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home built (sort of) off road chaser trailer

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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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Default home built (sort of) off road chaser trailer

Spent about 4 mos. compiling all the pieces and formulating a plan for this trailer. Not to pretty I know, but extremely functional. here are some shots and evolutions.

maiden voyage 1k miles round trip to Bridgeport, Tahoe, and back all freeway no off road.

A close up of the pintle set up I made reversing a standard hitch and using a lucete loop insert.

Here is a shot of the LED tail lights mounted, in the first pic you see I was using magnet mounted lights.

This is a shot of the Solar panels from the backside, these will only be up when stationary they are glass and would prob. break otherwise.

As you can see a bit more to go with the finishing touches and paint, but I am on my way, and under 2k including welding at a FAB shop.
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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I can see the pics just fine.

It looks good. Could you take some pictures of the suspension, I can see that it's not a typical trailer suspension and I'm curious
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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these are 3500# spindles and hubs, the copilovers are off of a T-rex four seater like a rhino. The lug on the hubs is a special 5 on 5 to match the jeep and the tires are the same as my jeep 37's. The trackbar was necessary to eliminate sway. I have researched all trailer suspension designs and went with this because it is doable with a budget. airbags and full independent trailing arms as well as dampners would have cost 5 times as much. It works great on road 70+ no prob in a 1k test run, but we'll see off road, I am taking it to rocktoberfest. It rides high when empty and is level when loaded.
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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Nice job dude! Looks great, thanks for sharing!
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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That is awesome! I'd love having an offroad trailer.
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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thanks guys for the comments, this is my first evolution so i am sure like everything i do it will take on many forms.
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dwikto
thanks guys for the comments, this is my first evolution so i am sure like everything i do it will take on many forms.
It's all good and to be honest I'm learning a lot about the trailer stuff myself. We are in the process of getting an old Willy's truck bed trailer from my father-in-law that we are going to refurbish and make trail ready. Keep up the good work!
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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Solar panel control module jump battery and inverter installed and connectors attached



Main storage box sanded and primered gotta wait a couple days before the road stripe yellow paint gets applied.

I need to figure a way to make some legs that fold or find a store bought solution to put on top of the lid so i can fold it all the way open and make a table, any thoughts???

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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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awesome work !
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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I'm going to send this to my hubby. He's a fan of using solar panels to power things.
Great job!
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