Just read your comments, I was wheeling in the San Juans the last few days and just got back.
Just my 2 cents...
My ARB 50qt fridge is 20" tall, in my ideal world, a trailer that would accommodate the fridge on a slide through the tailgate opening without having to lift the lid (say the RTT tent is on the lid and deployed) would be perfect.
Your trailers look great by the way, great price point as well.
Thanks for the compliment and fridge dimensions. A sliding door for a fridge would be awesome, but our goal is to give our customers a reasonably priced trailer as a base to build off of. That said we will do custom work and are quite skilled, I have been fabricating and welding as long as I can remember and it is now my main source of income. Custom work just gets expensive.
When I do a fridge, I will put it in my vehicle. I want to be able to access it while on the road not just after I set up camp, or when stopped.
If you are going to have a fridge in the trailer you will want to be able to access it without having to lift up the lid, especially if you have a RTT on it. My new style 50qt. ARB fridge mounted on a slide and with the transit bag is 21 1/2" tall. The Horizon I use to have used nylon spacers that were about 2" tall to bring the fridge up to the tailgate opening, since the floor of the tub was lower than the tailgate.
Just another reason I plan to put mine in the vehicle. I will have a RTT in the next few months, as my personal trailer doesn't have a slide I want to access it without opening the trailer lid.
I'd say bigger is better but until I see it with taillights mounted I'll reserve judgement. I keep hoping that you will offer a removable top bar or even better leave it off and rely on more reinforcement in the lower corners and some HD tailgate latches. After all pickups have been doing it like that for almost a century and not many beds have fallen off except those that rusted out. Maybe the cargo trailer version will fit my needs better, any new info on that?
Ideally I'd like to see a bigger version with 5x7 at the top of the tub, full open tailgate as described above and a lid that is hinged at the front. Then I would add a bed platform 4x7 that just comes up to the top of the verticals sides with storage under that. I'd finish off with side and back curtains that fully enclose the tub like seen on VW bus pop-ups or the Auto Home Columbus This tent would also include the tailgate as an entryway. I think most off road trailers have gotten too complex and slow to employ. My design would allow very fast set up, little canvas exposed to the weather with less flapping and quicker dry time. Also would add a simple zip-on awning to cover the rear entry. What do you think?
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No new info on the cargo trailer, still buttoning up finishing touches on the bigger tailgate and our tail light options as you mentioned. Also we are building a trailer now with a front hinged lid, I think it looks great ! :sombrero:
I agree with your statement that some trailers have gotten too complex. Thats why we are trying to keep it simple. We can and will do custom work although we like to keep things looking clean and simple, while being very functional, durable and easy to use.
