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No not really as it sits horizontally and these things are pretty tough and take hailstones etc face on and stones would come at an angle.

Thanks for the kind words. I would love a few action shots as well or the whole setup, but usually too busy driving. maybe one day! or stop for a few poser shots!

The solar panel is permanently mounted onto the storage box now. It will see some daylight when driving as well as I did not want to run additional wires from the jeep to charge that battery as well.

Mounted the 40w solar panel and wired it to a 6a regulator. It a bit of set and forgetand will get up to about 2.5 a and hour charge on a sunny day to the 100 AH battery.

Thanks mate, keen to see how it goes for this latest mod.

I extended the drawbar 500mm. It is now 1650mm from the front of the trailer to the hitch.

Ok, Finished up today. Box on, paint on. Wiring extension done. Connected up. Sits slightly higher now with an empty XJ, but I expect it to be level when I am loaded up. Off for a an overnight testdrive tomorrow.

And a bit more done today need a bit of practice with the stick welder

Ok the plan now is to extend the drawbar to add an additional box to the front, help a little with tracking and make it easier to reverse. Did some cutting today Cut off the hitch and then the new space required. Then a trial fit Made sure I have enough room to open the swing away whell...

Thanks, Yep the black tank is a 70 litre water tank. A hand pump is fitted on the left rear. I should really make up a metal skid plate to protect the tank a bit.

Does anyone know of different ways to extend the drawbar by about 700mm? I have a few ideas and will not be taking off the old one to weld on a completely new one. Just want to see what other thoughts are????

I will add in a few pics in no order of build

Ok, I did a build thread on this on Ausjeepoffroad and here is the link to it: http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95819 There are still modifications happening, so I thought I would put it up here as there is a huge amount of knowledge on this forum and I don't mind a bit of...

Yep rockman is on the ball. To make it legal here the mudguards/mudflaps need to be a certain distance from the ground. The chain looks after the mudflaps by holding them back from the tyre. I used S/S for a cleaner rust free look that will hopefully last. There is a lot of space between Broome...

Not too bad! I used to live in Cairns FNQ and the pics were taken travelling down to Sydney. I think that was around Banana in North Western Queensland.

Hi, The levelling jacks have been welded on. I actually burnt some holes in the floor so I could fill it up with weld for the top of the jacks. Also welded onto the chassis. You can bolt these on as well but I did not want the boldheads sticking through the floor.

The jacks were bought a a local trailer shop. pretty easy to get here. About 70-80 bucks each though and come in a few different lengths. Have a look on ebay.