another redneck toyhauler

[Mace]

Finally got to building my toyhauler. I picked up a 33' flatbed gooseneck for the trailer portion.

Along with that, i have a Arctic fox 990 camper that i have had for a while. In the years that i have owned, the camper i can only count on one hand the number of times i have not brought along another vehicle. Typically it is by using a 18' flatbed bumper tow. Which worked fine, but at higher speeds it tended to wag the dog a bit.

 

[Mace]

The main problem with the camper was getting it on the trailer. The jacks do not sick out far enough to allow the trailer to back under it, and honestly, I doubt that I'm good enough to back it under there myself anyway. So i had to figure out a good way to get the camper on. Lots of beers later, the idea of a rail system was developed. 1-in angle iron and v rollers from a gate company seemed to be the best idea.

The rack was designed with Ann inch and a half clearance over the wheel Wells.

 

[Mace]

So, now i had to position the camper directly behind the trailer, jack it up, drive the trailer under the camper, and lower the camper on to the rack. Not too bad all things considered.

 

[Mace]

Once the camper was on the rack and off the camper jacks i had to remove the jacks to slide the camper forward. To make things safer i ran the winch from the 60 through one of the safety chains on the gooseneck and them back to the rack. It made moving the camper a slow and easyproject

 

[Mace]

Once the camper was all the way forward, w jacked it back up and pulled the rack out. I still need to tweak the mounting of the camper and add storage boxes in the area where the bed typically goes. That'll come later.

 

[Mark Harley]

Very cool idea!
Nice trailer.

 

[ntsqd]

I first suggested something like this to a friend almost 15 years ago. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks it's a workable solution. The trolley is inspired!

Is the camper pretty much going to live there from now on, or will it be R&R'd from time to time?

I'm assuming that filling in the center of the trailer's deck is on the list. Gonna go with Teak or naughty (!) pine?

 

[Mace]

I made it fairly easy to remove, but honestly it won't come off much at all. I was thinking of using redwood to fill in the space on the deck. :redneck:.

 

[rusty_tlc]

Why not use Trex or one of the other synthetic decking materials?

I think red wood is a bad choice, just to soft. You know you will be loading stuff in that area from time to time that has sharp edges.

Very cool set up, post some pictures of it with your truck loaded up on it.

 

[yzftaco]

Nice work! Me likey. Someday, someday I can do something like this.

 

[Mace]

Why not use Trex or one of the other synthetic decking materials?

I think red wood is a bad choice, just to soft. You know you will be loading stuff in that area from time to time that has sharp edges.

Very cool set up, post some pictures of it with your truck loaded up on it.

Cost mostly. I'm heading to Lowes this weekend to see what I can find tho.

2x6" pine boards would be perfectly acceptable. And I do not even have to make them fit flush together. Pressure treated would be the best, but considering how long stuff lasts out here, standard pine will probably be just fine.

Also, I'm building a 40 back half into a chuckwaggon trailer (similar to Kurts) and hopefully there will be enough room on the deck for it and the 60. I'm pretty sure there will be. 33' deck minus about 11' for the camper still gives me 22' to work with or so. That's a reasonable amount of room. If not, I can always add a receiver hitch to the end of the GN and flat tow the trailer. Go stupid long

 

[rusty_tlc]

Cost mostly. I'm heading to Lowes this weekend to see what I can find tho.

2x6" pine boards would be perfectly acceptable. And I do not even have to make them fit flush together. Pressure treated would be the best, but considering how long stuff lasts out here, standard pine will probably be just fine.

Plain old pine with a coat of boiled linseed oil would last a life time. The linseed oil helps stop the wood from splintering when it get dried out. When I lived down there I did my truck bed with CDX soaked with linseed oil and it lasted for years.

 

[Mace]

Taking it out for a test drive

 

[Elbert]

what holds the camper to the trailer deck....I assume whatever that is...are the only mounting points?

A couple guys local have a similar setup...seems to be good solution for camping/hauling.

 

[ntsqd]

So how much of that deck can get loped off? Seems awfully long even with the camper in place.

 

[Mace]

I have a bout a 22' deck after the camper. So if I run anything but just a truck, there is no room.

Motorcycle/quad/Rzr and my 60, perfect.

 

[Bodean]

Cool! Jrob (in CottonLand) is running a 40' like that with a Lance camper. The camper was one that had the tanks in the back that hung down past the bumper. He chopped off the tanks and the lower portion that covered the tanks and mounted them under the deck. Works real nice! We can load 2 40's with the camper. It's a load but the 2013 GMC Dually Duramax had no problem with it. I think we weighed 28,600 lbs on the way to the Lonestar Round-Up this year (truck and trailer). Considerably less on the way back (all the beer was gone).

 

[Gumby]

I predict you'll like it a lot. I put an easy 4000 miles and 30 nights on mine this year. I love pulling under it and driving off without packing much at all. Then parking and setting up a camp chair and youre set up.
It was 30 degrees at night last weekend and I was toasty. Forgot to pack a hoodie, but I always keep a spare in the camper. I just love having it all ready to go all the time.

 

[BionicCruiser]

I am so wanting a set up like that! looks good!

 

[Rubiconcruiser]

Very nice gentlemen, love the "redneck" setup.