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Benjisaurus said:
I'd love to see your trailer. Did you fab it completely custom, or start with a base trailer?

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I'm restoring a custom made 4'x6.5' trailer my grandfather built some 30+ years ago. It's way overbuilt with 2"x4"x.250 C channel steel and uses .250" plate aluminum for the interior floor and interior walls.

I have a build thread over on expedition portal.
http://forum.expeditionportal.com/showthread.php?t=168702

It's been so awesome working on this trailer. I remember growing up with my grandfather using this trailer for all kinds of projects. I never thought my dad would ever part ways with it, since my grandfather passed away. Soon as he heard I was wanting to building a camping trailer, for the grandson, he offered it up. I'm generally pretty OCD on anything I do. So, dad is pretty excited to see the trailer get brought back up to it former glory, with a slightly revised twist. It'll have ever bolt/nut replaced, everything blasted and coated, all new suspension and axle with 6lug hubs. I'll be adding electric brakes with manual parking brake,. I've already done a complete new wiring harness but that will be replaced again when the trailer brakes get hooked up.

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Teague said:
I added all of you, I'm pathfindervan on IG.
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Cool I saw that. I got you back. Lol. Nice overland van you got going on. Are you going to be building a set up it the back for storage and sleeping quarters.?


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JMY24 has trail that goes from southern TN to AL. It starts in Winchester TN and heads south. With a little coordination and planning we could do a two day trip on that route and meet some of the AL guys in the middle, have a few beers that night and then either head down the trail to AL or break off and head home depending on everyone's timeline. Second or third week in May?


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Tricklet03 said:
JMY24 has trail that goes from southern TN to AL. It starts in Winchester TN and heads south. With a little coordination and planning we could do a two day trip on that route and meet some of the AL guys in the middle, have a few beers that night and then either head down the trail to AL or break off and head home depending on everyone's timeline. Second or third week in May?


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Sounds like a good trip. I'll make sure to make the next ones.


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I just got a surprise phone call from the fabrication shop. My rack is finish! Here's a quick teaser photo of the rack in the high position. It will lower a little over 20 inches for driving and parking in the garage.


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JKChad said:
I just got a surprise phone call from the fabrication shop. My rack is finish! Here's a quick teaser photo of the rack in the high position. It will lower a little over 20 inches for driving and parking in the garage.


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That's Nice!! Will you be closing up the side with sheet metal or wood?


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JKChad said:
I have the interior sides removed currently for clean up. They are all .250" plate aluminum.



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Nice!! Light weight that's al aye good. Will you be going with some bigger tires also?


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Teague said:
@JKChad that is gonna be an awesome trailer. Meeting to with the northern AL guys would be awesome. Let's see if we can do that.
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I have my first official camping trip planned for the first week of April, 7th-9th. I'm running a 5k trail run in Chattanooga, running with Sasquatch. I'm planning to camp at one of the camp grounds on lake chickamauga, preferably Chester frost; although I'm learning it may not be so easy to get a camp site. From then on, I'll be fairly open to meet up.

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Teague said:
I just ran across a link for Nashville Cars and Coffee, Saturdays from 800-1030 at 633 Frazier Drive, Franklin (Cool Springs movie theater). Anyone interested? I can hear the mall rated jokes already, but at least we'd be able to put some faces to names.
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I'm not against causing a scene when the "overlanders" show up.
 
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