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My plans to take a welding class are on hold for at least a few years so I won’t be building a trailer from scratch anytime soon. As an alternative plan, I was thinking about buying a small aluminum utility trailer and adding wood rails and a canvas cover, (similar to featherlite 1683) https://www.fthr.com/products/recreational-trailers/atv/1683-atv-trailer

I had always planned on building something that could double as a utility trailer anyway to include hauling a motorcycle. The reason I am thinking aluminum is the light weight and corrosion resistance as it would be stored right next to the ocean.

My thoughts are to keep it loaded with most of my gear covered and in plastic totes so I can just hook it up and go when I camp. That would also keep the inside of my SUV clear so it’s more comfortable and spacious. I think that I could keep the total below 600 lbs as the trailer is about 300 and most of the stuff I want to pack is more bulky than heavy. Right now, I have one of those hitch receiver cargo baskets so the trailer would definitely increase my load capacity.

I would like to visit campsites with light to moderate off road but I figure light weight could compensate for ground clearance and ruggedness.

So... think it would fit my needs?
 
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TurboDiesel67

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Porkchopexpress said:
My plans to take a welding class are on hold for at least a few years so I won’t be building a trailer from scratch anytime soon. As an alternative plan, I was thinking about buying a small aluminum utility trailer and adding wood rails and a canvas cover, (similar to featherlite 1683) https://www.fthr.com/products/recreational-trailers/atv/1683-atv-trailer

I had always planned on building something that could double as a utility trailer anyway to include hauling a motorcycle. The reason I am thinking aluminum is the light weight and corrosion resistance as it would be stored right next to the ocean.

My thoughts are to keep it loaded with most of my gear covered and in plastic totes so I can just hook it up and go when I camp. That would also keep the inside of my SUV clear so it’s more comfortable and spacious. I think that I could keep the total below 600 lbs as the trailer is about 300 and most of the stuff I want to pack is more bulky than heavy. Right now, I have one of those hitch receiver cargo baskets so the trailer would definitely increase my load capacity.

I would like to visit campsites with light to moderate off road but I figure light weight could compensate for ground clearance and ruggedness.

So... think it would fit my needs?
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Here’s my two cents, I am building my trailer using the back end from a LR1 so it has a common stud pattern, a stout suspension and posses as an easily strong enough chassis, I am going to weld* a tub on the back with a higher frame to put a RTT on.


I am lucky enough to have grown up on a farm so I learnt to weld at the age of ten, (I couldn’t weld properly until... I’m still not perfect) buy a nasty cheap stick welder, don’t read the instructions, wear eye, hand and general body protection, and set it up your self trying every setting doing different things until you can make art out of a pile of excrement. Once you have perfected flat welding try right angles and 45s, at this stage you are ready to buy a decent MIG welder WITH SHIELDING GAS, FLUX CORE SUCKS. Because you’ve figuratively learnt to drive a car in reverse with 2 trailers before you can drive forward you just need to pick up how to get the basic setup done and you have all the skills, perhaps get use to having one handing hanging in the wind and getting comfortable and your ready to crack on

Also buy a welding hammer, welding magnets and a good metal bench to work on.

Regards Kyle
 
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