Off road-ish trailer build

my_jk

Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #1

For the past few months I have been making a tiny house trailer for longer trips in the Jeep. I wanted a trailer with all the comforts of home yet have the ability to travel on dirt roads. So I came up with this. I welded the frame using 1/16” and 1/8th steel tubing and added 31” all terrain tires giving it a ground clearance of 22” under the frame. The trailer has a sleeping/living corder with an exterior kitchen. The trailer is powered using 3 100 watt solar panels hooked up to a 1500 watt inverter.



Start of the build





Frame welded up









Cedar siding

 

Last edited: Apr 28, 2015

my_jk

Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #2

sleeping area folded out



sleeping area folded up







Kitchen

 

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crippledpetey

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• Apr 28, 2015

• #3

my_jk said:

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sleeping area folded out

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sleeping area folded up

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Kitchen

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Well I can only see the pics from this post not the first one but from these it looks awesome!!! Great job :yup:

 

10frank9

Web Wheeler

• Apr 28, 2015

• #4

Looks great Noah, been following your build on IG. Great craftsmanship.

 

HighwayTrout

Hooked

• Apr 28, 2015

• #5

crippledpetey said:

Well I can only see the pics from this post not the first one but from these it looks awesome!!! Great job :yup:

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Same here, I can't see any of the pics from the first post.

Looks great from these though.

 

mudmobeeler

Caught the Bug

• Apr 28, 2015

• #6

Are the leveling jacks welded in place or just under it for now?

 

my_jk

Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #7

crippledpetey said:

Well I can only see the pics from this post not the first one but from these it looks awesome!!! Great job :yup:

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Thanks :thumb: I think I fixed the photos now.

 

my_jk

Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #8

mudmobeeler said:

Are the leveling jacks welded in place or just under it for now?

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The leveling jacks are bolted on.

 

my_jk

Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #9

10frank9 said:

Looks great Noah, been following your build on IG. Great craftsmanship.

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Thank you. I saw that you have been following the build :thumb:

 

hbkid22

Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #10

The trailer looks awesome! Great job. :beer:

 

my_jk

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #11

Completed the tiny house trailer build today. I can't wait to take it on its first camping trip in a few weeks.

 

my_jk

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #12

 

10frank9

Web Wheeler

• May 7, 2015

• #13

Wow I'm really impressed. Great job! What's the unloaded weight?

 

my_jk

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #14

10frank9 said:

Wow I'm really impressed. Great job! What's the unloaded weight?

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Thank you. It weighs around 2400lbs unloaded.

 

TheStick

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #15

Wow, great craftsmanship!

 

David1tontj

New member

• May 7, 2015

• #16

That's pretty awesome! I need one!

 

my_jk

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #17

TheStick said:

Wow, great craftsmanship!

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I try bad craftsmanship drives me crazy :yup:

David1tontj said:

That's pretty awesome! I need one!

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With some tools and time you could have one too. :thumb:

 

David1tontj

New member

• May 7, 2015

• #18

my_jk said:

I try bad craftsmanship drives me crazy :yup:



With some tools and time you could have one too. :thumb:

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I have plenty of tools, but no time. I even built an off-road trailer... Well.. I narrowed a military trailer just small enough to fit my wife's Rzr. It's sweet, but not something with "all the amenities of home."

 

my_jk

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #19

David1tontj said:

I have plenty of tools, but no time. I even built an off-road trailer... Well.. I narrowed a military trailer just small enough to fit my wife's Rzr. It's sweet, but not something with "all the amenities of home."

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Time is sometime hard to come by. Luckily I was able to convince my professor to let me build the trailer for a class.

 

Last edited: May 7, 2015

n3tfury

Member

• May 7, 2015

• #20

That is one of the coolest trailers I've ever seen. Awesome job!