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Next thing to do was to find and mount some lid struts. Went to a local junk yard and picked up a set off a dodge caravan hatch. After some precision engineering (??), got them mounted.... and somehow they work.... With the tent closed the lid lifts with a gentle pull and stays open, goes back...

Tent bolted on✔️ Starting to take shape!

Yeah I was quite lucky to stumble upon this trailer, already stripped down for a really really good price. Barely could have bought the axle for what I paid for the entire trailer.

Set the tent on top to see how it will fit!! This was an exciting step for sure. Finally got a bit of a look at what the trailer will look like! ............................... After aloooooooot of research we decided to go with the smittybilt overlander tent. To put it simply the price was...

alright here we go.... haven’t posted here for a loooong time now. Once we got the trailer to a point where it was useable we got too busy using it. ......................................... Quick side note: our Instagram account is @prairieoverlanders. If you want go check it out and give us a...

Sorry for the late reply, haven’t had a chance to post since we have been out using the trailer! In short, I’ll say that the light tower trailer was a great base for what I wanted to do.

Just a quick thought on how to stabilize the trailer. Looking at options to level and stabilize. One option is to mount these on the back corners: These would work to stabilize but won’t do much for leveling. Another option that I stole from another thread (hope the guy doesn’t mind): This...

I realize now that this might be in the wrong section. Likely should be in expedition trailers... rookie mistake...

Alright here it goes, I’m building an off road camping trailer. Yeah yeah I know, there’s already about 1000 of these threads but who knows maybe something in here will be even a bit useful for someone. Or at very least someone might be entertained... Probably gonna be a lot of writing and...