Toy-Roverlander
Adventurer
Hi all,
I recently jointed the camper trailer society with a Dutch copy of the M416. After WW2 the Dutch copied the M416 trailer, most were made by Polynorm and Roset. Mine is a Roset from somewhere between the '50s and 60's.
The only real visual difference are the arched fenders instead of angled ones. Polynorm offered them with a tailgate as well.
I've adapted mine to fit behind my 1965 Land Rover. I lengthened the drawbar, fitted an Aussie McHitch and fitted the same Trucklite taillights as the LR has.
Here's what it looks like now:
Plans are to fit a lid to it and mount an RTT on top. And both trailer and LR will be painted the color the LR used to be originally, Marine Blue. It has to sit on the same wheels as well.
Now there's the problem. I would like to keep this axle, as I like rebuildable wheel bearings and the handbrake it has. But it's too narrow and has an early Jeep 5 stud bolt pattern.
It would have to be widened something like 15" to match the trackwidth of the LR. And the boltpattern has to change to 6x139.6mm to match the Toyota wheels.
What would be a smart, strong way to achieve this? It has a square axle, I haven't checked yet but Im guessing solid bar.
I recently jointed the camper trailer society with a Dutch copy of the M416. After WW2 the Dutch copied the M416 trailer, most were made by Polynorm and Roset. Mine is a Roset from somewhere between the '50s and 60's.
The only real visual difference are the arched fenders instead of angled ones. Polynorm offered them with a tailgate as well.
I've adapted mine to fit behind my 1965 Land Rover. I lengthened the drawbar, fitted an Aussie McHitch and fitted the same Trucklite taillights as the LR has.
Here's what it looks like now:
Plans are to fit a lid to it and mount an RTT on top. And both trailer and LR will be painted the color the LR used to be originally, Marine Blue. It has to sit on the same wheels as well.
Now there's the problem. I would like to keep this axle, as I like rebuildable wheel bearings and the handbrake it has. But it's too narrow and has an early Jeep 5 stud bolt pattern.
It would have to be widened something like 15" to match the trackwidth of the LR. And the boltpattern has to change to 6x139.6mm to match the Toyota wheels.
What would be a smart, strong way to achieve this? It has a square axle, I haven't checked yet but Im guessing solid bar.