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

[OldGreen]

What power supply are you using? battery? seems like it would pull a lot of current

Pulls like 150a while it is on full blast. I have 300ah of Lithium and 420w of solar. Everything is electric and as long as I park in the sun or change locations every day, power isn't an issue. I do cook with fire when there are no restrictions. That time of the year it is better to save the battery for the heater. Speaking of that, with one person and a dog or two people, No heater is needed until the outside Temps get below about 35 even with one window cracked for ventilation.

 

[OldGreen]

Why we do the thing we do..

 

[OldGreen]

And a little more progress. Don't mind the wires, the chases arrive Friday.

 

[OldGreen]

 

[Kingsize24]

Love it!!! Great build ?

 

[OldGreen]

Made a mini dinette. It increased inside functionality by a TON. gearing up for a month of cross border adventures. It is a huge bamboo cutting board.

 

[pigsammy]

Very nice build!
I am looking forward to your updates as you enjoy it.

 

[OldGreen]

Well...first long trip is in the books. 3 weeks in Baja and a couple more in the states. More mods coming based on experience. Overall, I couldn't be happier.

 

[OldGreen]

Tech set up (I typically work full time while traveling so we can travel more)
Starlink
Starlink Ethernet Adapter
Port replicator
Speedify app to combine internet sources. I have tested this at home and it works well. Can't use chatGPT with it. I haven't needed it while traveling. I guess it's because I travel to remote spots with low competition for Starlink.
Basic lappy
Second 15.6 screen USB C powered

 

[hidn45]

Nice office view!

 

[hscoots]

Ok. Progress. The floor is bonded to the frame and the bottom half of the rear wall is on...ish. waiting on some materials. SOML
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qq, is the floor just glued onto the frame below? no bolts used.

thanks

 

[OldGreen]

qq, is the floor just glued onto the frame below? no bolts used.

thanks

The floor is taped to the frame with 80 feet or so of VHB tape.

 

[OldGreen]

This is the first time I have deployed the full kit. Fun fact: it got down to around 30 degrees Saturday night. With just body heat, we had to keep the vent open to keep it cool. 30 outside, 57 inside.

 

[OldGreen]

I went back on my no propane idea. I still use the induction but it is necessary to have fire during fire season. I got a little propane fire pit, a Coleman 2 burner and an 11 gallon tank. I also added starlink. 40 nights so far this year.

 

[OldGreen]

Well, I decided to make some more enhancements based on usage. I spent more than 50 nights in the trailer last year and learned a few things. The 3 things I am currently working on are.

1. Bench space
2. Indoor water/grey water
3. Freezer (just big enough for some frozen meat.

And...because of this stuff, I have to relocate the toilet. I took the opportunity to put in a Laveo dry flush. It is on 400lb drawer slides.

It is all being framed in 8020. The benchtop is a bamboo desktop from Amazon. The sink will be a stainless salad bowl. Here is where I am today. The 12v freezer will go on the far left.