Trailer Lids...

[roberto]

one more shot

 

[jeeper92]

nice

very cool roberto, can you post some pictures of the under side of your tent nad how its mounted to the trailer? im debationg how to do it on mine

thanks:sombrero:

 

[jeeper92]

elmo

mine will be kept in the garage when im not using it. and it wont see much rain cause my kids dont like camping in the rain ahhaha:Wow1:

 

[roberto]

i dont have any un underside? the tent just is bolted to top bars of rack. the mounts that hold the rack/ pipe is electrical kendorf that you can buy from homedepot or lowes, it is made to hold electrical conduit pipe horizontally on ceilings, heavy duty and cheap, then just have poles bent, the poles that my tent is bolted to slides into a larger size poles on each corner which those are held by the kendorf and locking pins.

R

 

[roberto]

one more

 

[gasman]

one piece 14 gauge ends are thicker notice how the edges are folded over the edge of the trailer.. piano hinge home made with some stainless bar and some tubing, racks welded to the top tent bolted to the racks

 

[gasman]

couple more just for fun

 

[85CUCV]

gasman,

Nice job on the lid. Similiar to what I have in mind. I was going to make mine open from the side. I also wanted the extra lip at the bottom, but was planning on putting it on the inside. Your idea might be better for keeping dust/water out.

 

[highlandercj-7]

Nice clean work Gasman!

 

[roberto]

Highlander

Love your stand behind troops quote!!!

Rob

 

[StaceyE]

couple more just for fun

What tent is that?

 

[brentbba]

What tent is that?

Camping Labs Serengeti. 3 bills large!

 

[gasman]

yup..my way serengetti traiker tent improted by fernando at campming labs.yup 3 large bills..plus taxes plus shjppjng . plus U.S. /CDN exchange rate. and for me it was worth every penny.. fernando goes the distance !!

yes my lid is mounted on he end..with the tailgate cut in, i feel that it is much stronger that way.. as far as openong it up as you can see from the pics. once camp is set up if i need to get in there i can still get anything i need thru the tailgate quite easily .. some things you gotta strech for but it really is no problem at all

 

[Borrego60]

Very nice job on the lid, I love the tent also.

 

[telwyn]

Ditto - that's an awesome lid!

The lid is basically the last thing (but is ever really a "finished" project) I need to do on my trailer build and I need to just suck it up and get it done. Been dragging my feet.

Really like the design of yours.