http://www.olympiafj60.net/off-road-camping-trailer.html Land Cruiser Obsessions Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:28:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.olympiafj60.net/off-road-camping-trailer.html/comment-page-1#comment-106 Building the off-road tent trailer | OlympiaFJ60 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:10:55 +0000 http://www.olympiafj60.net/off-road-camping-trailer.html#comment-106 [...] A few posts back I introduced my “old” camping trailer and stated I was going to start to rebuild it.  Here is the first installment of the rebuild process.  It took some time to figure out how exactly I wanted to approach this.  The old camp box was built on my M416A1 military trailer.  While this would work again, I find I have use frequently for this little trailer as is.  I decided a new, dedicated trailer was needed.  The next step was to figure out whether it would be better to find a built trailer and make the box fit or build a new trailer to fit the box.  I decided on the latter.  After a few trips to Centralia Supply and Fabrication I had enough parts together to start the build.  I decided on a simple ladder frame build from 2″x3″ tube steel.  I chose to use a combination A frame draw bar that extends to the spring mounts.  I had some old Land Cruiser springs and hangers so I used them. [...] [...] A few posts back I introduced my “old” camping trailer and stated I was going to start to rebuild it.  Here is the first installment of the rebuild process.  It took some time to figure out how exactly I wanted to approach this.  The old camp box was built on my M416A1 military trailer.  While this would work again, I find I have use frequently for this little trailer as is.  I decided a new, dedicated trailer was needed.  The next step was to figure out whether it would be better to find a built trailer and make the box fit or build a new trailer to fit the box.  I decided on the latter.  After a few trips to Centralia Supply and Fabrication I had enough parts together to start the build.  I decided on a simple ladder frame build from 2″x3″ tube steel.  I chose to use a combination A frame draw bar that extends to the spring mounts.  I had some old Land Cruiser springs and hangers so I used them. [...]

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