Thread: Offroad Trailer Build

Here are the latest pics of the trailer.

Water tank mounted with protection guard




Wheels on finally

Looking good Adam! Come on get on with it I want to see it in its finished state!

Bling bling!! going to look good behind yr silver taxi!!

Ok, I have been a bit slack with the pics lately but here is 1 more. It doesn't look like I have done much more, but most of my time has been in designing and building the pull out kitchen, which you cant see yet.

All the framing is finished, the floor is down and I have cut all the side panels and cut out all the access holes.

I just have to install a partition to section off between the kitchen and the storage area and then I can glue on the side panels.

I wanted a stainless steel benchtop for the kitchen but after ringing a couple of places the best price I could get was $650 . So I had given up on that idea and had resigned myself to marine ply. Then my dad suggested trying the local metal scrap yard..... I found a piece exactly the right size, still with the protective platic on it and it cost me $30!

A quick question Adam, did you have trouble getting the electric brake hubs to suit the D2 rims, the reason i ask is i want to go electric but don't all the dramas i went through getting drum hubs to suit my Disco 2.

Looking good by the way

Baz.

In one word...YES. It was a real hassle, but knowing what I do now it would be ok next time.

When I ordered the hubs, I asked for D2 hubs which was not a problem except that Alco do not use metric studs only imperial. He said that he would use 9/16 which is very very close to the 14mm which the D2 has.

But I was not really thinking when i did this because the D2 alloy wheels are unlike almost all other wheels. They do not use a tapered wheel nut, which meant I had to use the proper D2 wheel nuts...which meant I did need 14mm wheels studs not 9/16.

So, I had to find someone who sold the 14mm wheel studs (Landrover do not sell them, you have to buy the entire hub. ), then knock out the old studs. Luckily the splines on the 14mm studs are 0.5mm larger than the 9/6 studs so I just had to drill out the holes and re-insert new studs.

If I did it again, I would buy and supply whoever was making the hubs with the wheel studs, so it would not be a problem.

Originally Posted by walker

In one word...YES. It was a real hassle, but knowing what I do now it would be ok next time.

When I ordered the hubs, I asked for D2 hubs which was not a problem except that Alco do not use metric studs only imperial. He said that he would use 9/16 which is very very close to the 14mm which the D2 has.

But I was not really thinking when i did this because the D2 alloy wheels are unlike almost all other wheels. They do not use a tapered wheel nut, which meant I had to use the proper D2 wheel nuts...which meant I did need 14mm wheels studs not 9/16.

So, I had to find someone who sold the 14mm wheel studs (Landrover do not sell them, you have to buy the entire hub. ), then knock out the old studs. Luckily the splines on the 14mm studs are 0.5mm larger than the 9/6 studs so I just had to drill out the holes and re-insert new studs.

If I did it again, I would buy and supply whoever was making the hubs with the wheel studs, so it would not be a problem.

Thanks Adam, i thought so, i found that too, i also found out that the PCD of the D2 is 120mm PCD same as the HQ and Commodore, i have some 14mm studs i'll call around to see if i can get disc hubs made and give them the studs to put in.

Baz.

Looking very impressive.