Agreed.
My scratch built expedition style trailer build up thread (1 Viewer)
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Agreed.
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Now you tell me.
I will give it a shot for a while since I own it already and I may try out one of the factory Toyota Pintles, I have heard great things about them.
thanks guys!
Drew
I recently had another combo pintle fail on a work truck in much the same fashion as the link above. Ripped the ball completely off of what we thought was a good hitch. Only pintles I have ever seen to fail were the combo units with the ball.
All of our dedicated pintles have taken extreme abuse with absolutely no problems.
All of our dedicated pintles have taken extreme abuse with absolutely no problems.
hammerhead hey i know it not the one your building in this thread but do you have any more pics of the truck bed trailer u did? i looked at the other sight but couldn't see any of the pics on there?
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Thanks for the heads up, we will see how it goes.
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What are you going to do for water storage, hot water and shower? I built a trailer box that fit on top of my M416A1 frame years ago. It had a large water tank inside and I used an RV type hot water heater and a slide out sink off the back. Worked great, but after finding the Hot Camp showers/water heaters I wondered if that wouldn't be a better space saving plan?
I will be watching your build with interest as I would like to build a base trailer to put the box on again (with some modifications of course). There is nothing like being completely self contained and taking a hot shower after a few days in the dust and the heat.
I will be watching your build with interest as I would like to build a base trailer to put the box on again (with some modifications of course). There is nothing like being completely self contained and taking a hot shower after a few days in the dust and the heat.
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I have a 21 gallon poly tank that will reside just inside the front of the box, a Shurflo pump, a sink and a shower. I have seen a water heating element installed into one of these tanks through a bulk head in the tank. I am not too sure what I will do. I may have a two tank system, with one being super small for the hot water shower for my wife. Honestly, I take cool showers at my house (i know, TMI).
The compact units are super cool. Have you checked out the sprayer/heater combo? They are sweet!
Thanks for the comments.
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looks good rezarf.....not to try to be a nitpicker.....but my structural engineering teacher preached the strength of triangles. Maybe on your Ladder frame you might throw in at least one X to make it a bit stronger without much more weight.
Just a thought. Good luck I love the drawer and kitchen Idea/
lunyou
Just a thought. Good luck I love the drawer and kitchen Idea/
lunyou
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Thanks for the tip lunyou, but I am moving ahead with my design, I have had several engineering friends run FEA on a few of the structural areas and all are checking out.
Numbers are one thing, and need to be crunched, but real world experience tells me I am going to be fine. I will triangulate the front.
Drew
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Pretty close to scale photo chop-
Is it done yet? 
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In photoshop it is!
I like the photoshop design.... too cool for sure!
I would not worry about the ball/pintle combo. They are plenty strong for these trailers. The only time it could fail is using it as a pintle with extreme weights. None of which you will encounter with a light camping trailer. Or a M101 for that matter.
Sure if you were towing a great big trailer at 10k pounds.... not a 1k loaded offroad trailer.
I would not worry about the ball/pintle combo. They are plenty strong for these trailers. The only time it could fail is using it as a pintle with extreme weights. None of which you will encounter with a light camping trailer. Or a M101 for that matter.
Sure if you were towing a great big trailer at 10k pounds.... not a 1k loaded offroad trailer.
Looks great Drew!!! FYI: When we were at the Pyramid Lake AT Fest I met Mike Spies (aka Mike S.), who distributes the Overland tent line stateside...anyway he designed and built a nice M101 variant from scratch...and he designed the ID of the box to be able to accept 4' wide sheets of whatever he needed to haul...I thought that was a great idea to add additional use/utility when not using it for camping/hunting/excursions. There are times I need to pick up plywood, drywall, etc...and rather than haul it atop the rig it would be nice to be able to utilize the trailer box. Probably a little late for you...but...
DREW....you are amazing I have been an observer of your threads for some time now and if you pull this one off there will be many an thanks for you an yours, God Speed and wish you well. Jim .
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Thanks! I mulled over this one for weeks! In all reality, I could make a utility/offraod trailer that could do everything kind of well, or make a purpose built expedition style trailer that could overlanding VERY well. In the end it came down to trackwidth and not being afraid to strap the occasional plywood to the top of this thing... but it would be nice to make it work like that.
I didn't show it in the photochop but the long rectangles that run along the upper edge will be an E-track for holding stuff to the top.
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Thanks man, we will see how it goes. Finally going to start chopping... I realized I could over design this and go back and forth too much. Time to put the welder to the metal
Thanks for the kind words.
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73fj
Tho at sumbitch in ayer!
You can waste a lot of time second guessing, or do it and work it out as you go. I like to get a rough plan and work out the hard stuff as I go, but thats me. I put the hard stuff aside and keep building what I know for sure, letting the other stuff percolate.
