The Cruising Conqueror build thread

racingjason

Adventurer
Over the years I have found lots of nifty ideas for improvements to my trailer on various forums so I felt it was time to give a little back so here goes.

I will start with one of the more recent fabrications. My wife and I find that when we use the stove on the fold down door/bench, it always seems that you want to get something from the kitchen area or one of the ammo boxes (which I moved to the kitchen side). So, taking inspiration from the wash basin mount that was an option on the trailers I built a stand that attaches to the jerry can rack. I used 1" aluminium tubing and some Al angle to make the supports. Now the great bit is I was looking at having a custom fabricated pan to set the stove on when I came across a large Al "bun pan" at a commercial kitchen shop for $9 that does the trick nicely. The unit is very rigid (surprisingly) and turned out better than I expected. Beware of the price of the fancy push lock pins though!:Wow1: There is more money in the pins than everything else but I am a sucker for those nifty bits. (More pins to come in later posts)

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racingjason

Adventurer
Next up is some organisation for the nose box. I wanted a simple place to store the water and propane hoses as well as extension cords, foam knee pad and event a little step stool. The box is open on the bottom and simply a sheet of aluminium bent to the shape you see. I designed it such that I could attach it using the existing jerry can holder bolts. It works well but I could have made it wider (now 140mm or about 5.5") but I was worried that it might take up too much room.

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XJBANKER

Explorer
I really like the hose holder. I use my nose cone now for firewood storage so it does not get wet. Also for my stove I moved my fridge to the back of my jeep so it is with us if we dump the trailer at camp to run somewhere and I put a double burner camp chef in the back. On top of the tent I store a card table that is light and provides a place to eat at and store things off the ground and leaving the kitchen workspace clean.
 

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