Thread: Detachable camp body build for 130....

I've had similar thoughts for the "ultimate camping setup" using some sort of storage pod with RTT on top.

One of the thoughts was to have removable stabiliser legs on the pod and airbags in the rear of the vehicle so you just attach the legs, squat the bags down and drive away.

Looking on with interest

Steve

I'll be watching with interest too, this kind of thing is a medium-term plan and one of the key reasons for buying the 130. Mine is still well within the 'thinking about it' stage, but something along the lines of the trayon camper or travelander.

Here is the 'box' in the build stage. Basic framework done, with place for the roof tent above. There will be a canvas over the top when finished, and side spars for tree/foliage protection. The plan is to use Air suspension to drop the vehicle from under the body.

Looking good

Another thing I'd thought about was removable bars like a roof rack that would be slightly higher than the rooftop tent, that could be used for a canoe/tinny.

What are you doing about carrying spare wheel/s?

Steve

Spare wheels will be on a pair of swing away carriers at the rear of the body, along with a LED spotlight mount, so when open they swing around at about 150 deg, the light will light the area to the side of the vehicle. They'll prob have a canvas bin on each as well.

The original draft of what the vehicle will look like from behind. Will have a trial body fit tonight. Was thinking of running on air originally, but now gone back to wind down legs. Having seen the price of these, I'll be making my own using RHS, threaded bar and a bearing! Cordless drill operation!!! More to follow!

HI , I have a Trayon slide on camper and rear airsprings on my 130 trayback and find it a very successful combo. After attaching the legs, I screw them down to start supporting the load , then deflate the air springs and drive out from under. Reinflating the springs is less than a minute each. You may find the screw legs take a fair bit of effort by the battery powered drill, more than my drills can do when trying to lift the loaded Trayon. A half inch capacity mains powered drill, however, does the trick nicely, but mains power is not always available. Perhaps an inverter of the right size? The thread in Projects and Tutorials by TimNZ is comprehensive about airsprings installation. Cheers, 130man.

I wind my Trayon legs up and down with an old GMC 12V cordless drill. I removed the battery and soldered a couple of long leads in with a plug to connect to to the socket that is used to provide power to the Trayon.

The secret with getting an el-cheapo single speed 12V drill to do the job is to use the head from an angle grinder. The gearing is about 3:1, I think and gives the drill enough grunt to do the job. The appropriate size socket is brazed to the output shaft of the angle grinder. I also have a socket the same size on a shaft without the gearing to speed up the easy part of the job.

While I would like to be able to take credit for that ingenious idea, I have to confess that the angle grinder head was set up by the original owner of my Trayon.