Reply With QuoteVery nice!
My camp trailer is usable. YAY!
Drawing of side profile:
Began the frame this week. got the main runners and the tongue cut and fit. Going to weld it all up hopefully this weekend. Then I can cut and fit the side extensions to bring it out to 60 inches wide. The tires will be tucked up under the body for a little more then half their width.
Frame layed out: This is 47 inches wide and 8 feet long for the main box. The tongue adds about 4 feet to the overall length.
It does not look like it but there is an inch of clearance between the frame and the tire sidewall.
Tongue detail. There will be supports for the tongue to frame joint to keep it from breaking.
Detail of the tongue to frame joint. The left side is the main frame. The right side is the tongue. The bottom piece is the cross member.
Finally the mockup of the bracing for the tongue joint.
The tongue, main frame runners and joint support piece are 2x2x3/16" steel. The cross members and rest of the frame are 2x2x1/8"
The hitch coupler is from Lock-N-Roll. It is designed for off-road use.
Last edited by HudsonHawk; 09-22-2011 at 03:32 PM.
Very nice!
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93' LE #1136 - FM II
250k miles
Very nice! Are you going to have it ready for fall camping season? What amenities do you have planned for the interior? Does the Mrs. plan on sleeping in it?
Looks like a great start. Keep the progress pictures coming.
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Not ready for this fall. The plan is to have it ready for my 2 week mountain trip next summer.
Amenities:
AC cause I am tired of camping in 85 to 90 temps at night. Can't use it for dry camping but can use it wherever I have eletrical hookup.
AC/DC converter to charge battery, run LED interior lights, small automotive DVD player and fantastic fan.
Battery will allow me to camp off grid and at least have lights and fan. Plan is for everything except the AC to run on 12V DC.
Axle has brakes to assist in rough terrain and on steep hills.
Everything else will be camping equipment.
Coleman dual fuel Camp Stove and lantern for when the battery dies.
Dutch Oven and cast iron skillet.
5 Gallon water container
Ice chest for perishables
basicaly it's a hard sided tent with lights and AC.
Now, if you can only get the tongue weight down to 200#, you can pull it with your Miata.
"That which does not kill us, just makes us madder"
Cletus Nietzsche (Friedrich's half-brother on his sister's side)
Tongue weight should only be 150 lbs if my calculations are correct and I do not own a Miata anymore.
Yours may not, butOriginally Posted by onething
On the track, I am fearless.
If you were as slow as me, you wouldn't be afraid either.
1994 M Edition
CSP 67
Tack welded the main part of the frame together tonight. Spent the day at the State Fair of Texas so got a late start.
Another day in the garage. Tacked the tongue on and made sure everything was square. One thing I hate about welding is all the prep work to get a good weld.
Now on to the finish welding. First the left side:
Then the Right:
Then put it onto jack stands to measure and start placement of the axle. This is where it will reside.
Once the axle is in place, I will finsh out the frame. I need to know where to put the wheel wells on the body.
Spring mounts are tacked in place. I had some scrap 1/4" angle lying around and decided to beef up the frame a bit to reinforce the spring hangers. I still need to do the finish welding.
Close up of the spring mount.
I'm enjoying this project, keep the pictures coming.
Mounted the axle today and finished welding up the main part of the frame. There is 18 3/4 inches of clearance between the bottom of the frame and ground. That makes me happy. having a problem with my hositng site. The pics are up there but can't see them for some reason.
Figured out what happened to my hosting site so here we go.
Went for a short drive today. The trailer pulls great and tracks nicely behind the Jeep.
Close up of the Lock-N-Roll hitch.
Now that I have almost finished my frame. It's time to start thinking about the body.
I put a boring meeting to good use today.
What kind of siding are you going to use?
1/8 luan or ply. Then fiber-glass and epoxy to seal it.
Lookin' great!
The axle looks like it's set back quite a bit. Is that a departure angle thing?
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
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Do you think it would help if you you did a cross bar in each square or a gusset in each corner? I am thinking off-road might be rough.
M3 is always the answer.
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