Thread: Offroad trailers (not camper trailers)

Originally Posted by MSkinner

After our recent trip to Jamieson, I'm re-thinking the way I pack for extended trips away. My cousin chose to bring a trailer, and while at first I thought it was a little overkill, come home time I was certainly envious watching him simply throw everything into it and cover it with a tarp while I meticulously arranged everything back onto my roof rack and into the back of my Disco.

Other reasons I'm thinking of going the trailer route are that I can leave the trailer in the garage and pack it, leaving the Disco free for the wife or myself to use in the meantime. Having the rear cargo area of the Disco free will allow us to bring our black Lab on trips with us (Jamieson would have been perfect for him but he had to stay home due to lack of room), and I would no longer have to ask someone to help me install/remove the roof rack for every trip (the Disco doesn't fit in the garage with the rack on).

So, all you fellow trailer-using forum friends, post up your trailers, give me your opinions on where I should start shopping, what I should be looking for, whether I should go pre-made or custom, any advice that you feel like offering up.

Cheers

Matt

EDIT: funny that the first website I went to I found this (note the rims/stud pattern)

Get yourself an ex-Army trailer, single tube drawbar, land rover wheels and bolt pattern and built for the job, Regards Frank.

Maybe go and have a talk to Carac trailers in Dandenong.

www.carac.com.au

The make basic but strong offroad ones at a reasonable price ( around the $1800 mark I think ) - they come fitted with an ORAC coupling. You can get things like brakes and canvas canopy etc fitted as well. They would probably do LR hubs but you might have to source the hubs and rims.

I've had one of their non-offroad trailers for 18 years - been pretty tough for what I've hauled with it.

Of course the ultimate off road trailer is an ex army Trak Trailer made in Boronia but they are pretty hard to come by.