My quick trailer build.

[DungeonWorksGarage]

I don't get on here very much sorry, I will try my best to be on here more. Name is Johnny IG @TheCelt7 member 0768.

I picked up this trailer about 2 months ago. And in between working out of town during the week, weekends building the trailer my son Danny named Tadpole. Here is what it started as.

And with some help from my 10 year old Danny we started the take down.

 

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We cut out all the mesh flooring and sides, and replaced with 1/8" aluminum after adding some bracing. and built some drawers on each side.

 

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We ordered up some 33x12.5r33 to replace the 12" wheels and tires Tadpole came with got the trires

 

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Danny mounting the walls in. Danny building one of the drawers.
Danny on the Rotax punching holes for the flip up tables supports.

 

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Danny on my Strippit 30/30 building the flip up table.
Danny on my Autobreak folding the table.
we took the lift out tailgate and made it swing out and built the flip up table.

 

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Danny thought we needed a shelf so we hit the scrap pile and made one and added some tie down points. Danny standing by well on his work.

 

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We needed some fenders so we picked up some "jeep style" fenders. and we busted out the saw and went to town and came up with something we liked. added some of @thejeepcalledyeti Yeti-Built led lights.

 

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So we didn't have to unload everything to get to what's in the back we built a slide out to get to what ever we needed. and Danny decided he wanted to paint so off he went.

 

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I didn't like the 3' tongue so I snatched it out and built a 5' tongue and added a Max Coupler .

 

[redman333]

That's incredible that you have your son building stuff like that's this age. It's great that he's learning to build stuff he wants rather then just go out and buy it.


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[MonkeyWrench]

Very nice! Great looking trailer, and excellent job on doing it with your son!


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[Scott]

Very nice build.. Great to see a father son build!

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[DungeonWorksGarage]

Thanks it's been a blast working with Danny, and teaching him.

 

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Well my wife Kate wanted to be able to take showers and wash dishes with hot water, so I ordered this up for Tadpole. Should come in handy on our trip from Memphis tn to Anza in march.

 

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Well we decided that with the flip up table and kitchen set up, that we needed a utensils storage close at hand. So Danny and I made a drawer just for that, and to make use of the dead space.

 

[AZ_Overland]

Very nice I'm working on a small trailer myself and the work is going to be slower then I would have wanted for sure

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[DungeonWorksGarage]

Very nice I'm working on a small trailer myself and the work is going to be slower then I would have wanted for sure

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Thanks! I'm lucky as I get free rein of the scrap piles at my shop. And I get to work on it in breaks and lunch hours.

 

[AZ_Overland]

Thanks! I'm lucky as I get free rein of the scrap piles at my shop. And I get to work on it in breaks and lunch hours.

Wish I could hit up my scrap pile at work I would have been able to pull out full trailers. I've been lucky that they have let me do a few things at work but nothing hardcore just pressing in bushings, large cutting projects I can't do at home, large drill press use and small welding. But nothing crazy.
I need to raise my trailer another 6 inches to match the tow vehicle just not sure how I'm going to do it. I have a slipper spring now and the eventual goal is a trailing arm setup but I think that's a ways off. So I may swap in a set of Jeep YJ springs.

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[DungeonWorksGarage]

Wish I could hit up my scrap pile at work I would have been able to pull out full trailers. I've been lucky that they have let me do a few things at work but nothing hardcore just pressing in bushings, large cutting projects I can't do at home, large drill press use and small welding. But nothing crazy.
I need to raise my trailer another 6 inches to match the tow vehicle just not sure how I'm going to do it. I have a slipper spring now and the eventual goal is a trailing arm setup but I think that's a ways off. So I may swap in a set of Jeep YJ springs.

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Yeah the owners of the shop are my in-laws lol. I've seen people use jeep springs. Thats what @thejeepcalledyeti did on his adventure trailer. I have the slipper springs also did a axle over swap and gained 3.5" running 33" tires, it sits just about level with my Montero. Getting the 2.5" ome kit for the montero and I will swap out to reg 36" eye/eye springs at the same time.

 

[AZ_Overland]

Yeah the owners of the shop are my in-laws lol. I've seen people use jeep springs. Thats what @thejeepcalledyeti did on his adventure trailer. I have the slipper springs also did a axle over swap and gained 3.5" running 33" tires, it sits just about level with my Montero. Getting the 2.5" ome kit for the montero and I will swap out to reg 36" eye/eye springs at the same time.

Yeah I've already got the axle flipped I have a 5 inch lift on my ZJ and a custom high clearance bumper that is causing such a high amount of lift to be needed. In due time I'll get it figured out. Best of luck the little dude looks so happy working on it also.

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