Thread: Mild camper conversion of No 5 trek trailers (Ex-North Force).

Dave - I was all excited for you until I saw those trailers on the back of your missus' Cruiser... sacrilege... where is your Rangie?

I will be watching with keen interest how your project develops. I am also after a good/basic off-road camper setup for infrequent use that does not cost a fortune.

Cheers, Paul.

I was meaning to make a floor for the top like Discowhite did on his 130 trailer. See link.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trailers-v...-build-11.html

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

You're thinking of Track Dianne. These No5 trailers were advertised as Trek.
Dave, this is of interest to me. Who were the trailers manufactured by? Is there a dataplate that says Trek?
My Crump and Cornish 1 ton cargo trailer was made by Crump and Cornish (no surprise there). The ones in Darwin and quite a few in Townsville were advertised as Haulmark as they were made by Haulmark. A fellow who lives not far from me has several 1 ton cargo trailers made by a different manufacturer again.
Who made your trailers Dave?

I have no idea other than the auction description said Trek trailers. I can not even find any markings/stampings/plates other than the modifications ones. They have decommisioning labels that highlight some details like ARN numbers, items requiring servicing. I can only guess the came out of Maribyrnong?!? Is there some common area I should look to triple check?

Originally Posted by Mike_S

Probably a bit more than you want to do, but have you seen the build on Disco3 performed by one of the forum members on an ex-army Sankey trailer ?

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - My Sankey off road trailer build

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There's a few others who've done the same, only kept the Sankey tub as well.

Nice looking trailer but would have been better off starting from scratch as it doesnt resemble an army trailer any more which defeats the purpose i think.

Yes my thoughts exactly

He couldn't have made the running chassis of a trailer that strong for what it cost to buy the Sankey. It was never intended to look military, so doesn't defeat the object at all.

There are plenty of others that have used the full Sankey and just put a box on the top.

Originally Posted by Mike_S

He couldn't have made the running chassis of a trailer that strong for what it cost to buy the Sankey. It was never intended to look military, so doesn't defeat the object at all.

There are plenty of others that have used the full Sankey and just put a box on the top.

Isn't the Sankey a wider track than the Landrover much like a 1 ton cargo?

Originally Posted by juddy

What's with this fad over here with the ex adf trailers? They fetch silly money, yet people complain at a Sankey for half the price, which are a better made trailer, and that's got nothing to do with the fact I have one, as I am not really a trailer fan.

No.5's are simply what I've always viewed as being the "Army Trailer" both growing up as an Army Brat and seeing them around on the road all my life.

My thoughts for the intended "recycle" were simply that I wanted "that look" and also that robust unstoppable build quality. Like PaulP38a commented it's "a good/basic off-road camper setup for infrequent use that does not cost a fortune". It's also a step in the right direction for a dream I have of owning a 101 for my "boys trip" camping rig someday... even though they didn't, they look like they came out of the same factory!

I guess it just makes sense to me that if I can cheaply buy one of these thats been around for approx. half a century and its still complete and servicable then we can pretty well expect to get good service from it in domestic use. I am learning already that it may need some minor mod's moving forward, but at this stage I want to limit that to:
- the frame for the roof top tent;
- a couple of sail tracks placed appropriately for awnings to hang off;
- some drop down stabilizer legs; and
- maybe shocks to dampen those monster heavy duty leaf springs.

I hope not, but as with all toys it will probably evolve to include a tailgate conversion and a slide out kitchen and a solar/battery/genset power setup and a diesel heater, and a airconditioner, and 2 fridges, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.........