I would like to find a trailer like yours, with the rooftop (trailer top) tent. What do I search for? What would that kind of rig be called?
If you have a few minutes could you share what the trailer entails? I see the grill and cooler, obviously the tent.
There are a few locations I would like to go that require ‘self contained’ trailers for the winter months.
Mike;
Trailers like this are generally called expedition or adventure trailers. I think that’s a bit goofy, so I simply call mine an off-road trailer. I built it to be as versatile as possible and seem to be making changes to it all the time. It’s easy to pull and I can move it around by hand at home and in many places that I camp. It makes for a good base camp so I can take off and explore in the Jeep.
The frame is 2”x3”x1/8" steel tube and has a 3,500 lb axle (no brakes “yet”) and is on 2,000 lb. springs. The box area is 4’x6’x16”. It takes about 30 min. to remove the RTT (roof top tent) so I can use it as a small utility trailer or to haul an ATV, garden tractor, etc. ... or for hauling home used Jeep parts! With the RTT or another rack I have on it it’s almost impossible for someone to reach in remove (steal) anything I carry in the box.
It has a 2,000 lb. Warn winch buried under one of the metal boxes on the tongue for pulling things up and into it on ramps or for recovery of the trailer on its own should I ever have to. The tongue box houses a 12V - 105 amp hr. deep cycle battery. It has two 10 litre tanks for water and or fuel (I take the tanks I need). I have a 5 lb. propane tank mounted to it and can carry more inside the box.
I’m also able to carry my kayak on it. I use the temporary foam pads you might have seen on the roof of a car and they work fine on top of the RTT.
The good news is that my wife hates it! We camp together in our tear drop trailer and this is what I use when I’m on my own. The RTT is only 4’ x 6’6” on the inside. It’s good for one but tight for two. On this trip the temperature got down to 35* on one night and it was windy. I was perfectly warm inside
Here's a good thread on the Expedition Portal Forum that will give you an idea of what others have built or bought ... https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/collection-of-trailer-builds.52549/
As for mine, I headed in one direction and took a turn when we got the tear drop trailer. It kind of got built twice. Here is a build thread on it … https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/pco6s-off-road-trailer-build.15306/ . Unfortunately, I didn’t document the final build as much as I could have. Overland Bound Forum is another good one for these kinds of trailers.
Stew
My LJ is almost ready to go. I painted both the same colour so they should go together well ... I hope!
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