SOLD Custom Off-Road Camper on M116A3 Trailer
SOLD
I built this camper for a road trip last spring where it performed flawlessly over 2000 miles in temperatures from 5-90 degrees and from altitudes -270ft to 10000ft. I got compliments at every campsite and it is an instant conversion piece. I built it to be tough, all the wood is glued with Titebond 2 and either screwed with Deckmates or brad nailed. Standing on the roof you can feel the quality of the construction, you don’t have that sinking feeling you get with a factory built camper. Because it is built right it would also be easy to modify to your own desires.
I have ~2000.00 into the camper for materials and the trailer. In addition, I’ve put in 120 hrs of labor but I’m currently unemployed and am joining the Army so I won’t have a chance to use my camper again for several years between trainings and deployments. I would rather sell it to someone who can use it than have it sit around gathering dust.
1900.00 Or Best Offer, Cash Only, Face to Face. As the trailer is a former military vehicle it cannot be sold outside of the US and can only be sold to US citizens or permanent residents.
Trailer is an ex-military 1992 M116 A3 (flat bed version of the M101 A3) designed to go wherever the Humvee (military Hummer) towing it could go, which is just about anywhere!
• 1 ton, 2000lbs offroad capacity
• Empty weight ~650lbs.
• Trailer is 12’ long and 7’ wide – extremely stable!
• Bed has 5’ between wheel wells and is overall 8’ long and 6’ wide
• Pintle hitch for off road articulation
• Ground clearance is 12.5” under the U-bolts and 16.5” under the center of the axle (more than a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon)
• Hydraulic surge brakes with parking brakes.
• Tires are Wrangler Rubicon take offs 255/75R17 (~32”) BFG Mud-terrains mounted on black steel 17X8 wheels bolt pattern 8 on 6.5. Has clearance for 37”s
• Adjustable tongue jack and rear landing leg
Camper is removable from the trailer and is 5’ wide by 8’ long with an inside height of 4’
• Overall height including trailer is ~7’
• Built between February and April 2010 total of ~120hrs labor
• Weighs ~600lbs (for a total weight with trailer of ~1250lbs)
• Walls and roof are layered and extremely strong: outside is made of 3/4” 7 ply ACX plywood then 3/4” foam insulation with 3/4” furring strips and inside is 1/8” Lauan.
• Outside of the plywood was primed with Killz then painted with exterior grade paint. The inside was stained with a waterproofing stain. It has no leaks of any kind and never has.
• Roof vent with 12v fan
• Skylight 17”x23”, great to fall asleep under the stars while still inside.
• Comfortable full-size 5” thick foam mattress which can double as a couch
• 12v LED interior light
• Cabinets
• 400 watt inverter
• Group 27 12v RV battery 115 amp hours
• 7 pin RV trailer connection to recharge battery while driving
• 2 windows with screens and curtains
• Door dead-bolted with peephole
• 12v Boom Box with cd player, am/fm radio, remote and aux in
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SOLD
I built this camper for a road trip last spring where it performed flawlessly over 2000 miles in temperatures from 5-90 degrees and from altitudes -270ft to 10000ft. I got compliments at every campsite and it is an instant conversion piece. I built it to be tough, all the wood is glued with Titebond 2 and either screwed with Deckmates or brad nailed. Standing on the roof you can feel the quality of the construction, you don’t have that sinking feeling you get with a factory built camper. Because it is built right it would also be easy to modify to your own desires.
I have ~2000.00 into the camper for materials and the trailer. In addition, I’ve put in 120 hrs of labor but I’m currently unemployed and am joining the Army so I won’t have a chance to use my camper again for several years between trainings and deployments. I would rather sell it to someone who can use it than have it sit around gathering dust.
1900.00 Or Best Offer, Cash Only, Face to Face. As the trailer is a former military vehicle it cannot be sold outside of the US and can only be sold to US citizens or permanent residents.
Trailer is an ex-military 1992 M116 A3 (flat bed version of the M101 A3) designed to go wherever the Humvee (military Hummer) towing it could go, which is just about anywhere!
• 1 ton, 2000lbs offroad capacity
• Empty weight ~650lbs.
• Trailer is 12’ long and 7’ wide – extremely stable!
• Bed has 5’ between wheel wells and is overall 8’ long and 6’ wide
• Pintle hitch for off road articulation
• Ground clearance is 12.5” under the U-bolts and 16.5” under the center of the axle (more than a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon)
• Hydraulic surge brakes with parking brakes.
• Tires are Wrangler Rubicon take offs 255/75R17 (~32”) BFG Mud-terrains mounted on black steel 17X8 wheels bolt pattern 8 on 6.5. Has clearance for 37”s
• Adjustable tongue jack and rear landing leg
Camper is removable from the trailer and is 5’ wide by 8’ long with an inside height of 4’
• Overall height including trailer is ~7’
• Built between February and April 2010 total of ~120hrs labor
• Weighs ~600lbs (for a total weight with trailer of ~1250lbs)
• Walls and roof are layered and extremely strong: outside is made of 3/4” 7 ply ACX plywood then 3/4” foam insulation with 3/4” furring strips and inside is 1/8” Lauan.
• Outside of the plywood was primed with Killz then painted with exterior grade paint. The inside was stained with a waterproofing stain. It has no leaks of any kind and never has.
• Roof vent with 12v fan
• Skylight 17”x23”, great to fall asleep under the stars while still inside.
• Comfortable full-size 5” thick foam mattress which can double as a couch
• 12v LED interior light
• Cabinets
• 400 watt inverter
• Group 27 12v RV battery 115 amp hours
• 7 pin RV trailer connection to recharge battery while driving
• 2 windows with screens and curtains
• Door dead-bolted with peephole
• 12v Boom Box with cd player, am/fm radio, remote and aux in
Build Link Teardrops & Tiny Travel Trailers :: View topic - Offroad Tear Beginnings With Lots of Pics Update 04/11
Finished Photos Picasa Web Albums - jrsrdb - Camper
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