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The roof panels i bought from a trailer fabrication shop. They are repair ones for crashed trailers. I had to shorten them about a foot but i feel they will work well

when setting up your propane system what PSI regulator are you all using?

Its such a tough choice. I was at Costco the other day and they had a group 24 HD deep cycle Interstate batter for $78. even if it sucked, how many can you buy before the same price as a fancier one. The weight concern is very real though. At 60% lighter that also can affect fuel econ and...

I notice the weight saving is very surprising. What kind of charger did you use? I use the Lipo battery for my RC stuff and they are amazing vs the older tech.

Are any of you running AGM or regular lead acid battery?? I know that a 200mah LiFePO4 can run $1000. They are super super nice but out of my current budget, What are some good options?

You will notice that I have no problem buying something preowned if it's been well cared for. A perfect example is this awning that I purchased from my guy locally. For $50 it was perfect for my application. Would I have loved a 270° one for $900 absolutely but I have 850 reasons why I went this...

Once I finished up the exterior, I proceeded to start on the interior. I took two 60 inch 500 pound full length, locking slides, and built a stove and sink assembly. I used a two burner stove in conjunction with a small fiberglass sink. For the refrigerator I did a similar slide just 28 inches...

Once I got all the panels fit and the glue dried, I proceeded to put on primer on all the metal surfaces and the fiberglass surfaces then top coated it with the single stage beige to match the top half of the bus. I then installed the water inlet and shower terminal box. Eventually, I installed...

Johnson's Supply and Bontragers Supply in White Pigeon Michigan, these places buy up RV surplus then sell it real real cheap. Its overwhelming how much stuff they have. When i got these i had several hundred to choose from.

The current estimate for the trailer is 1600 pounds dry. I've got one of the hubs that I have to replace one of the bearings and then I'm going to take it over to a local nursery that has a scale. Hopefully my estimate is correct because even fully loaded I don't want to exceed 2200 pounds. At...

Im super excited to use the rod holder. I saw that some people use foam insulation for piping on the inside of the tubes to keep the fragile fly rods from getting damaged. That will be next week. I didn't and I didn't color match it to the bus, I kept it the same color as the top half of the...

I cut in to the panels with some RV access panel doors. I simply just glued them in place with the same panel bond product. While looking online, I also saw some people making fly fishing rod holders out of old ammo boxes and PVC pipe so I figured why not.

Well, you can't have a overloading trailer without cool spare tire holder. I got inspiration for this from the Baja trucks. Because the bus in the trailer, a different size tires that's why the tires are different. I also needed to add recovery boards and a spare fuel cell, one for gas and one...

The fiberglass wall installs is really cool because it's actually sandwich board between fiberglass panels small bit of wood, foam, and another bit of wood and an additional fiberglass pan on the other side. It is super strong and super lightweight so works great for the walls.

At this point, I was happy with all the fabrication, and it was time to send it off to get sandblasted in preparation for paint and installing the walls. Once I got it back from the sandblasters, I did a full Epoxy primer on all the exposed metal. The walls for this trailer are toy hauler...

I when I first started this, I tried to do it with one single axle, then found that my tongue weight was exceeding the range I wanted. I happen to have had a spare axle in the workshop, so I just grafted into the chassis. By doing this, it took 75% of my tongue weight away and gave greater...

Here we go, i started with a stack of steel and two mid 70s Volkswagen bus spindle axles. The first step was to mark up the layout then make sure everything is square and start building from there. After I got the frame built, I had a vertical steel structures and a full steel roof To support...

Hello, Welcome to my build. It has been a brainchild of mine for the last year. The basis of this project was two VW Bus spindle axles and the rest i have build off those simple parts. The plan is to get lost this summer with it being towed behind my 1976 VW Bus powered by a Subaru EZ36. If...