Haven't had much time for the trailer lately nor have I been keeping this up to date. But did get a little welding done and a lot of grinding. Welded the door frames together and tacked them on the trailer. Now to decide on hinges.
Did a little work today. Tacked on my side supports then redid the corner supports so the skin will lay flat. Do you guys think I need to add a support or two up front? Plan is to stich weld 2" tubing on all 4 corners. Run the roof rack off the top and run tubing inside that will drop...
Took a little more time than expected but tail light brackets are actually welded on and tail lights wired. I know my weld jobs are horrible but I am new to this all and still learning a lot. I was having trouble with porosity but other than that I'm slowly getting there.
For the lights...
As long as the weather is decent tomorrow I plan to prep and paint the bottom of the trailer with POR-15 then possible work on wiring the tail lights on Tuesday. Any tips on POR_15 or wiring up lights?
Got my housing ready for the lights. Plus practiced welding some more. Not sure how I want to mount them. Vertical or horizontal. Vertical will have 2" tubing behind it for m6 rack/supports. Horizontal will hang down about 1/2" lower than bumper area.
Few more parts came in today and started grinding down the old angle iron for the tail light housing. Once my por 15 comes in and I get the bottom painted I'm going get the tail lights wired.
Got some time this morning before we hit the road for LBL and wad able to swap hubs. Super easy swap. Hub swap brought my wheel in 2" still has 1½" of clearance.
Some goodies showed up today. Still waiting on another set of lights and my wiring kit.
Lights were a little bigger than expected but found some scrap angle iron to make a housing for them. Just need to cut it down and weld together. I think it should turn out well.
Thanks for the info. I didn't even think of having to worry about the tire rubbing. But if I need spaces at least I should be able to get away without having an extra 3" on each side.
I'm so glad I was able to get this from my buddy. Saved me a lot of time and money but also I'm going...
Awesome. I have a lot of work to do till mine is near complete. Plan on putting a roll up truck bed topper under the rack to store taller stuff if need be.
I'm starting my first trailer build. Trailer named AT-ST to go with my AT-AT(2017 OR Tacoma) I'm still new to Overlanding and somewhat new to forums. More or less creep then actually post. A buddy of mine started this build but ended up going to an RV so I ended up getting it for a great...
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