Building a fully enclosed Overland trailer to be towed by a Jeep

[OldGreen]

Since this trailer is also my mobile office, power is the PRIMARY concern. The Redarc Manager 30 taking care of charging and working properly to prioritize inputs means that I can be off grid for as long as the food and water hold out and still give my clients great service.

 

[OldGreen]

Prepping for fall/winter adventure season. Sadly, I am not a craftsman. However, the shelf unit needed to be more like a cabinet. Second problem... I only needed a little bit of wood and I wanted to use what I have on hand. The finish sucks, admittedly, but the function is there and there is probably 2x the usable space of the bins that were up there before.

 

[OldGreen]

I put some removable jacks on receivers. They reverse and go inside the side rails. The jacks are big enough to lift the trailer so they work for stabilizers, tire changes or recovery.

 

[Obsessed2findARuggedHybid]

I put some removable jacks on receivers. They reverse and go inside the side rails. The jacks are big enough to lift the trailer so they work for stabilizers, tire changes or recovery.

Wow you went really tall on those jacks. You could probably raise it high enough to stand under it 😉

 

[OldGreen]

Wow you went really tall on those jacks. You could probably raise it high enough to stand under it 😉

Yes, specifically for the beach... and my steep driveway.

 

[Obsessed2findARuggedHybid]

Yes, specifically for the beach... and my steep driveway.

Gotcha

 

[OldGreen]

I've been decorating. We spend so much time in this thing, I wanted it to feel like home.

 

[Kingsize24]

Looks really good!

 

[Teardropper]

I have all that now...but that means I have to go to town.

We just finished our three-week trip to southern Utah.

Our 11-pound propane tank is at 54%.

We go to town about every five days or so for gas, ice, grub, and maybe a shower. We've been doing this spring trip for over a decade, sometimes for a month, and have never had to refill the propane tank.

But whatever works for you.

Tony

 

[OldGreen]

We just finished our three-week trip to southern Utah.

Our 11-pound propane tank is at 54%.

We go to town about every five days or so for gas, ice, grub, and maybe a shower. We've been doing this spring trip for over a decade, sometimes for a month, and have never had to refill the propane tank.

But whatever works for you.

Tony

Yep. There's no one way. In fact, I do travel with an 11 pound bottle now. When we are in the US, I have a fire pit, a stove, and a heater. In Mexico we are 100% electric.