Recent content by jays0n

Selling my overland trailer, it’s in amazing shape with tons of features and accessories included. Must see in person to appreciate! See list below. Welded steel frame Welded steel rack for tent/awnings Dinoot fiberglass panels Steel Jeep tailgate 3500 lb Dexter ez-lube axle Leaf spring...

I was finally able to spend some time out in the shop this weekend and was able to get the rock rail style protection done on the front edge of the tub. They are bolted to the frame and aren't perfect by any means. They aren't perfectly level or straight but that's fine, just don't look at...

Got them installed and didn't put spacers under them as I had originally thought I would. After I get it out and over some bumps i'll see if they're in the right position. Next is to build some rock rail style protection for the bottom edge of the tub. It's fiberglass and wood so I want to be...

This is in the wrong forum, needs to be moved to Expedition and Overland Trailers: Retail Models

Howdy and welcome! My trailer has a steel frame, wood floor and fiberglass side panel. It has a steel overhead rack with a RTT mounted up there. Loaded it's around 2200 lbs and it tows perfectly behind the FJ (which is a 6sp manual). I'd look at ditching that pintle hitch and that will save...

Those nut jars are old school, my grandfather used to rock them in his basement workshop, a whole line of pickle jars full of bolts with their lids screwed to a shelf :)

That's REALLY tall, are you concerned about stability at all? How about the width, if you go with a Jeep as a tow rig isn't that trailer a lot wider? My build was originally almost that tall but off road it was no fun and way too unstable, though it's a lot narrower than your rig. I lowered...

Here in Seattle the city kinda allows you to park them on the street and live in them if you're homeless. There are people that buy every one that appears on Craigslist and parks them in the city then rent them to homeless people and raging drug addicts for almost nothing. Either they burn...

After growing up spending summer vacations in a 1980's camping trailer I would be cautious about counting on anything made from plastic in a vintage trailer. Things like plastic water fittings, toilets, etc are likely to be beyond their serviceable life and will either fail and/or crumble when...

Looks great, love those welds on the lid!

Now that I have a proper shop to work in I've had some time to look over the trailer and it appears that on the last trip the tires contacted the fender flares in a couple spots and just kissed the fiberglass tub as well. I guess it's time to install some bump stops. I'll put up some pics soon...

My $0.02 worth: That is a big and relatively heavy trailer and between the possible paint issues, 24 volt electrics and all the structural mods you want to do as well as the overall "beef" of it I'd think you'd have much better luck building from scratch or modifying a "Little Guy" tear drop for...

Hope you got a good deal on that Chaser if you still had to do a lot of work to it, those things aren't cheap!

Looks great so far and you definitely you have some skills! Did I miss you mentioning that you will or won't ever be putting a RTT up there? Speaking from experience off road with my trailer when it was originally built tall like yours, it spent a lot more time than I was comfortable with on 1...

Charging from the 7-pin connector is not really efficient enough to bother, if you really want to charge the trailer's batteries from the tow vehicle you need to run large gauge wiring back to it on a separate connector dedicated to charging, you can find lots of info about this on the internet...