Chaser Final Assembly
Equipt Chaser 2.0 Final Assembly
There has been an incredible amount of activity on the overhaul of the Equipt Chaser 2.0 in the last 2 weeks. A steady stream of work has brought the trailer back to life, and ready for action.
The tub made it to the frame, joining the new nose box. Existing water tank and Scepter fuel cans were re-installed. The nose box received quite of bit of modification. We re-installed the 110V charger and shore plug, as well as 2 - 12V outlets and the National Luna Dual Battery Flush Mount Monitor. The monitor gives me a visual reading for the 2 Deka Group 31 AGM batteries inside the box. We also added a 2 wire port for plugging in our 65W solar panel. The lid was finished in matching silver with the front line-x coated. It also received a new set of Adventure Trailers load bars wide enough for the Eezi-Awn Globe Trotter to mount to it. Inside the lid on the angled area closest to the opening is a National Luna 9 LED hard wire light that illuminates the tub interior. Inside the tube went a new rubber liner and a National Luna Stainless Steel 74L Dual Door Fridge/Freezer, replacing the aluminum 40L that was in there. No excuse for lack of cooling space now. Oh, and a little bottle opening love too.
On the back, the swing out was re-attached. The swing out supports our Alu-Box kitchen, which included a pull-out Partner's 2 Burner Stove and all of our necessary kitchen gear. The rear of the tub sports a new plate location, up and out of the way of bushes passing by. And it has a plate light too. AT also installed a reverse LED light which is independently powered from the onboard batteries as well. Diamond plating covers the outriggers around the new frame. A new 5 lb propane bottle sits passenger rear, and nestles in between the fender shelf and swing out perfectly.
We added an Eezi-Awn K9 Roof Rack Table Mount to the bottom of the load bars to store a new K9 Stainless Steel Table in the large size. The table can now be locked in place. The locking mechanism needed a little modification to work in this application. It is designed to attach to the edge of a K9 roof rack specifically, but the AT guys found an ingenious way to make it work.
The final push was to re-mount the Eezi-Awn Globe Trotter Tent to the top of the load bars. It looks great up there too. We took it up a notch by adding a couple National Luna LED lights to the tent itself. There is a 21 LED yellow lens light attached to the bottom of the tent by the kitchen area to provide dinner prep light. And we installed a 15 LED Aluminum Chassis Ultra Light to the interior tent frame close to the ladder to light up the inside of the Globe Trotter. Both are wired to a 2 wire 12V port located driver's side front, next to the load bar. That allows us to disconnect it for transport and removal if necessary.
We took the trailer for a shake down cruise this weekend, out with some friends up near Williams AZ. I have to say that our now new Chaser 2.0 is better than ever. It tows like a dream with the new TAAS suspension, matches up to our 2013 Silver 4Runner perfectly, and has a bunch of new improvements that make camping with it all the more enjoyable.
I would like to thank the entire AT team for their tireless efforts and unending patience in putting this project together. I bought my Chaser in March of 2007. It served me well for 6-1/2 years, and now it's ready for another decade or so. Next stop is So Cal Mountain Rendezvous. If you're going, stop by and check it out. I will continue to post photos of the old girl out doing her thing. We can't wait for our next adventure.
Cheers,
