QUOTE=screwball48;2263099]This has been one of my favorite trailers for a while. Any plans to change or upgrade it in the near future?
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Thanks. It has been a fun project, and definitely has earned its keep. The trailer is essentially an aluminum box bolted to a modified HF-type 4' trailer frame & suspension with a bunch of stuff bolted to it inside-and-out. Nothing fancy; no electronics to rival a house; no solar, no running hot water; nothing. A box on a frame.
Nothing serious planned as far as changes. I need to come up with a better way to access the tent up-top when deployed. The ladder is up against the spare tire when set-up; I'd like to do something to access the tent from above the cooler (using the cooler as a step).
I've toyed with the idea of putting matching wheels and tires on the trailer (to match the TJ). A set of spacers would work on the axle for the rims and tires to have clearance, but I may have interference with the tires and fenders (and the fenders are already more like "fender-etts), and I don't want to drill a bunch of new holes to raise the fenders. And the tires on there now (235/75/15") are already sticking out past the outer edge of the fenders. Plus I would have to raise the spare tire carrier on the back of the trailer for the spare. And then the tongue would be too high for the Jeep's pintle (can't go any higher with the pintle on the Jeep due to the TJ's spare tire location) so I would have to modify the trailer's tongue. I already have trouble reaching stuff in the trailer; raising it higher would make it worse (although today I bought a folding aluminum step-stool at Harbor Freight). Just a lot of domino effects if I were to try and put matching tires and rims on the trailer, so it isn't an anytime-soon project. If I were going on an extended (measured in weeks not days) trip with the Jeep and trailer then it might get further serious consideration. Even with the trailer's smaller than the TJ's 285/75/16" tires, I've still got a couple more inches of clearance under the trailer's axle than I do under the pumpkin of the TJ (so clearance isn't an issue).
Dinoot sells the hardware to attach a table to the side of your trailer. That would be nice, and more compact to carry vs. the little folding table I have in the trailer now.
https://compact-camping-concepts-2.myshopify.com/products/side-table-kit-combo
Sadly (or maybe not so sadly) I've kinda run out of stuff to do with the trailer (other than looking for areas to reinforce or improve upon).
I've also toyed with mounting a small battery somewhere on the trailer since with my seven-pronged wiring harness I've got an unused "hot wire" going to the trailer when it is connected which could keep the battery charged when driving. Versus getting one of those Goal-Zero 400 auxiliary power units.
I just recently moved from TX to WA, so after moving all my "stuff" to WA I flew back to TX and drove the Jeep and trailer from TX to WA. I drove from TX to the CO southern border where I caught I-25; then straight north up through CO, WY, and up to I-90 in MT. Drove across MT, ID and into WA, where I eventually headed south to the tri-cities to OR, then across I-84 to Portland, and then north on I-5 to Longview, WA. Not the shortest way to get to my new home, but I wanted to see some mountains and snow. The trailer pulled just fine; figure 1250lbs loaded as you see it. And that includes a full cooler, 12 gallons of fuel, etc.
