gear at the front of your main box?
IIRC your box is 1700mm / 5.5ft long that's a fair stretch. I ask because I'm planning my own build based on the same inspiration as yours and I'm going back and forth on whether or not to have a front access door on each side.
Yours is a great build, if mine comes out half as well I will be doing alright.
TIA
Tom Foolery
Adventurer
I've been out tooling around with my trailer this weekend and felt like posting a recent picture of my trailer
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Tom Foolery
Adventurer
Actually I can't say that there is anything I would change, other then having the time to use it. It just sits in my garage begging for a new adventure. This has led me to the decision to sell her. I have it listed in the Expedition Portal Classifieds.
Rbertalotto
Explorer
Fantastic build! Congratulations...
I wonder if it could have been fabricated by welding up a frame as you did, but bonding aluminum panels to the frame with 3M super double sided tape. No welding or JB Weld needed. This is the technique I'm going to try on my next trailer build. I now have a TIG welder so the frame will be aluminum also. Not so much for weight as for corrosion resistance.
I wonder if it could have been fabricated by welding up a frame as you did, but bonding aluminum panels to the frame with 3M super double sided tape. No welding or JB Weld needed. This is the technique I'm going to try on my next trailer build. I now have a TIG welder so the frame will be aluminum also. Not so much for weight as for corrosion resistance.