Thread: Offroad Trailer Build

did you think about a long draw-bar,,
or was it a lucky coincidence

spare tyre mount? (or not)

Yes, I thought about a long drawbar.......then I made it even longer.

No, really, I had a look around and some of the top price campers have drawbars around 2.4m!!! . I thought this was a bit too long so I comprimised and went for 2m. Once the box and gas bottles and stone protector all go on the drawbar it will not look so long.

I have made the spare wheel to go under the front section of the trailer while the water tank is under the rear section. If I end up having room on the drawbar I might put the spare wheel here as I don't like having it under the trailer. I did not want to have to have a swing away carrier at the rear.

Peter,

I suggest your local trailer manufacturer take a good look at what professionals do with axles under leaf springs. There are many variants of vehicle around the world used in all sorts of places where the spring is mounted on top of the axle. A classic, dare I say it, being the Toy Hilux 4x4.

I think the most important questions that need answered are :

1. What colour is the trailer getting painted ? Colour matched to the disco I hope

2. Where is the AULRO sticker going to be placed ?

Matt.

Thanks Adam & Buggerlugs,

Yeah, I thought it sounded like b.s. myself about the axle under the springs but thought I'd pose the question. Looks like the trailer height is spot on! I used to have a Hilux and noticed the same. Main difference being the springs were virtually flat unladen at rest!!

Having the trailer and bedding up will help keep things dry in water crossings too.

Cheers

Sneakypete

Man, I sure hope I don't get any river crossings that deep.
We were talking about that the other day an I reckon I just about have the body so dust tight it should float.

And Matt

1. Yep, color coded to the Disco.....sort of. I am painting it myself and am not good enough to do 2 pak painting so the local auto paint store is going to mix up some enamel paint which will match fairly closely and then add a bit of metalic to it.

Adam

Thats looking excellent! Taking orders yet? How much would a "Walker Walkabout" offroad trailer cost?

Angus

I reckon I could whip one up for around $20,000.

But seriously, I can see now why some of the good offroad trailers cost so much, there is a lot of work in them.

There are only 8 weekends left till Christmas and I am now starting to get very worried. I will be away for 3 of the weekends which only leaves 5 and there is a lot of wrk still to be done. I was going to spray it myself but if I run out of time I might just do the base coat and then get it done.