Jeep Edition ADDAX Overland Trailer Announced

[GRAK]

Wow, great size & weight but way to absolutely blow it on pricing, WTF? LOL. LMAO even

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[cosmokenney]

Why isn't anyone taking into consideration the old "you are paying for the research & development, testing, trial and error and quality control"?
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[cosmokenney]

Just watched the video. And all I can say is if their build quality control is as bad as their video quality control, then you'd be a fool to buy this thing. Check out the trailer leaking fluids from the front (at 1:11) in this sequence:

 

[four low]

I will build my own, thanks anyway

 

[Av8Chuck]

Just watched the video. And all I can say is if their build quality control is as bad as their video quality control, then you'd be a fool to buy this thing. Check out the trailer leaking fluids from the front (at 1:11) in this sequence:

I thought overall the video was produced pretty well. As for the leak at 1:11, it appears to be a cold morning, couldn't the water be from condensation running down a frame rail or something like that?

 

[Old Jeeper]

I’d never be able to get $20,000 worth of value or use out of that.

X 99

Real trailer! US 416 or Canadien M101…

 

[rkwfxd]

X 99

Real trailer! US 416 or Canadien M101…

Yep. My buddy has one. Great trailer. But so far for me Ive been good with a $69 tent. Sleep better in it than I do at home.

 

[Old Jeeper]

FWIW I was deep outback of Anza Borrego and come across one of these trailers that Jeep is sponsoring. Torsion suspension was BROKE. He had been waiting on a replacement part for over a week.
Want real overland grade? Get a trailer that earned its stripes in: WWII, Korea war, Vietnam!

 

[Old Jeeper]

That sounds like more fun anyway. I'm in trouble, don't even have the jeep yet and started looking at m416 kits. Just what I need, another project.

IF you can find one, M101 Canadien.

 

[Old Jeeper]

Yep. My buddy has one. Great trailer. But so far for me Ive been good with a $69 tent. Sleep better in it than I do at home.

Tent? Remove back seat, front passenger seat, sleep in AC/heat comfort like I do…

 

[Old Jeeper]

From my experience (this is my first trailer build) doing it for less is harder than you might think. Buying hardware from China can be risky, it's generally softer metal and galls easily, so I've been purchasing hardware from McMaster-Carr, there are certainly less expensive Chinese components - 12v refrigerators, diesel heaters, electrical components but you really have to have first hand knowledge of which ones work and which ones don't or buy non Chinese products like Dometic, Webasto or Planar, and Carling switches for example. If all you want a trailer for is to carry your RTT ten miles from home to camp at the beach then you can certainly build a less expensive trailer. If on the other hand your going off grid in remote places that might take hours or days to get there, that's generally a way more expensive build. You need to give serious consideration to whether you can trust the components your using to keep you safe from the elements.

I'm not suggesting that people don't use Chinese products, I have chosen to rely less on them where feasible, but at a higher cost. What you do get by DIY is better value and a trailer that is purpose built for your needs. I'll probably have everybit of $19K invested in my trailer, but I know that when the zombie apocalypse begins I can climb over mountains of bodies "safely." That cute Jeep trailer, not so much. Just depends on what you want to use them for.

My M101 build:
Heavy Duty extended spring shackles
Rancho shocks
LineX
US Army rear Jeep bumpers
5 X 5 wheel hubs
Replaced all wiring/lights w/LEDs
Rear frame brace w/receiver hitch
Front Aluminum box w/40 watt Solar panel w/12 v converter
37x12:50x17 BFG KM2/Steel wheels (matches Jeep tires)

cost was just short of $2000 for components I did work, install and welding

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