Thread: disco trailer ideas....

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Originally posted by matbor+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(matbor)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-hook
Which one was build first, the G4 as above
or this one seen in Cairns

Love it... here is a bigger version of the pic...
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album64/S3700323.jpg
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album64/S3700320.jpg

Looks like they have kept the LR diff and running gear, cut it in half, reinforced it and sealed it and just welded a draw bar on it. Also looks like they have also just run overrun brakes to the original LR ones... pretty cool. Also pretty cool because u could leave the petrol/diesel tank in place and u don't need to carry jerry cans !!!

How heavy do u think it would be :?:

Now who has a wrecked disco that I can have [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Matt.[/b][/quote]

Was thinking about the weight, and it would be quite heavy, axel, that ladder frame chassis, door's etc... would weight at least 500-900 kg's in the above setup

But in a effect to make it lighter, you would do the following :
1. replace all glass with either tinted Perspex or aluminium painted black
2. replace the axle and suspension with different setup (but then again, I would prefer to keep the original setup)
3. remove all of the interior, I mean all of it !!
4.

Got bored today and was thinking how I would set mine up,
1. Full kitchen at the rear door, including the kitchen sink [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] all ready to cook, so all you do is open the door and turn the GAS on and start cooking.
2. Rod holders inside the roof line and a oztent, and anything else that is long.
3. keep the petrol tank and filler, and setup some form of transfer pump
4. water tanks in the rear foot wells and twin Engel fridges on rails above this and clothing storage above that again or you could just have clothing on one side and one Engel on the other. you would also have one of the sides as your shower area, so that you have a shower screen hanging off the door.
5. overrun brakes using the disco original ones
6. have the oztent awning running when the oztent is setup at the back door from the top of the back door so that u can enclose the rear off it is wet !! or u could setup some awning that rolls out when you open the door, now that would be clever !!
7. toolbox on the draw bar, which would have recovery gear and batteries stored there, also u could put the GAS bottles there too, similar to a caravan.
8. above toolbox, either a mountain bike rack or another spare wheel.
9.

As you can see there is sooooo many possibilities here !!!

Would be a good project if you wanted something unique !!!

Only wonder how it would go off-road, don't think it could handle the real rough stuff, but that doesn't matter.

Matt.

Here you go, "National Code of Practice for BUILDING SMALL TRAILERS" don't know how current it is, someone sent it to me a couple of years back...

http://disco.bordignons.net/misc/Building Trailers.pdf

Matt.