Anyone hauling their 40 series in an enclosed trailer? I've been tossing around the idea of getting a cab-over camper to put in the truck and look to get an enclosed trailer to haul my 40 or other toys when we go camping. TIA.
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I have. What do you want to know? I don't think there is any trick to it other than finding one with the right door height opening and making sure your tow pig has the capacity for the load. I believe my door opening height is 84" and it just barely fit.
A friend's Sami punched it's front tires thru the floor on his old toy-hauler during one trip to Moab. No rot, just chip board intended to have bikes & quads sitting on it, not a pocket crawler. Ask about what the floor's sq-ft load rating is.
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I have a toy hauler now, I'm sure they aren't rated to haul heavier loads. Especially to have 2k-3k lbs behind the axles. I'd like to find a small, enclosed trailer rated to haul the 40. Id be curious of the garage door or ramp to load it is strong enough as well. I have a 3/4 ton pickup that I would put the camper on and tow the trailer, so I think I would need to get a trailer on the smaller size.
The Toy hauler’s definitely not designed to have that kind of weight in it. I wouldnt consider a truck bed camper on anything other than a 1ton dually truck, let alone a truck camper and a 10k trailer behind me.
Look for “race” trailers. They are designed for the weigh of a vehicle, although i think you’ll have a hard time finding one with a box much shorter than 20’. 18’ is the shortest i would consider to allow a little bit of useful storage space in the front. Front side door placement is something to consider. On the trailer pictured above i moved the side door forward 3’ because in its original position, the opening was always blocked by the front tire when loaded.
You can have one built and add 6", 12", 18" etc to ceiling height. Standard ecnlosed trailer is normally 6'6". My last one was 8'. They can build a heavier ramp and all sorts of things. If you can swing it, get torsion axles. I added shore power and a roof top a/c unit, and a 30 amp panel box. We would pull the vehicle out and camp inside of. Knocks out two birds with one stone. If you make it a little bigger, you can add a shower and stuff to it too.