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Last winter I purchased an ICECO 12v refrigerator for overlanding in my newly built RTT trailer. You can read about it here ICECO VL45 Portable Refrigerator/Freezer Review | RVB Precision But with CoVid I've not used it yet. A whole bunch of off road trips got cancelled. This past week I was...

Couldn't stand it any longer. Needed to go camping......My backyard was the destination....

Rubber toilet gasket is BRILLIANT!......

I have a bunch of these B&D tools that run on the 20V system. Can't beat them for the price. Been using a few drills and a string trimmer for years with no failures. Wish I could say the same for DeWalt and Makida products that I didn't even get a year out of. Going to look into this chainsaw to...

Thanks, I’ll look into that. But at 1.25 x 4, welded all the way around, they aren’t moving.

I hear ya....I was concerned too. Although it would have been quite easy to move the axle. I did some testing first. The trailer, unloaded tracks and rides beautifully on the torsion axle. So I filled a 45g and a 30g water tank along with a bunch of lead bars on the trailer and took it for a...

Thanks! I'm a big fan of "Monocoque" construction. I studied Civil Engineering in college and this concept always intrigued me. Chickens have known about it for millions of years! Most home built trailers I see on this and other forums are overbuilt by a factor of two or three.......

I needed a utility trailer and what better time to build one that during isolation......Here is an article I published to my web page with lots of pictures. Hope you enjoy it. TENT TRAILER to UTILITY TRAILER....A Covid Project! | RVB Precision

IT'S DONE!........

Today I got the top rails installed. I decided to use 3" X 3" X 3/16 Angle, mitered at the corners and welded top the uprights.....Love it! Thank God for my bandsaw! Lots of intricate cutting here... AND...Wheels/Tires and Fenders showed up today Tomorrow I'll build the tailgate...

My son-in-law stopped by yesterday to look at the trailer build. (We social distanced!). The thought is we might build a “slide in” teardrop insert. In this way we still have a utility trailer AND a camping trailer.......we would use fiberglass/ structural foam building technic to keep it...

Party Barge?........Or big enough for social distancing

I like a thick wood deck to allow screwing down items I might be moving. I sometimes deal in used machinery and the only way to secure them at times is to screw them down. Easily replace boards as needed.

Sides are on...Bumper in place....Need to look at this bumper again when fenders are on. Might need more of a bumper shortening. I left it wide to add some protection to the trailer lights.

Sometimes things just work out. The metal I cut off the sides of the trailer were re purposed for the uprights. And look how a piece of 5/4 Pressure Treated Decking slid right in. This made attaching the sides so easy.... Now to attached the side walls.....

LED Light Kit, Fenders and new Wheels and Tires were ordered through Amazon...

We're getting there! Sanded and wire brushed, pressure washed, painted and pressure treated deck installed. Sides go on today..... Galvanized Tek-Head screws on drilled pockets

Thanks! This trailer will be backed up a lot, to load firewood, tractors, etc......The wheels further back will make this maneuver much easier. Tongue weight will not be an issue with the loads I plan to haul. Lord knows backing up my RTT trailer I built a few months ago will teach you a new...

Got the side supports welded on this morning..... Cut 8" out of the rear bumper and welding it back together Need 1.5" X 1.5" angle iron for top edge and then a bunch of pressure treated 1X5 wood for the deck and sides......

final size of the bed is now 5' X 9'