Redeth's Overland Trailer Build

chunko

Observer
Wow, your build is looking **************'! I just read through it all and you almost inspired me to buy a welder and make my own instead of buying a trailer- almost.

Also, let me know if you ever go wheeling around the IE. I'm planning on taking my fat GX to Big Bear in a few weeks- probably just fire roads since it's my daily but there's some pretty technical stuff up there too.
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
Wow, your build is looking **************'! I just read through it all and you almost inspired me to buy a welder and make my own instead of buying a trailer- almost.

Also, let me know if you ever go wheeling around the IE. I'm planning on taking my fat GX to Big Bear in a few weeks- probably just fire roads since it's my daily but there's some pretty technical stuff up there too.

Oh yea man I know all about Big Bear. Thats my favortite place to offroad.
Heres a few shots of my 4runner doing the John Bull Trail out there.












And Just a quick Video i made a few years back from one of our trips
https://youtu.be/gmXjzaIXCow
 

JandDGreens

Adventurer
Nice video! I wheel with a none vehicle specific group and TJ has a tricked out 86 Forerunner, I really like the rigs you run with very nice!
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
After installing the trailer lights during he week it got a little busy during the weekend. I finally go sick and tired of painting everything with rattle cans. So i finally invested the money and bough myself a spray gun. This particular one is from harbor freight and i only cost me about 15 bucks. It works great. I'm sure it would be much better if i had a larger air compressor since i'm only using a 3 gallon compressor but its cool it still worked amazing and i get so much more coverage! I just have o allow the compressor to fill up after a few sprays. I cant continuously run it non-stop but it works great! My only regret is not buying one sooner.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTuPJnKj6Nt/?taken-by=redeth005

After the paint dried I Siliconed the heck out of the interior. I really didnt care much of how it looked inside considering nobody will see it. I just wanted to be 100% sure i would not get water entering anymore. So Here is how it came out





A lot of water would leak through from these handles so i had to make sure to really get around these latches to give it a water tight seal.




For the most part it looks like blobs rubbed in to every nook-n-cranny but its okay because nobody will see this. I just need it to work. Anyway after all the silicone was laid out and dry i gave the interior one more coat of paint including on top of the silicone.


We got some rain saturday night into sunday morning and this was the outcome of my waterproofing job.
https://youtu.be/B0X7TfTrKws
When i get more time I wanted to put these 0.5" Birch-wood floors in. It just gives it a nice interior look. And keeps everything from scratching the paint on the floor when items slide back and forth. Just gotta clean up the interior silicone a bit to allow the wood to seat properly nice and snug.


The wood isnt Completely set down into the space there yet. But this is pretty much how it will look inside

 
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Redeth005

Adventurer
Nice video! I wheel with a none vehicle specific group and TJ has a tricked out 86 Forerunner, I really like the rigs you run with very nice!

Thank you. That particular video was a toyota run The guy in he 4 door toyota drove down with his wife all the way down from Yellowknife Canada to wheel Big Bear Ca with me and the other guy in the 1st gen 4runner. They made a long road trip out of the trip. But they mainly came down to wheel with us and to get that Blazeland Long travel IFS kit installed on he way down. The 3 of us are members of the YotaTech.com website/forum. I honestly dont have a preference with what rigs are in our group. Its usually just toyotas because most of the people i have wheeled with all have toyotas in my main group. But when we go on larger trip we are the minority because more use Jeeps.
 

JandDGreens

Adventurer
Honestly if I had not invested so much blood, sweat and tears not to mention $$$$$ in my XJ I would love to own a Toyota as my exploration vehicle. But I am just glad I get to go up and explore our Colorado trails. We have some great get-aways planned for this season, Moab in September and several local runs.
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
i found a great video a while back ago and had forgotten all about it. The telescoping heater hose/duct idea that this guy used was genius. I think i am going to go the same route he did with his only i plan o hard mount mine permanently on the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izEKeACJglY&list=LLlECGS7h9zDo5mhLeNV_Vgg&index=16

I asked him a few months ago where i could get that hose and he told me where. These are the links to the heater hoses for my personal reference when the time comes to buy it.
http://www.suremarineservice.com/search.aspx?find=heater+duct

60mm hose
http://www.suremarineservice.com/398-497.aspx

55mm hose
http://www.suremarineservice.com/W441-376.aspx
 

JandDGreens

Adventurer
Thanks for posting the info. I am sold on this heater after seeing your thread and this video. just need to get my trailer completed enough to start the process of getting it titled and licensed.
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
Thanks for posting the info. I am sold on this heater after seeing your thread and this video. just need to get my trailer completed enough to start the process of getting it titled and licensed.

