Coachmen TD 9.0

[Watt_iron]

We’ve had this trailer for a year now. I did a lot of modifications myself including Timbren 4” lift 1 tonne independent suspension, original suspension was horrible offroad. Made a ladder and tire carrier, custom extendable tongue so I can jack knife this thing, lock and roll hitch , fenders, step side sliders, and solar.
This trailer in its original state probably wouldn’t have held up long with off-road use. The short tongue made it difficult to make sharp turns. It was to low for many obstacles. Probably would have been fine as a on road use only trailer, it did pull nice in its original state.
We purchased this trailer for a smoking good deal hence why we bought it and modified to work for our needs.

 

[PCO6]

@Watt_iron - We have one too. We bought it for a couple of reasons. I thought it would be good to carry our kayaks on and we liked that we can stand up in it. I knew it has limitations and really wasn't built for off roading. We use it mainly to get us and our stuff to Provincial parks which we use as a base and head out to explore from with our Jeep tow vehicles.

The frames are "OK" and the axles and springs are what they are (2,000 lb. Dexters with 9" brakes). I like what you did! Our is a 2019 which I think is the first year. Yours appears to the V-PKG off road model which came out a year later. By the time it did, I had already made a number of the mods that Coachmen came out with.

I like the concept of the trailer but my main problem is with the build quality of the cabin. I originally thought if we liked it after a few years I'd build a stronger replica. We do but I decided to build a square back tear drop instead and am half way through that now. My wife prefers the TD 9.0 so we'll keep both.

One of the first things I did was rip off the terrible stickers which included a Dalmatian dog! I see you did too. I also removed the fridge and AC as we didn't use them. It saved 72 lbs. and added some interior storage.

Here are a few pics of ours ...

The kayaks don't touch the lid ...


The water tank has been replaced with a second propane tank to power the water heater and provide a back up to the main one ...


I added a 2" receiver for the kayak t-bar or bike rack and stiffened the frame when I did it ...


The kayak t-bar comes out when we are at camp and parts of it are used to mount the water heater ...


The spare tire is tucked under the tongue ...

 

[Grover the Roamin Ram]

@Watt_iron - We have one too. We bought it for a couple of reasons. I thought it would be good to carry our kayaks on and we liked that we can stand up in it. I knew it has limitations and really wasn't built for off roading. We use it mainly to get us and our stuff to Provincial parks which we use as a base and head out to explore from with our Jeep tow vehicles.

The frames are "OK" and the axles and springs are what they are (2,000 lb. Dexters with 9" brakes). I like what you did! Our is a 2019 which I think is the first year. Yours appears to the V-PKG off road model which came out a year later. By the time it did, I had already made a number of the mods that Coachmen came out with.

I like the concept of the trailer but my main problem is with the build quality of the cabin. I originally thought if we liked it after a few years I'd build a stronger replica. We do but I decided to build a square back tear drop instead and am half way through that now. My wife prefers the TD 9.0 so we'll keep both.

One of the first things I did was rip off the terrible stickers which included a Dalmatian dog! I see you did too. I also removed the fridge and AC as we didn't use them. It saved 72 lbs. and added some interior storage.

Are you still running this? Looking at the 12.0 by Viking (Same trailer just a bit bigger)
We are also PP Campers along with as much Crownland as we can get to in a year.

 

[PCO6]

Are you still running this? Looking at the 12.0 by Viking (Same trailer just a bit bigger)
We are also PP Campers along with as much Crownland as we can get to in a year.

We are and it's been better than we thought it would be! We bought ours in 2019 which was the first yr. for these. The 12.0s weren't out yet and it was also before the 9.0 off road version came out.

I made several modifications to ours to make it more suitable for off road. I reduced the weight by taking out the fridge and AC but more than gained it back by stiffening the frame and adding the tongue box and some accessories. It's at about 1,300 lbs. now vs. the original 1,080 lbs. I also increased the wheel size from 13" to 15" and added flat top fenders. I added a second propane system for an on demand water heater. There are a lot of minor things as well, mainly electrical, interior cabinets, etc.

It's still not an off road trailer but it has held up well. I've seen a few guys in the Overland North group with them but I don't know how hard they use there's.

The 12.0s are quite a bit bigger. For the 2 of us, the 9.0 is fine. We don't spend any time in it other than for sleeping and changing clothes. We can store quite a bit in it while we travel, including our screen hub tent (6' long when packed up) plus 2 bikes on the bed.

Here's is pic of it from when we were at Port Burwell PP last year. You could have dropped by to see it! I actually lived in Aylmer back in the 1950s. I'm sure it has changed a bit since then!

 

[Grover the Roamin Ram]

I actually lived in Aylmer back in the 1950s.

The town has changed but our house has been here since the late 1800's per the archives. We are right on the main drag across from the Highschool.

We needed the 12.0 as our family is 4 kids, two dogs plus the wife and I. The kids will inherit the RTT set up as it works better for them anyhow.
We had looked at most of the teardrop and square drop trailers. Most of them were nice but in excess of $30,000 in price point and you were sleeping on the floor and could only cook outside. This trailer will see both on and offroad use but the offroad will be level 3 at the most and that will be at a crawl. We also plan to use the trailer when we go on spur of the moment trips to the US to avoid the $200+/ night hotel costs. My wife and I did a fair amount of urban stealth camping in our minivan over the last 5 years so we have figured out how to make it all work.

I really like your kayak carrier set up and may steal the idea.