TheGillz
Explorer
Well I don't know how many have seen me drop a couple hints here and there, but the day has finally come to drop my hat in the off-road trailer ring. I have been looking since finding this site and others for an equitable way to get ahold of what I will call my own Explo(ration) Off-Road Trailer for a few months now and through the kindness and willingness of our own Geotracker90 aka Mike, one is in the works.
All thanks and credit will go to him for designing and fabbing this puppy, and having visited him and his nice family myself I can tell you he takes care in what he does and has some impressive skills. I can't tell you how geeked I am about this coming together! Mike will be the better resource to direct build/technical questions, and he will chime in here all he wants I'm sure. I just don't have the skills or equipment to do it myself, although I saw a welder at a yard sale this weekend and was quite tempted, I loved taking welding in high school, but it never has fit my lifestyle since then. That will change in the future I think, but for now I am happy to live vicariously through a partnership. So without further adu, here are some pics and the process begins.
Here is the basic idea for what we are doing. The two blue boxes on the front are there to represent coolers, the rest is going to be made of 16g steel with a 2x3 tube steel chassis with 3500lb axle, electric brakes, 1250lb springs with shocks, and I got some matching 17" stock aluminum Jeep wheels to match our tow vehicle.
In order for the wheels to fit without having to bore the middle or have the center cap gone we went with some 2.5 inch spacers. (yeah, those ones)
The axle is due for delivery around the 12th of the month so Mike decided to get a start and go ahead and use his new break to bend up the side boxes and other non-chassis centric parts.
Enjoy and we'll keep you posted! (pun intended, I kill myself, lol)
All thanks and credit will go to him for designing and fabbing this puppy, and having visited him and his nice family myself I can tell you he takes care in what he does and has some impressive skills. I can't tell you how geeked I am about this coming together! Mike will be the better resource to direct build/technical questions, and he will chime in here all he wants I'm sure. I just don't have the skills or equipment to do it myself, although I saw a welder at a yard sale this weekend and was quite tempted, I loved taking welding in high school, but it never has fit my lifestyle since then. That will change in the future I think, but for now I am happy to live vicariously through a partnership. So without further adu, here are some pics and the process begins.
Here is the basic idea for what we are doing. The two blue boxes on the front are there to represent coolers, the rest is going to be made of 16g steel with a 2x3 tube steel chassis with 3500lb axle, electric brakes, 1250lb springs with shocks, and I got some matching 17" stock aluminum Jeep wheels to match our tow vehicle.
In order for the wheels to fit without having to bore the middle or have the center cap gone we went with some 2.5 inch spacers. (yeah, those ones)
The axle is due for delivery around the 12th of the month so Mike decided to get a start and go ahead and use his new break to bend up the side boxes and other non-chassis centric parts.
Enjoy and we'll keep you posted! (pun intended, I kill myself, lol)
