Box Rocket Homemade trailer build.

[RgrBox]

Great build, Great pics.. and A beautiful Family..

[Rezarf <><]

That came out really great Adam.

One suggestion, get a bolt on drop down leg for the front, I have a weld on and there is so much play in the joint that it makes the overall package a little unstable.

Just a thought. The one AT uses is top notch.

Drew

[R_Lefebvre]

You mean the round weld on ring with a pin to lock the leg in place? Yeah, I agree, I'm disappointed with how much slop there is in mine. Surprising.

[cruiseroutfit]

You mean the round weld on ring with a pin to lock the leg in place? Yeah, I agree, I'm disappointed with how much slop there is in mine. Surprising.

Pics of your setups? Mine is nice and tight? In face almost too tight as the pin is somewhat hard to remove. If its a matter of too small diameter of pin in the aligned holes, why not drill them out to a consistent size and source a larger pin?

[Rezarf <><]

Pics of your setups? Mine is nice and tight? In face almost too tight as the pin is somewhat hard to remove. If its a matter of too small diameter of pin in the aligned holes, why not drill them out to a consistent size and source a larger pin?

Not a bad idea Kurt.

[Box Rocket]

Pics of your setups? Mine is nice and tight? In face almost too tight as the pin is somewhat hard to remove. If its a matter of too small diameter of pin in the aligned holes, why not drill them out to a consistent size and source a larger pin?

This is a good suggestion. I went to pick one up from Henderson on Friday before leaving on a trip to Idaho for the weekend. They didn't have the right weld on peice and didn't have the right leg either.

Gonna try to find another one today, maybe out at State Trailer Supply. Good to hear that people are having issues and that there a possible solutions. Not that I am glad you guys are having issues with them. The thing I like about the weld on one is that I can pull the pin and remove the leg for travel and have less risk of damage, and just have it on when the trailer isn't hooked to the truck.

[Old#7]

Try TJ trailers on Pennsylvania out by the Ogden airport and Auto-liv. They had tons last time I was out there.

[Box Rocket]

I'm sure they'd have one too. Wasatch Trailers should have one and their about 10 min from my house.

[Box Rocket]

Looking for a little advice again. I'm hoping to start building my lid soon (finally). I had planned on just building a flat lid with a simple frame out of 1" sq tube and a sheet of 16 ga. But looking at the pic below, I quickly ran out of room packing for the wife and 4 kids and a dog for a two night trip.



So I'm now planning on a raised lid similar in shape to the adventure trailer lids. Still using 1" sq tube for the frame and 16 ga. for the skins. I think about a 6" deep lid would do a lot of good for containing the bit of extra gear.

Here's about what I'm thinking. I can mount my Thule load bars to the lid and hopefully one of these days I'll have a RTT to throw up there.



So my question that I need some voting on is whether to hinge the lid at the front of the trailer or at the side. My thinking has been to hinge at the front. I'm not tall (5'9") and with the height of the trailer, it would be tough for me to stand on one side of the trailer and reach items on the opposite side which is what I'd have to do with the hinge on the side. By hinging it at the front I can stand on either side of the trailer and reach to the center.

So any strong opinions on where to have the lid hinged? Any good reasons NOT to hinge at the front?

[lowenbrau]

I've used the hinge at the front with good success but you should think about what the open RTT is going to do when the lid is lifted. From what I've seen, it seems best when the tent is over the side and the hinge for the lid is on the same side. In my case I was able to just tip the tent over but is was a bit more awkward that way.