Club Trailer

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

CruisinTiger said:
I like the concept but my concern is if we do this we will have to have a 6 - 10" block welded to the bottom of the trailer to attach the unit to, other wise if Marshall is towing it with his sprung over 40 the tail end of the trailer is gonna drag all over the trail. In adding this block it would seem it would make the trailer more top heavy and the center of gravity higher and have a greater tendency to tip. The other concern is the spring made out of hollow rubber, do they make a spare incase it breaks on the trail?

Just some thoughts
Click to expand...

That height's [edit: see link below for dimensions] not any different than an axle under a leaf pack. (The only thing tighter to the frame would be a torsion axle.) And as Marshall said, the frame could be incorporated. The tongue height can be handled by any truck with an adjustable hitch receiver that will always travel with the trailer. I think its safe to assume that any truck towing the club trailer would be lifted at least 2 inches. The difference can be made up with the adjustable receiver.

That timbren design looks far more reliable than other options to me. Even if the rubber spring fails, the axle won't fall off.

I say go with it.:bounce2:

http://www.timbren.com/images/home/Axle-Less DIMENSIONS.pdf 1200lb axles the center of hub is 2 5/8" below the frame rail. Add a 33" tire, nothing is going to hit that.
 
Jp donated two widened stockish looking rims. They will need to be cleaned up but it's better than buying new ones. Now we need to figure out a 35" tire for them. Any ideas? Probably a 12.50

Rims are 15"

And just so everyone know why I'm trying to get parts in a hurry is I want to have most all the parts ready to be installed at the first trailer build.
image-201919083.webp
 
I have a set of the Timbren Bump stop's , help's keep from rubbing, they are made of the same rubber type spring material. They are larger than the average bump stop and hollow they give as a load is applied. Had them on for a while and so far they are holding up ok.
 
Do we need to fabricate or buy fenders? I think that's a DOT requirement.
Most of the ones I've seen at retailer sites are only sized for small trailer wheels, not 35" tires.
I guess we'll be making them from scratch. I'd suggest 16ga steel so that we can use magnetic koozies on them.
 
Maybe we could just make our own since we have a club bender with a 1" die. I like those fenders and really like those extensions front and back. Maybe make those as well. I'll make sure we have some sheet metal and tubing on hand the trailer build day. Thanks JP. What about a coupler for the hitch? What are we going to use. Need something that swivels and anyone with a 2" hitch can use.
 
luxury item

As mentioned at BRP, I will donate a Direct TV HD dish to compliment your receiver Marshall. I'll bring it to the Parts Swap.
 
Trollhole said:
Maybe we could just make our own since we have a club bender with a 1" die. I like those fenders and really like those extensions front and back. Maybe make those as well. I'll make sure we have some sheet metal and tubing on hand the trailer build day. Thanks JP. What about a coupler for the hitch? What are we going to use. Need something that swivels and anyone with a 2" hitch can use.
Click to expand...

I really like what this guy did with his military trailer fenders.
M416_Jeremy (2).webp

M416_Jeremy (4).webp
M416_Jeremy (2).webp
M416_Jeremy (4).webp
 
Simple strong and hopefully not too heavy! Looks good to me. :)
 
Wonder if we could make it out of sprinkler pipe. That's light and somewhat strong. We would have to miter the cuts though as we don't have a die for it to bend.
 
ClemsonCruiser said:
details????
Click to expand...

I called Timbren today and spoke with the head engineer. Really nice guy. I explained our application as well as the one issue I hadn't thought about. You cannot get 6 stud hubs for a 1200lb spindle. I thought he might give me some insight. He said they had a new application they would be willing to sell us. Basically it's a 2000lb offroad suspension with 3500lb offroad spindles. Also the spindles have provisions for brakes if we ever wanted to add them later. He said that setup would have no problem with a 35" tire.
 
Electrical and Air.

The idea is we have power for the trailer and air. 120 and 12v. We need at the least 1000w inverter and one deep cycle battery. Do we need more? Two batteries? Possibility to have a fridge later or at least provisions for one. Also need an inboard charger for a couple batteries. I think we could get one cheap. I'd really like to get a really quiet generator to have as well. Like a 1000w Honda that can recharge batteries as well as power the trailer for extended usage. We have had some people mention solar panels instead of a generator but most places we go we are in the woods and I think we would have limited sun. My one issue with a generator is cost. Gabe your the CL guy maybe you can find us a used one? Keep you eye out. Whatever we get needs to be quiet.

Air. I have no idea. I don't think we need one for air tools. Just something to air up tires. I'm pretty sure we can weld up the trailer frame and use it as a tank.

So thoughts?
 
Will watch and see. Will give me something to do while at the hospital.
 
John Lee and I did some more brainstorming today. Got the trailer up to where it should sit. Chuck there is no way the grill will go on the bottom of the trailer. The fenders are going to be too long and tall. Maybe just do away with the idea of a slide out grill? If not its going to need to be at least above the height of the tool boxes.
image-3933395192.webp
image-2012245954.webp
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

OvrlndScrambler
M416B1 Tongue extension help
Replies
3
Views
1K
ntsqd
ntsqd

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)

Share this page

Back
Top Bottom