Off road Trailer question

[Lake919]

Hey guys, this is a long shot but about 3 months ago I saw a thread on Facebook about a guy building an expedition trailer based on a Harbor Freight frame. Does anyone by chance have a link to that build thread? Thanks

 

[billyjp2]

a google search turned up quite a few builds.

such as this one...
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f27/...ype-trailer-ultimate-build-up-thread-1180456/

 

[Lake919]

Thank you. Not the exact one I was looking for but I will check it out.

 

[GordoSmasho]

There are quite a few on expedition portal.

 

[GSequoia]

Personally I wouldn't. First of all you would need to reinforce the HF frame to deal with the rigors of off-road travel. Second you would need to replace their jokes of leaf springs. Third you may need to replace the axle depending on what model you got.

By then you might as well build (or have a friend help you build) your own frame out of box tube.


One more point - If you're going to do any dirt I highly recommend a three-axis coupler. Ball mounts get cammed off very easily offroad.

 

[old_man]

Personally I wouldn't. First of all you would need to reinforce the HF frame to deal with the rigors of off-road travel. Second you would need to replace their jokes of leaf springs. Third you may need to replace the axle depending on what model you got.

By then you might as well build (or have a friend help you build) your own frame out of box tube.


One more point - If you're going to do any dirt I highly recommend a three-axis coupler. Ball mounts get cammed off very easily offroad.

Here is an example of what I did. If you can weld, it isn't that hard or expensive.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1081897