The_Squid
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My first post here. I’ve been lurking a while and have scooped some good ideas from all of you, so thank you for this great forum and the great members for all their input!
My spouse and I had this trailer built at a local custom trailer builder here on Vancouver Island. We did a drawing with the specs and they built it to our needs.
The box is a 4x6 foot interior with an interior wall separating it about 1/3 down from the front. We had them install slide outs in both compartments. There is a large box welded on the front to hold our very large Pelican cooler. 15” rims, solid axle with leaf springs. Ground clearance is quite good. We wanted something that could go on logging roads, but didn’t need it to be a hardcore off-road trailer.
We haven’t weighed it yet, but I think it’s about 600 lbs. It has electric brakes as it will be towed behind a Subaru Forester which has a weight limit of 1500 lbs. Full of camping equipment, including the boat, we think it will be about 1200 lbs.
One of the main things we wanted was a lockable cage on top of the box for secure outside storage for our 12 foot Stryker inflatable boat (it folds up), gas, firewood and other items we don’t want to be stored inside, with the iKamper sitting on top of that. There is also an outboard mount on the side. The outboard mount could stand to stick out slightly more. The 6 HP outboard will fit fine. The 15 HP will need the tiller handle removed, or a small hole cut in the cage to make room for the tiller handle. Or, it could be strapped to the inside of the cage. We need to think on this.
It cost us just under $10k Canadian after taxes. It is nicknamed the ‘hotdog stand’. We plan on camping with it soon. I will post more pics with the iKamper set up when we do.
My spouse and I had this trailer built at a local custom trailer builder here on Vancouver Island. We did a drawing with the specs and they built it to our needs.
The box is a 4x6 foot interior with an interior wall separating it about 1/3 down from the front. We had them install slide outs in both compartments. There is a large box welded on the front to hold our very large Pelican cooler. 15” rims, solid axle with leaf springs. Ground clearance is quite good. We wanted something that could go on logging roads, but didn’t need it to be a hardcore off-road trailer.
We haven’t weighed it yet, but I think it’s about 600 lbs. It has electric brakes as it will be towed behind a Subaru Forester which has a weight limit of 1500 lbs. Full of camping equipment, including the boat, we think it will be about 1200 lbs.
One of the main things we wanted was a lockable cage on top of the box for secure outside storage for our 12 foot Stryker inflatable boat (it folds up), gas, firewood and other items we don’t want to be stored inside, with the iKamper sitting on top of that. There is also an outboard mount on the side. The outboard mount could stand to stick out slightly more. The 6 HP outboard will fit fine. The 15 HP will need the tiller handle removed, or a small hole cut in the cage to make room for the tiller handle. Or, it could be strapped to the inside of the cage. We need to think on this.
It cost us just under $10k Canadian after taxes. It is nicknamed the ‘hotdog stand’. We plan on camping with it soon. I will post more pics with the iKamper set up when we do.
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