Off grid camping trailer build

[black pearl]

Got the rest of stuff stripped out of the trailer.
ready to start straightening the rack.

 

[black pearl]

Picked up the new tires today and put some temp rollers on the trailer. Going to straighten the rack tomorrow.

 

[TrailHunter]

Maybe some gussets in the corners?

 

[black pearl]

Maybe some gussets in the corners?

Yep. Putting 3/8 plate gussets in.

 

[CalSgt]

Going smaller? Or just finally getting the tires you wanted

 

[black pearl]

Going smaller? Or just finally getting the tires you wanted

Dropped down to 33 10.5s from 35 12.5.

 

[black pearl]

Picked up the new hubs this morning. The new spindles are 1 3/8” the old ones are 1 1/16”.

 

[wjtstudios]

Picked up the new hubs this morning. The new spindles are 1 3/8” the old ones are 1 1/16”.

That’ll help!

 

[black pearl]

Got the rack straightened. One upright has a slight bow, but it looks way better. Gonna fix the small cracks and gusset it when it cools down today.

 

[black pearl]

Got two of the gussets in. Not really happy how the welds turned out, but that’s my fault for being lazy. I didn’t have any more grinding disks or flap disks so I prepped what I could with a cutoff. I’ll get the proper stuff tomorrow I guess.

 

[black pearl]

After a bunch a horrible welds, come to find out I have a break in my group cable Glad I found it and got some of them cleaned up better. Oh well. What’s done is done. I’ll clean them up with a grinder and get it ready for paint.

 

[black pearl]

Putting the trailer under the knife again. Switching out the suspension, to what they call the HD 2000lbs. Turns out it’s just there 3500lbs suspension. Hopefully it’ll perform better and hold up to off road use.
got the old cut out. Gonna clean it up to weld in the new. I do have to say the new suspension is super beefy in comparison.

 

[black pearl]

Getting the new setup squared up for welding.

 

[black pearl]

Digging the new wheels and tires. Now to plan another trip.

 

[wjtstudios]

Digging the new wheels and tires. Now to plan another trip.

Time for a test run, looks great!

 

[black pearl]

Time for a test run, looks great!

Most definitely! We really want to get back to Utah, but that might have to be next year. Maybe a Death Valley run though

 

[Jsouder53]

Nice job on getting it replaced! Looks good

 

[CalSgt]

So which model timbren did you replace? I've been worried about mine ever since you had your issue, mine is the one tonne HD set. The pivot bolt in mine does look big like your replacement set

ETA: congratulations on getting it repaired

 

[black pearl]

Nice job on getting it replaced! Looks good

So which model timbren did you replace? I've been worried about mine ever since you had your issue, mine is the one tonne HD set. The pivot bolt in mine does look big like your replacement set

ETA: congratulations on getting it repaired

Thanks! It’s nice having it back together!

I got the 2000HD and looking at their breakdowns, it’s really the 3500 lbs setup being sold as a lighter Weight. Everything is bigger between the two. Spindles are 1 3/8 where the standard 2000lbs were 1 1/8.

 

[black pearl]

Finally picked up the rim for the spare and mounted it this afternoon.