Started as a $200 Craigslist trailer with 6x5.5 hubs that was sorta shaped like a military trailer. It was built in the 50's at a ship yard in Alabama or Louisiana. As the story goes it was made from galvanized steel. The bottom has a very unique diamond plate steel that I can only remember seeing on tours of old war ships. The axle was a front axle out of a 50's Dodge car that was welded straight. Also, the fenders looked like old fenders off of a 50's truck. It was built for camping and originally had bows on it that were covered like an old covered wagon. I watched it on CL for a month or so at $400 and went and offered the guy $200. It was mine. I bought it for camping and to haul my tools around when I was doing carpentry. It pulled well but had a really bad side to side rock. It was a miserable trip back from Colorado to Oklahoma the first year. At that time it had a wooden lid and hatch and 31" tall tires. This is the earliest picture I could find of it:
This was also before I painted my cruiser its current green and white color. The tow rig is a 95 fzj and probably deserves its own write up eventually.
Last year (of the 4 or so years I have owned the trailer) it received a major overhaul. The lid was replaced with a metal lid with shocks and latches (instead of a bunji cord) and the new fenders were flanked front and rear by flat plates to allow for mounting of propane tank or tool boxes or water cans or whatever. It pulled better with shocks on it, but still rocked. It looked like this:
and this:
I will try and find some better pics too...
This was also before I painted my cruiser its current green and white color. The tow rig is a 95 fzj and probably deserves its own write up eventually.
Last year (of the 4 or so years I have owned the trailer) it received a major overhaul. The lid was replaced with a metal lid with shocks and latches (instead of a bunji cord) and the new fenders were flanked front and rear by flat plates to allow for mounting of propane tank or tool boxes or water cans or whatever. It pulled better with shocks on it, but still rocked. It looked like this:
and this:
and some decent bfg km2's. Also, the new frame being used was a gift from a friend. It was an old boat or sea-doo trailer. It was plenty long for my plans, but had to be narrowed. Finally, a spare was in order. My good friend Gerald Miller a life-time Toyota addict stepped up with his old spare tire carrier from his 94 Cruiser. Following are some pics from this newest evolution. First, how we removed the old suspension and frame:
