$200 Tent Trailer To ????

My son-in-law stopped by yesterday to look at the trailer build. (We social distanced!). The thought is we might build a “slide in” teardrop insert. In this way we still have a utility trailer AND a camping trailer.......we would use fiberglass/ structural foam building technic to keep it extremely light.......yup, another project!
 
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Today I got the top rails installed. I decided to use 3" X 3" X 3/16 Angle, mitered at the corners and welded top the uprights.....Love it!

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Thank God for my bandsaw! Lots of intricate cutting here...

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AND...Wheels/Tires and Fenders showed up today

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Tomorrow I'll build the tailgate, Install fenders and lights and paint everything as needed.....
 
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That looks really neat, my OCD would have me moving the axle closer to the center. I have a similar axle under my camper trailer and it works well although it needs shocks to stop it from bouncing offroad and shaking the contents up.
 
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OCD would have me moving the axle closer to the center. I have a similar axle under my camper trailer and it works well although it needs shocks to stop it from bouncing offroad and shaking the contents up.
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I hear ya....I was concerned too. Although it would have been quite easy to move the axle. I did some testing first. The trailer, unloaded tracks and rides beautifully on the torsion axle. So I filled a 45g and a 30g water tank along with a bunch of lead bars on the trailer and took it for a ride. (About 1000# plus the 700# of the trailer) It tracked and rode fantastic. No drama what so ever. And with the longer axle to ball dimension it is wonderful to back up. I'm hauling it with a 2500 series truck with 3300# payload and class 5 receiver. So tongue weight will never be an issue.

This trailer only has about a 1700# payload rating as the axle is #2500 and the new tires are 1800# each. I'm never going to put more than that in it. My tractor is 800# and implements add another 500#....

I should be good to go......

Plus, if I need to haul anything heavier....A dual axle, fatbed trailer would be fun to build!
 
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Nice job, I'd suggest something to gusset, triangulate the rear vertical posts.
 
Thanks, I’ll look into that. But at 1.25 x 4, welded all the way around, they aren’t moving.
 
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