Yea man! This heater works great. I havent used it during camping yet but when i tested it out i thought it was great. Im sure it will definitely heat up my tent really good.
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
Went to the DMV and got 2 one day permits to take it in to get checked out. So far DMV charges have only been $40. After that I went home and welded on the tow hitch receiver and hoops for the trailer safely chains. I will be using D-Rings on those chains. Also primed and painted up everything. Painting is such a breeze when you have a paint gun! I only have this weekend to prep the trailer to look its best because come monday at 8:20am i have to take he trailer to the DMV to get inspected and complete the paper work to finally make it legal.

This is an 18" receiver that i bought toward the beginning of my build from harbor freight.


In order for his receiver to really be secure i did drilled 6 holes; 3 on each side, this way i can weld on the shaft of the receiver too not just at the end of it. I think it is much more secure like this. Especially if i ever plan to do some crazy trails with this thing.


Here you can see what i meant


I feel like it is much more secure like this.



Then i made some Hoops to use with the safety towing chains. These are made of some spare some 1/4" thick 2"x2" square tube that i had left over from when i created my trailer axle and trailer tongue.



I Made the holes big enough to be able to fit the D-Ring bolt. I plan to use 1 one each side




Give myself a pat on the back. It turned out looking great. I really love how fast i can paint with that paint gun. Its so freeking convenient. I just hate the clean up process though. So i can definitely see myself not using it for touch ups. But i will definitely use it for painting large surfaces or redoing my trucks bumpers and sliders. Still it's great to have



I figured since i have the DMV appointment on Monday i may as well put in the birch-wood floor to make it look cleaner. I don't know what exactly the inspector plans to look at but at least the trailer will look great!





That is all i have to share for now. Hopefully today i can get the High security locks installed onto the doors of the trailer. Then give both my truck and trailer a nice car wash to have both looking immaculate for Monday's inspection.

Wish me luck!
 
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Redeth005

Adventurer
I Ordered a Max-Coupler and it should arrive today in the afternoon so i'll make sure to post some pix of that when i get it. I just need to buy some towing chains and I'm set. I followed the DMV requirements as best I could. So I hope they don't have anything negative to say about my trailer. The only bad thing i can imagine hem saying about it is maybe the 3" lift or maybe the 35" tires. But i've seen trailers this big in California before so i'm hoping all is good.
 

JandDGreens

Adventurer
I think you will be fine with the inspection, here they want to be sure you don't have any stolen parts and that it is highway safe. I can't wait till I have mine were you are at.
I am going with the Max coupler also. got it from Knight trailers. It was the best option for the $$$$
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
I think you will be fine with the inspection, here they want to be sure you don't have any stolen parts and that it is highway safe. I can't wait till I have mine were you are at.
I am going with the Max coupler also. got it from Knight trailers. It was the best option for the $$$$

Thanks! and I's far along already but it still has quite a way to go. i can' wait to dig into the build. This is where all the meticulous stuff is gonna happen. I got my Max coupler from knight offroad too! lol
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
My Max- Coupler came in on Saturday morning I bought it off of Knight offroad for about 225 and free shipping. Saved me about 25-35 bucks by getting it through them.
http://shop.knightoffroadtrailers.com/MAX-COUPLER_c12.htm


Once that came in i figured i would get the rest of the items needed for the DMV inspection and of course safety. I went to Autozone and bought all this stuff.


Boom she was ready.





I greased all the zerk fittings on the max coupler and on my leaf springs to make sure it was all lubed up!
Then spent the rest of the night installing my high security locks. Finally i then finished up the night by taking it out for a test drive around the block a few times o get a feel of how it would feel owing the trailer on inspection day plus i wanted to make sure the trailer was stable since i had never driven the trailer before this point.


Here's a quick video i made of a walk around of the trailer while parked on the street.
https://youtu.be/Wd96aghsXX0
 

Redeth005

Adventurer
Went to the DMV this morning. I'll have to say the trailer drove really great and i love the Tekonsha Prodigy p3 brake controller. The different levels of boost were so convenient.
I lost so much sleep thinking if this trailer would pass. I was so nervous hat i only got 2 hours of sleep! i was just nervous hey would ding me for the lift, tires or not having reflective tape on the back side. Luckily for me the guy i got to do the inspection was an awesome down to earth dude.


Needless to say i passed inspection. He was also pretty impressed with how well built it was. We didn't chat too much because he had other appointments to tend to but i was super quick and it made me so happy.

I'm so thrilled that is all over with. They gave me a new VIN and told me registration would be every 5 years because it is a "Light Weight Utility Trailer" In the end I ended up paying $40 for all the paperwork and new license plate plus VIN tag. I can't wait to start adding all the cool gadgets.
 

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