Sirocco Overland's Trailer Project

[Sirocco]

Evening folks,

thought I would share a recent purchase of mine, A Sankey based Overland Trailer

Inspiration taken from my brothers across the pond (ie, you) we have opted for a trailer to tow behind the D90.

Now I cannot take credit for the box Body, it was built by another forum member. He also extended the A frame by 12" so the wheelbase is now very close to my 90 (the original owner did not do it for this purpose). Many more features/plans for the build. 1st is to replace the floor with trailerboard and build a rack for my Maggiolina to sit on. after that a colour match repray is on the cards... Epsom Green

Some photo's for you from a recent greenlane (read backcountry) trip where I was very impressed by its capabilities.









no doubt many more questions to follow. main plans are a water tank within the chassis, a kitchen section, some slide out drawers or rails for boxes, awning mount and the roof rack to hold the tent/waffle boards/table. Debating electrics, but it looks like I will fit a battery for lighting and 12v acc. the fridge will stay in the 90 along with clothes and food.

that is all for now!

[GroupSe7en]

Sounds great!

Where were those pics taken?

My wife's from Winchester...

Cheers,
Mark

[greentruck]

Sirocco,
Thanks for the pics. Neat trailer!

Your comment about adjusting drawbar length to suit matching wheel bases is a good point. I've heard it before somewhere, but it rarely comes up in most discussions about modding the drawbar. People are interested in more storage there, but performance also needs to be considered as a very important point in adjusting the length of it to best suit one's needs.

[Sirocco]

Sirocco,
Thanks for the pics. Neat trailer!

Your comment about adjusting drawbar length to suit matching wheel bases is a good point. I've heard it before somewhere, but it rarely comes up in most discussions about modding the drawbar. People are interested in more storage there, but performance also needs to be considered as a very important point in adjusting the length of it to best suit one's needs.

Yer i know, I did a search here and could only find a little bit of info. The trails here are super super tight so you need the trailer to perform. Tight switchbacks up hill with washout sections are no good if your trailer is cutting corners and riding banks! Im very pleased with it and if I can sort out the paperwork this rig will be coming with us to Siberia in 2013

Sounds great!

Where were those pics taken?

My wife's from Winchester...

Cheers,
Mark

Hi Mark, Ha! nowhere near Winchester Its pretty flat there, most of the lanes are through farmland and forestry. The pics where taken in my homeland of Wales we go there the most as we live just over the border in Bristol. It provides some of the most challenging terrain in the UK along with the Peak and Lake District.

G

[GroupSe7en]

I've always wanted to visit the 'top left hand corner of Wales'!

Thanks for the pics.

Looking forward to the build.

Cheers
Mark

[Sirocco]

I've always wanted to visit the 'top left hand corner of Wales'!

Thanks for the pics.

Looking forward to the build.

Cheers
Mark

Its one of the best places along with the bottom left If your ever over here, drop me a PM and I can show you the local lanes

G

[Sirocco]

Thought I would bring this one back to the top. I got the trailer back home after being sat at my folks in Wales for nearly a year!

Work has progressed, stripped the A frame right back removing all the brake parts, jockey wheel etc. got 3 new 255/85 KM2s on the wolf rims, sprayed black. I have taken off the Gravelly latches as they were really bad, I dont recommend them. I have a set of overcentre catches at the office which I will pick up Monday and fit next week.

I downloaded Sketchup last night (after seeing some awesome examples here!) and had a bash. This is what I came up with and some other pics of progess.

Next I need to build a rack for the maggiolina and the design is also attached. what do people think structurally? and what size box section and thickness should I be going for?

Any help appreciated.

G

[Sirocco]

Any thoughts on what size box section to use guys? could really do with your input. I was thinking 2" square. what thickness? is 3mm too much? I was thinking 2.5mm.

Also does my design look ok? The trailer body is just folded sections of steel plate with internal bulkhead strengthening. There is no real frame to it.

Cheers,

G

[Sirocco]

Offered up the Maggiolina on the metal I ordered (75x50mm main rails with 50x50mm on top) It fits much better than I thought, no real overhang.

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Just need to weld it all up not and attach the tent.

G

[Rocket Ship]

I think you might be overdoing it on the tent rack. Mine is simply supported on 2 1"x2" x 1/8" rails (roughly 25mmx50mmx3mm). That's it. That's all it needs. Now, those rails are in turn well-supported by the structure of the trailer, so you need to get that right. I advise against using 3 rails in any case. If the 3 rails are out of plane for any reason at all, fabrication tollerance, frame flex, etc, it will impose a strong bending load on the tent floor. 2 rails is enough, and eliminates this problem.