TLC on UsedVictoria thread... (ongoing)

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The ‘Car Top’ would be perfect... I’ve got a flat and sturdy roof 88”x148” to put it on... actually probably not big enough. :D

I’ve got a friend in Vancouver who added a permanent 2nd story to his rig using a larger one. He then cut a 4’x8” access hole through to it. :D
 
Nice set of wheels/tires:

Landcruiser alloy wheels w/ 33 inch tires

$1,200 ·  Landcruiser alloy wheels w/ 33 inch tires

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cruiserpilot said:
Whoa!

Teardrop Trailer
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Always thought building a teardrop "insert" that would just plunk down on a standard 4x8 utility trailer would be a good idea.

Not much to them, basically just 4 sheets of plywood.

Could use it as a camper in a pickup too, and then have your utility trailer the rest of the time.
 
seapotato said:
Always thought building a teardrop "insert" that would just plunk down on a standard 4x8 utility trailer would be a good idea.

Not much to them, basically just 4 sheets of plywood.

Could use it as a camper in a pickup too, and then have your utility trailer the rest of the time.
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I have thought about doing that exact thing.

This is my utility trailer. It’s a flat deck with drop in sides and also my boat trailer. I’m going to tandem axle it soon. Not for capacity but for redundancy. a flat, broken spring or bearing problem would be no problem.
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I haven’t thought of a good method to get my 400 pound empty teardrop on and off the trailer. You could winch it on but then what, strap it to a tree and drive away? It’s not wide enough for trailer/camper jacks to clear the utility trailer wheels.
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One day this will happen but I need to be able to get the teardrop on and off easily by myself.
 
Just build a set of low saw horses. or dolly like the thing seapotato using for his landcruiser build.
Grind the springs/stuff off the bottom of your teardrop and just slide it back and forth. If you had a receiver
on the front of your truck you could use the winch to pull off the dolly right up onto the trailer in tandem.
Unload in reverse.
 
A couple of boat rollers on the the trailer or the teardrop would work too. Just roll on/off. If they were on the tear drop box they could live there, act as isolators when it's on the trailer.

I have a gantry thing as well. Basically an I-beam on legs with casters. Would work easily enough, I used it to flip a 25' boat onto its belly.
 
I like the boat roller idea, I dont picture it being easily slid. Getting it on the trailer not a problem, trying to slide it off is what I was thinking would be the issue.

Some heavy castors on it turning it into a dolly might work too.
 
stevebradford said:
I have thought about doing that exact thing.

This is my utility trailer. It’s a flat deck with drop in sides and also my boat trailer. I’m going to tandem axle it soon. Not for capacity but for redundancy. a flat, broken spring or bearing problem would be no problem.
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I haven’t thought of a good method to get my 400 pound empty teardrop on and off the trailer. You could winch it on but then what, strap it to a tree and drive away? It’s not wide enough for trailer/camper jacks to clear the utility trailer wheels.
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One day this will happen but I need to be able to get the teardrop on and off easily by myself.
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I’d start with putting a real axle and tires underneath it before worrying about tandem. I had a trailer with 8” rims and I put it out of its misery rather than inflict it on someone else.

The 5’x13.5’ tandem axle landscaping trailer I had was a pleasure to tow with the 40. After a while I’d almost forget it was there I towed it so much. I’d quickly realize the difference when I unhitched it and took off up the road... suddenly loosing 2000 lbs made a big difference on how much throttle was needed to take off up a slope. I never carried a spare, but the spare axle did come in handy when I lost the side of a tire... I pulled the wheel up and went back to work.

The 16’x7’ enclosed tandem axle was even more fun... it’d hall a 3 bedroom house worth of furniture one day, a boat inside it the next, I could even have hauled a 40 inside I had the roof off (or some really small tires). It wouldn’t need a teardrop... it could probably haul three inside :D

I kinda miss it... it was truly a thing of beauty with a 2”x6” powder coated steel frame. I could really make use of it right now Oh well :(
 
I'm going to be going the flatdeck/teardrop route fairly soon I think. I have the 5x8 flatbed already. I'm thinking of building the aluminum teardrop (except not teardrop shaped...more boxy with the 45 angle off the back), and then just have two 2x6 square stock on the bottom so the forklift can just lift on and off as needed. Flatdeck one day and overlander the next.
 
PeeZed said:
I'm going to be going the flatdeck/teardrop route fairly soon I think. I have the 5x8 flatbed already. I'm thinking of building the aluminum teardrop (except not teardrop shaped...more boxy with the 45 angle off the back), and then just have two 2x6 square stock on the bottom so the forklift can just lift on and off as needed. Flatdeck one day and overlander the next.
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I have been power through tear drop trailers and have settled on a a 5 by 9 size more squared of like Paul mentioned.
 
I remember once thinking of building a rowing boat. This company sells plans. They have quite an
interesting plan for a tear drop and its whole concept is to be removed from the trailer.
Heck, if you want you can even go down and take a course and build it right there.

Build-your-own Teardrop Camper Kit and Plans
 
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