I'll start off like many others and say this is a great site and so far I've hours poring over pictures and reading. Now , I have a 98 Jeep Cherokee lifted 6.5 " with 35 " tires and have decided on building my own off road capable trailer. First a brief explanation then 2 questions. The trailer will be 5 1/2 feet wide by 6 1/2 to 7 feet long not including the tongue. It will be 4 1/2 to 5 feet high running the same 35 tires and rims as my Jeep. The final height will be determined by a look at the jeep and best guesstimate method, so basically when folded down it has the same or within 6 inches height of the jeeps roof line. For the pop up part I will use that lifting lid style seen on many threads with a hinge on 1 end and 2 hard tri angle sides and a hinged end piece. I figure that will give me around 6 feet of standing room at the one end so it should be enough. Now I also want to design a slide out piece on 1 side that will be approx 5 feet wide and from just over the wheel wells to just below the roof line. It will be on the passenger side and if it is 2 1/2 feet deep inside it should give the wife and I around 7 feet of sleeping space. The frame will be 3/4" light weight tubing welded together with either 1/4" plwood or light gauge steel outside with foam inside and 1/4 "plywood interior. The wife camps 3 season with me but I like to winter camp also so it must be insulated. Here,s the 2 questions - Where do you go to buy those hurricane hinges and Does anyone have any thoughts and or pictures on a system for the slide out mechanism. I have come up with a C channel brkt using bearings but with so many people here someone may have a better idea. I leave with 3 pictures of my prev set up a 84 CJ7 and a small trailer on 35,s I built.
The 1st is a summer pic, the 2nd a winter camping with a friend pulling the trailer and the 3rd is the new tow vehicle.
The 1st is a summer pic, the 2nd a winter camping with a friend pulling the trailer and the 3rd is the new tow vehicle.
