Thread: Offroad boat trailer

Mate.
Have a look at some of the pics already in the fishing shack.
Dont recall the thread title,but there were some great pics,not many to search!!!
Isuzurover is looking at doing similar if that helps the search,he was one of the posters in the thread.
Looking forward to your upgrades,I have the same trailer,looking at extending the drawbar by 300mm,incorporating a swing away extension and dolly wheel.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Mate.
Have a look at some of the pics already in the fishing shack.
Dont recall the thread title,but there were some great pics,not many to search!!!
Isuzurover is looking at doing similar if that helps the search,he was one of the posters in the thread.
Looking forward to your upgrades,I have the same trailer,looking at extending the drawbar by 300mm,incorporating a swing away extension and dolly wheel.
Andrew

Cheers Andy,

Will keep you posted.

Just have to wait until we move back home to Moora end of January so that I can get my boat back in the shed. As you would know you can't touch any thing with out getting third degree burns in the Pilbara sunthis time of year. I want to add a fold away extended draw bar and third wheel as well.

Dan

ONYA
Just looked at your pic again,same trailer except yours must be drive on.No rollers on mine!!!
Andrew

pilbara,
the trailecraft trailers are a reasonable platform to start with.
Unless you are prepared to axe the chassis width though you will be limited by the wheel track.
In soft conditions mud or sand having the wheels track outside the 130 will be your rate limiter to excellent offroad performance.
I have conveted a few from where yours is to acceptable.

First, pull the suspension bogeys. Make up some new ones to accomodate 78 series tojo rear leaves. For that rig just lose the heaviest overload leaf. IMO stick with the 14 in rims and light truck tyres. Otherwise you will raise her high but still not gain the track benefit that makes a boat trailer truly offroad. Run a pair of shocks from axle up to brackets that beef the side boat rails. For a rig that size i would consider nothing less than Ford slimline hub and bearings and even still they will need reg work. If you run bigger tyres they will flog nearly every reasonable offroad trip. Also consider better keel support. From hazy bad memories of my old mans short affair witha traily a solid hard wood timber keel rail would be appropriate

Im happy to send pics of a 4.5m makocraft with 60 4st i converted recently.

Regards,
Steve

Originally Posted by roverrescue

pilbara,
the trailecraft trailers are a reasonable platform to start with.
Unless you are prepared to axe the chassis width though you will be limited by the wheel track.
In soft conditions mud or sand having the wheels track outside the 130 will be your rate limiter to excellent offroad performance.
I have conveted a few from where yours is to acceptable.

First, pull the suspension bogeys. Make up some new ones to accomodate 78 series tojo rear leaves. For that rig just lose the heaviest overload leaf. IMO stick with the 14 in rims and light truck tyres. Otherwise you will raise her high but still not gain the track benefit that makes a boat trailer truly offroad. Run a pair of shocks from axle up to brackets that beef the side boat rails. For a rig that size i would consider nothing less than Ford slimline hub and bearings and even still they will need reg work. If you run bigger tyres they will flog nearly every reasonable offroad trip. Also consider better keel support. From hazy bad memories of my old mans short affair witha traily a solid hard wood timber keel rail would be appropriate

Im happy to send pics of a 4.5m makocraft with 60 4st i converted recently.

Regards,
Steve

Thanks for the info Steve.

The roads that I am looking at taking are more corrugation than undulating ground. I realy want to get up to Kalumburu and do a 2 week mission from there.

Would be great to see some pics of your set up.

Cheers

Dan

If that be the case.
Stick light truck 14s on. Change out the springs to something that actually provides suspension. Short trailer springs are evil for corrugations! Support the hull better.

I'll grab some pics of the mako raft trailer when I get home to cook town.

S

Originally Posted by roverrescue

If that be the case.
Stick light truck 14s on. Change out the springs to something that actually provides suspension. Short trailer springs are evil for corrugations! Support the hull better.

I'll grab some pics of the mako raft trailer when I get home to cook town.

S

Thanks mate

Sorry mate super slow to post these ups. Springs are from 79series rear with heavy load leaf removed. Dampers are 79series cruiser rears. Bottom mount welded to 45mm solid axle. Springs mount to 50x50 angle 4mm which is U-Bolyed to chassis rails. Channel and scrub bars are essential to get trailer round tight tracks. Keel supported by hardwood - hard to beat for offroad support.