Small Garage, Big Project

[Tom Foolery]

Over the past year or so, I have been looking at every trailer on this forum as well as: http://forum.ih8mud.com/trailer-tech/ gathering all the ideas from everyone to make a trailer that would suit me best. I have always been a big fan of Adventure Trailer's-Horizon and Outlander's-Sherpa II as my finished trailer will show.

So I finally decided to get the ball rolling early this spring. Here are the pictures/info of my progress from start to finish.

 

[Tom Foolery]

I started out using Sketch-up on the computer and then transferred the drawings to a sheet of cardboard for fine tuning and to use as a life size layout.

 

[Tom Foolery]

 

[Tom Foolery]

Having a one car garage made things very interesting and quite a challenge. (NOTE) One cannot truly be creative unless they have "The Andy Griffith Show" playing while you work.







More pictures to follow later...........

 

[Deleted member 9101]

Great project!!!

 

[Eric06Rubi]

Great project, Man, I thought I had a small garage.:snorkel:

 

[greentruck]

Small garage, ALL THE TOOLS NEEDED!

Looks like tight elbowroom is not an impediment for you. Very nice fab work!:Wow1:

 

[tclaremont]

Good thing you labeled the back of the trailer. I hate when I get them mixed up!

 

[Tom Foolery]

I wanted to have the frame of the trailer a separate piece from the main box, so I could remove it if I ever needed to. It worked out great to, as I found out when it came to painting the parts.

 

[Titanpat57]

Fantastic Workmanship!!

Love the matching roof baskets...really pulls it together!

Great project..thanks for sharing! Is there a RTT in the fututre?

Pat

 

[Tom Foolery]

Thanks Titanpat57, not sure what you mean RTT?

 

[Titanpat57]

Thanks Titanpat57, not sure what you mean RRT?

Sorry...meant RTT (roof top tent)

 

[Tom Foolery]

I wanted to have some rear shackles on the trailer, but since I had the frame at this stage, I felt it would be best to make my own and mount them this way.

 

[Tom Foolery]

Sorry...meant RTT (roof top tent)

Ah, I got ya, no, actually I had never planned for a RTT as I usually use my 12 x 12 I got from Cabela's a few years back. It's like being at home, actually better.:ylsmoke:

 

[TimS]

The final product looks second to none. Good job!!