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Well after putting in a few big days to get the camper to a usable state, we came to the conclusion that we would be short on time due to my work and the canvas guys work load .. So Accomodation has been booked and the trailer set aside till we return ... At least its first outing will be in a...

Well another couple of weeks have flown by, Work and weather seems to get in the way .. Got a set of six galvanised sunraysia 15" rims from a mate that imported a tri axle boat trailer from the states, freebies so happy with that just got to fit them up with rubber . Ply for the bed bases...

For those that may be thinking of cloning this build, Here are the altered drawings from the start of the thread .. couldnt go back and change them over so updated ones are here .

A mile stone of sorts, the major tin work for the body tub is done, didnt turn out too bad for a self taught mug, lets just say metal fabricators " Your jobs are safe from me ". Just got the mudguards to fold and fit, the door to be tweeked and fitted [ umm not quite square ..oopps ] . Then onto...

Ok had a couple of hours to play .. its a real bugger how fitting panels and making adjustments burns up time, which by the way is fast approaching the use by date of June 23 ..update pics ..

Sorry Mods ..Not sure why pics doubled up couldnt find a way to edit so could you delete the doubles please ..

And the other pics to go with above, hopefully get the rest of the tinwork done this week then begin on the floor and roof ... Had a bit of a malfunction with a measurement and the chassis is 15 mm shorter than the tin work ooopps ... Only because of the Retro fitted angle I cut onto the...

G,Day All, well there has been progress, first the chassis then starting to put it together .. on the welding side of things lets just say Grandpa Google & U- tube helped but years of being out of practice definately showed up, So much the darling wife got the Fabricator from her work to weld...

G,Day blokes Yeah tried that sketch up cad drawing thingo and found it way to slow and complicated. As to the size of this little pig trailer, its based very loosly on a Jayco flite ... I'm 6' 4" so the body tub needed to be atleast 7' wide to fit a decent sized bed slide deck front and rear...

Ok not allowed to edit the stuff up so here are more pics .

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Ok its time to stop yabbering on and start building something, Our holidays are booked for the end of June this year and this lite weight camper is our home for the holidays on the worlds biggest sand island, The state of Queensland Australias " Fraser Island " .. Thanks go out to...

G,Day mate Thanks for the reply and I deffinatly would like some measurements thanks. 1: Depth of the main tub ..2:top of tub to the angle...3:angle section ...4:width of the door...5: depth of the roof sides from top to tub..6: the length of the roof support arms from pivots to center hinge ...

G,Day all. from Australia and new to the Forum, got onto this site via Google and I am trying to find out some sizes of a small camper trailer " the Palomino Shetland ". Forum member Atoyota1031 rebuilt one into an off road weapon a while back . I know the main box is 7 feet long,width ...