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Looking good! What kind of paint did you use for everything?

Yeah I'm running a little bit bigger tire too. I actually swapped in another 9.75 diff from an 02 f150 and regeared it with 410s. The truck diff has bigger axle bearings, disc brakes and limited slip but have to run wheel adapters since it uses a metric pattern but works out since it is slightly...

That's a sweet set up. Nice work!

I love the van for camping! Wish It had some more power for pulling the passes but it gets it done, can't beat all the room inside. Nice choice in wheels! We've been out a couple times in the last few weeks, trailer is working great. The setup is working great for us.

Made an e track bed, folds up flat on the wall, takes up minimal space. Made some mounts to keep the bed supports up out of the way and secure. Had enough half decent plywood leftover to make a cabinet. Used rivnuts to secure it to the wall and roof which was more difficult than I expected but...

Looks great! Should a fun setup

I went with a diesel heater for the low power consumption, quiet operation and ease of fuel sourcing. I can find diesel anywhere and I get somewhat annoyed trying to find places to propane. Mine heats my 7x16 no problem in sub 30 temps and can run pretty much all night without much battery draw...

Sounds like a cool build. Definitely would like to see some more pics. I always like to see what people come up with.

Why did the axle destroy the frame?

While the potential for warping is there, it is unlikely you would cause anything substantial. Skip around a little bit and it would be fine. I prefer to weld stuff in hot especially on thicker/structural stuff to prevent cold weld starts anyways. Beyond that I've never swapped axles like you're...

I forgot to show how I mounted the spare. This was the easiest way that kept the tire out of the way. I had to grind and reweld a bunch of the original mount. Some of the welds on these trailers are uhhh....questionable at best. And got my corner jacks mounted. I used 2 5k welding on jacks...

Interested to see what you build, that's a pretty neat trailer to start with. Looks well built.

That pass through is a sweet setup. My heater did not like that ducting tho and kept causing it to set an overheat fault and shut down. After I changed it I had no issues, just something to be aware of. How does that awning hold up in the rain? I really want to get one of the OVS 180 awnings but...

Figured i would update this. We used the trailer a lot this summer and it worked great. Really could use some overhead storage for food and clothes maybe but it's not too bad. Love the simplicity of the trailer. I finally got the 2nd bunk bed built how I wanted. Put the fridge on slides and...

How have you verified it's installation? Have you done any kind of alignment checks or anything? I'm just not seeing how loading it up would cause edge wear to the tires. It not saying it's not the wrong stuff but there may be more going on.

I don't have any experience with the timbren stuff first hand but based on how it looks, to cause that severe of camber wear it would have to be installed incorrectly. To me that suspension should cycle straight up and down so loaded or not should have no effect on alignment. Or someone correct...

Water system is all done. I was initially following a write up for the plumbing but it used so many fittings and was way over priced for what it was. Combined with the faucet I was going to use it was just out of control. So returned almost everything, got a different faucet and then realized...

Made counter from redwood planks, got the sink installed but nothing plumbed in yet. Redid the vent for the heater from some 3in exhaust tubing and made a bracket to the floor. Much more durable now and won't get destroyed from stuff being around it. And then took it to the mountains...

Pretty cool to see how it's all made. I'm super jealous of your giant workspace!

I'm in pretty the same boat as you. I looked at some toy haulers and the quality of build is just awful, so I'm going the cargo trailer toy hauler route. Really it seems like the cargo trailers aren't perfect but still built wayyyy better than anything marketed as an RV. There are some really...