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Owyhee Jackass

Owyhee Jackass

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That just sounds cool.

Bushwakka!
 
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I found this tent on Ebay a few months ago whilst searching for a roof-top tent. The guy that owned it said he had the whole off-road trailer from Bushwakka, but they had only used the tent once. He bought a roof-top tent to replace this one. Even though I was looking for a roof-top tent, I didn’t know how I would fit a family of 4 in one. This tent does the job.
 
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We used to load a roof-rack when we camped, but since we acquired a trailer the rack doesn’t see a lot of duty. It’s easier to load and unload a trailer. This tent is designed to be mounted on a platform about 1.5-1.6 meters (59-63 inches) off the ground. So, I needed to build some new hoops that put it at that elevation. The tent weighs about 200 pounds and has an aluminum frame that gets clamped and strapped to the bows on the trailer. This is also the deck for the bunk that you access with a ladder. The ladder lies across the bed when you fold everything up. The tent has a thick PVC cover that protects it from the elements when stowed. I noticed it pooling water this past spring, as the wall material makes the ends much higher than the middle when folded up. I decided to keep our camp equipment inside the cover to raise the center portion. I was amazed at how much stuff I could fit inside the cover. We have 5 sleeping bags, 4 camp chairs, two roll-a-cots, two thermarests, one roll-a-table, and all the tent poles inside the cover. And I was worried about not being able to mount the rocket box on the trailer any more.

Finding the perfect spot to park the trailer takes much longer than erecting the tent. Set-up is pretty easy with two people and if the awnings aren’t deployed takes about 15 minutes. Awnings add another 15-20 minutes to the process. The bunk sleeps two, maybe three and the two cots we have take up about half the floor space of the room. The awnings are huge and triple the square footage of the tent. Also, the rain-fly can be used as a third awning out the back. Here we tied it off to the 80 as we needed a windscreen.
 
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I thought about buying a tent-trailer, but doubted it would with-stand the beating I’d give it. This new-to-us Bushwakka! is exactly what we needed.
 
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Now I just need to figure out how to build a cover for the contents in the trailer.
 
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beaufort-fj60 said:
what's in the yellow box? looks like a topcon gps case.
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It's my tool box.
 
looks alot like my trailer. for a bed cover i have gone over a few different plans but i think what i have decided on is to build a metal top, pretty much the height of those hoops, with bottom hinged fold down sides that would double as counterspace/table when open.
 
RHINO said:
looks alot like my trailer. for a bed cover i have gone over a few different plans but i think what i have decided on is to build a metal top, pretty much the height of those hoops, with bottom hinged fold down sides that would double as counterspace/table when open.
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I am building a table that'll fold down, hinged off of that side bar.

I still need to build the racks aft of the fenders and re-wire the trailer too.

Oh, and I'm trying to come up with 80-series wheels. I've had this trailer for 10-years now, and originally pulled it with the 55. So, I have old-style 40-45-55 rims on it. Now that we have an 80, the 55 never gets to go camping anymore. I want to be able to swap tires/wheels from 80 to trailer and back.

Dan
 
Here's my trailer after a nice trip through Botswana and Namibia
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Willadeursalladeur said:
Here's my trailer after a nice trip through Botswana and Namibia
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Cool. What tent do you have? Does it fold out similar to the Bushwakka?

I was trying to see what kind of range we could expect on a tank of gas, pulling the trailer and hadn't added any fuel yet. I had to dig through that mud to get to the gas cans to fuel up in the rain.

We ended up doing 360 miles, only 120 of that paved. Once we left the pavement we saw maybe 3 cars, once we left the 'improved' dirt road, we didn't see a soul for the entire weekend.
 
Nice setup...I'd try to get a canvas top made. There is a company in ID that makes custom canvas products...http://www.idahocanvas.com/...I'd pay to have two made so you have an extra...
I love seeing the high desert in photo's from ID. I grew up on Maple Grove and Overland...sometimes I wish I hadn't married a girl from AZ.
 
My fuel consumption drops from about 9.9 mpg to 9.2 mpg, which is still a lot better than the 8 mpg I get with a roofrack!

These figures are converted from km/l to mpg - I hope it is correct ;) also note that here in SA we travel at 75 miles per hour most of the time.
 
Owyhee Jackass said:
Now I just need to figure out how to build a cover for the contents in the trailer.
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:eek: :eek:

That's a serious frame on that trailer...
 
Here is my tent trailer that I picked up last November. The guy that bought it brand new towed it home and left it in his garage for a yeah and a half before trading it for one of those tear drop units. I still haven't had a chance to use it but I have a 2 week trip planned for June July timeframe. http://bagjelly.no-ip.org/trailer/trailerpix.htm It also came with the Autohome awning and changing room. again never used.
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re_guderian said:
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That's a serious frame on that trailer...
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I think it's an old Powerwagon or Willy's pick-up box and frame.
 
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