My plagiarized trailer.

[Vitesse_6]

Looks Great Brian!!

I'm with Mike on this one...I think the dome looks awesome..and will function well too.

I believe photogod has a domed top on his..but he's so damn cranky...we probably couldn't pursuade him to post a pic.

Maybe you should let Michelle make all the important decisions......



Pat

Thank you sir.
I will let you know how the decision making goes in the future

 

[womacje]

Thank you sir.
I will let you know how the decision making goes in the future

Thought I'd steal PhotoGod's thunder and post before he could, just to make him "cranky" hahaha.

 

[Vitesse_6]

Cool, Thanks for the pic, At least I know I'm in good company with a domed roof.

 

[photogod]

Domed trailer toppers are the coolest, says the cranky one! I store my camp chairs in the arches.

 

[Vitesse_6]

After self medicating and finishing the "Walk with the Blind" this morning, I thought I would get sumthin sumthin done in the garage.
Mountain West paint had some of their store brand of chassis black paint for $25.00 a gallon so you know I couldn't pass that up!

viola

I need to let it dry till tomorrow then I will get around to painting the top and fenders.

 

[titanpat57]

Looks great!!

 

[Vitesse_6]

Looks great!!

Thanks you sir!

I got a little more finished today after a clogged drain in the kitchen, Where I needed to visit the crawl space...

All the grayish parts, I'm hoping to paint the same color of blue as our FJ40, I masked some of it off and then wondered why... as I'm sure you can tell.

 

[Vitesse_6]

A wee bit more done tonight.

It may not look quite the same, But its out of the same can, The flash makes it look a lot brighter.
I will see if I can get some pic's of the two together tomorrow.

 

[photogod]

That is looking really nice.

 

[Vitesse_6]

That is looking really nice.

Thanks!

Me and my wife have been brainstorming ideas on how to cover the domed lid, She brought up Plexiglas, I like the idea, But I'm not sure how well it would bend and if it would be prone to cracking where I rivet it on, I was thinking about some light weight steel sheet, But I cant seem to find any that is large enough for a single piece, It needs to be a 50x72" piece, Most of the stuff locally comes in 4x8' sheets.

 

[greentruck]

Brian,
Neat idea. What may work better is Lexan.

Don't know how a big a sheet it's available in. That might be tough.

 

[Vitesse_6]

Brian,
Neat idea. What may work better is Lexan.

Don't know how a big a sheet it's available in. That might be tough.

I did a GIS and polycarbonate*sp is around $300.00 !!!

 

[e9999]

didn't see it, but did you mention what fender flares and mudflaps you used?
if not, bit of info?
TIA

 

[Vitesse_6]

didn't see it, but did you mention what fender flares and mudflaps you used?
if not, bit of info?
TIA

Sorry about that.
The flares are CJ7 rear flares, IIRC $40.00 for the set from 4 wheel parts.
Fenders were off the shelf 37" fenders from a trailer supply $40.00 a set as well

EDIT...
Crap, I didnt read correctly, Mudflaps were a single Semi truck mudflap cut in half then cut to fit.

 

[Vitesse_6]

FWIW, I think I will be going with stainless steel for the lid, There is a local company(SSAMI) that plasma cut any shape I need, I had the same company cut me a sheet for a work bench for $50.00.

 

[Vitesse_6]

I almost have the lid finished.
All the metal is welded up, I just need to do a little grinding and then I can paint it, I have some stainless steel being cut to cover the top, I'm going to adhere it with 3M VHB tape and then get it fitted.

Some of the most recent work.

 

[greentruck]

Brian,
The lid's a work of art!

After stuffing and repacking several times for a trip to Michigan's UP next week, I'm convinced that I'll need a big square boxy shape to squeeze all my cr*p under a lid.

 

[Vitesse_6]

Brian,
The lid's a work of art!

After stuffing and repacking several times for a trip to Michigan's UP next week, I'm convinced that I'll need a big square boxy shape to squeeze all my cr*p under a lid.

Work of art... Thanks! But I would not call it art. One nice thing about the lid rib's that go front to back is I could hang lighter items from it if necessary.
Square and boxy is the best shape, It makes it easy to fit stuff.

 

[se2000]

So do you have an estimate of how much this thing now will weigh?

 

[Vitesse_6]

So do you have an estimate of how much this thing now will weigh?

Not yet, I figure the lid without an RTT to be about 100lbs, The RTT weigh's about 100lbs.
FWIW, I can still lift the trailer enough to slide it over a foot or so when its attached to a vehicle(I'm no tough guy, I weigh 165 and 5'10"(just for reference )), I need to get it weighed, But I don't know of a local business that would want to do that, There are coal/wood sellers that have scales by my house, I may need to see if I could slip them a 10 or something to try it.
However, I think it weighs in around 500Lbs easily, I'm trying to stay under the 750Lbs so I don't have to register it.