Built myself a DIY off-road squaredrop trailer

[Terrymo]

This is awesome!

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[bd100]

Envious of those 12" brakes. Our A-frame "offroad" trailer has only 10" brakes and 14" wheels w/ all-terrain tires. The height is good for going over city curbs when necessary, and once had to turn around in a forest road through a ditch so it helped there too.

Those torsion beam axles might appreciate being stored with the weight on stands when not used for a long time. Ours has a straight axle and leaf springs, so it supposedly doesn't care as much.

I bet your paint on the frame holds up better than our "powder coating", which as is typical of aftermarket stuff is flaking off.

Edit: Pay attention to the trailer brake controller power setting. I had ours too light and almost hit stuff. Turns out with the big all-terrain tires I can run the brake controller near max w/o skidding the trailer. I bet you could do the same.

 

[swampflyer]

awesome.

 

[MntGoat]

Great job, thinking of a winter build myself.

 

[hilljumper]

Haha, I spent many, many, many hours trying to figure out I could radius the angled joints before finally giving up

I can tell you but it is too late.

 

[Beach Nut]

What’s the tongue weight with those boxes in front?

 

[Vinman]

What’s the tongue weight with those boxes in front?

Tongue weight with no interior and completely empty is 145 lbs., just over 11%.
Most of the heavy stuff will be behind the axle so should still be under 200 lbs when loaded. I did a quick weight transfer test and with my 180 lbs sitting on the back bumper the TW was reduced to 82 lbs.
I have the water tank, battery and diesel heater going in just behind the axle which will reduce TW but the rest of the interior and anything I put in the front cargo box should add it back.
I’ve been towing trailers for decades now and have a decent understanding of how TW effects towing and have been paying particular attention while building this trailer.

 

[Beach Nut]

Outstanding work…looking forward to seeing the interior when finished! So far…so good!
Cheers!

 

[djthumper]

Nice trailer! I wish I had a space that I could build something similar.

 

[Scott97]

Great work, love the attention to detail. You have both skill and patience!

 

[ObiMatt87]

That is just a great all-round effort! Thanks for sharing the results of your hard work and great planning. Also looking forward to your interior install pics!

 

[AmericanPatriot100]

Very nice! Excited to see the interior!

 

[There’sOnlyOne]

Freakin awesome.

 

[jim00]

Timbren 3,500 axleless suspension with 6,000 hubs and 12” brakes. Dry weight should be right at 1,600 lbs

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Amazing! What did you do to waterproot the wood as best as possible? Thanks!

 

[Aonarch]

Excellent!

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