Off Road Camp Trailer Build

[tte30m3]

Yep, ASTARS, H130s, and B206's are not very water tight!

Glad this thread could help some people out there!

 

[tte30m3]

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[OSUPike99]

Here is what I have so far. Been working on it on and off between working and going to Bahama's for scuba. Got my Dometic CFX3 55IM mounted onto the tray and used ARB strap kit to attach it. Not sure where to find 5 drawer Durham drawer cabinet as all I have been able to find is 4 that are 20" wide. Tent should be coming in next month so hoping to finish up by end of next month. Plan is to have 21 gallon fresh water tank, tankless water heater, 200watt Renogy solar power with MPPT controller with marine dual battery charger for shore power charge and a toggle switch between shore and solar. I went with Timbren axle-less suspension (2200lbs).

 

[Astarwrench]

Here is what I have so far. Been working on it on and off between working and going to Bahama's for scuba. Got my Dometic CFX3 55IM mounted onto the tray and used ARB strap kit to attach it. Not sure where to find 5 drawer Durham drawer cabinet as all I have been able to find is 4 that are 20" wide. Tent should be coming in next month so hoping to finish up by end of next month. Plan is to have 21 gallon fresh water tank, tankless water heater, 200watt Renogy solar power with MPPT controller with marine dual battery charger for shore power charge and a toggle switch between shore and solar. I went with Timbren axle-less suspension (2200lbs).

Looks awesome! Took mine out for the first time a couple weekends ago.

 

[OSUPike99]

Can you take a more detailed shot of how you did the weather stripping in the back?

 

[OSUPike99]

Also.... Can you please show me a pic of how you did the latch on the back gate?

 

[OSUPike99]

I noticed that you have your trailer battery getting charged by the truck when you are driving.... I thought we couldn't do that on our 4runners unless we upgrade the alternator? Ours comes with 140 I think.

 

[high-and-dry]

I noticed that you have your trailer battery getting charged by the truck when you are driving.... I thought we couldn't do that on our 4runners unless we upgrade the alternator? Ours comes with 140 I think.

You can do that if you used a dc to dc charger. This allows the trailer battery to see the voltage it wants to charge correctly. It also allows limits on how much the alternator tries to put to the trailer battery, like limit it to 10 to 20 amps ( typically ) depending on the charger.

 

[Astarwrench]

Here are some pictures. I have more build pictures and video on Instagram at marztank. The latch on the tailgate is off amazon “Buyers products L8855 T handle-latch”. The latch engages the 1/8 inch by 3/4 inch steel flat strip that also has the “D” shaped weather strip adhered to it. For the battery, it is basically a dual battery setup only differing that the 2nd battery is 20 feet away from the engine bay and detachable. I used a Keyline Dc to Dc battery isolator/charger found on amazon. The wire gage used in the tow vehicles 7 pin trailer harness is to small to effectively charge the trailer battery. I ran a 4 gage wire with 50 amp circuit breaker from car battery positive terminal all the way to rear bumper adjacent to 7pin connector with an Anderson connector. I used the chassis as the negative circuit so as not run two wires. The trailer has its own 4 gage harness with other half of Anderson connector running to the Keyline isolator and to trailer ground/chassis. I am able to watch voltage at Dometic fridge in real time while I tow on the Dometic app on my phone. Usually the volts are from 13.1 to 14.0 while towing. When I turn off engine it drops to 12 volts.

 

[OSUPike99]

Here are some pictures. I have more build pictures and video on Instagram at marztank. The latch on the tailgate is off amazon “Buyers products L8855 T handle-latch”. The latch engages the 1/8 inch by 3/4 inch steel flat strip that also has the “D” shaped weather strip adhered to it. For the battery, it is basically a dual battery setup only differing that the 2nd battery is 20 feet away from the engine bay and detachable. I used a Keyline Dc to Dc battery isolator/charger found on amazon. The wire gage used in the tow vehicles 7 pin trailer harness is to small to effectively charge the trailer battery. I ran a 4 gage wire with 50 amp circuit breaker from car battery positive terminal all the way to rear bumper adjacent to 7pin connector with an Anderson connector. I used the chassis as the negative circuit so as not run two wires. The trailer has its own 4 gage harness with other half of Anderson connector running to the Keyline isolator and to trailer ground/chassis. I am able to watch voltage at Dometic fridge in real time while I tow on the Dometic app on my phone. Usually the volts are from 13.1 to 14.0 while towing. When I turn off engine it drops to 12 volts.

Thanks so much! I used https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NL450SY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for weather stripping. As for the latch... I am using the same latch BUT, i used 2" tubing so I have to fabricate custom tongue for it to clear 2" and the weather stripping metal.

 

[Astarwrench]

glad to help. I am curious to see how your axle less suspension will tow. My leaf spring suspension was rated at 1800 lbs per pack and had almost zero movement. I removed a leaf from each pack and now the suspension actually moves. Next I might add some shock absorbers.

 

[OSUPike99]

Well... On my shakedown drive today I discovered that these Timbren axles need the support bar to go across (2") as I had some serious case of positive camber.

 

[OSUPike99]

Here are some pictures. I have more build pictures and video on Instagram at marztank. The latch on the tailgate is off amazon “Buyers products L8855 T handle-latch”. The latch engages the 1/8 inch by 3/4 inch steel flat strip that also has the “D” shaped weather strip adhered to it. For the battery, it is basically a dual battery setup only differing that the 2nd battery is 20 feet away from the engine bay and detachable. I used a Keyline Dc to Dc battery isolator/charger found on amazon. The wire gage used in the tow vehicles 7 pin trailer harness is to small to effectively charge the trailer battery. I ran a 4 gage wire with 50 amp circuit breaker from car battery positive terminal all the way to rear bumper adjacent to 7pin connector with an Anderson connector. I used the chassis as the negative circuit so as not run two wires. The trailer has its own 4 gage harness with other half of Anderson connector running to the Keyline isolator and to trailer ground/chassis. I am able to watch voltage at Dometic fridge in real time while I tow on the Dometic app on my phone. Usually the volts are from 13.1 to 14.0 while towing. When I turn off engine it drops to 12 volts.

Can you also show some pics of how you did your front hatch? Did you put 1" frame out to attach the hatch?

 

[Timbren]

Here is what I have so far. Been working on it on and off between working and going to Bahama's for scuba. Got my Dometic CFX3 55IM mounted onto the tray and used ARB strap kit to attach it. Not sure where to find 5 drawer Durham drawer cabinet as all I have been able to find is 4 that are 20" wide. Tent should be coming in next month so hoping to finish up by end of next month. Plan is to have 21 gallon fresh water tank, tankless water heater, 200watt Renogy solar power with MPPT controller with marine dual battery charger for shore power charge and a toggle switch between shore and solar. I went with Timbren axle-less suspension (2200lbs).

Very nice! Love the build!

 

[OSUPike99]

Very nice! Love the build!

Thank you! I just have to run a 2x2 support beam between the 2 sides because I didn't think through the design enough to weld a L support bracket.