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What type of trailer do you have or use?

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PigSti

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Lets see a quick pic of your set up. If it has wheels and gets moved along behind your car then it qualifies.

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I do a lot of interstate swap meets and I needed a trailer that would be easy to tow, light, fuel efficient and protect it's contents from physical harm.

Here is my box trailer I made. Consists of steel angle frame and aluminium sides and tray. Suspension is from a Leone Touring Wagon so it is height adjustable, torsion bar, shocked trailing arm.

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No notice able drag and very well behaved but the main thing is that everything is water proof, dust free and NOT bashed about. No beam axle means that it can out perform the car in ground clearance in every off road situation and highway at high speed is rock solid. It has Monroe Sensor Track shocks from my old L series and these smooth everything out very nicely even with a couple of tonne in it!

I've had this for about 22 years and it's cover well over 300K kms with little tyre wear and the only service consisting of new SKF wheel bearings.

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I added a category to your poll.:iconwink:

Some of us have no trailer.:raspberry:

Yours is awesome PigSti, nice work!!!:cool:
 
That's exactly what I need PigSti, just for trips when I need a little extra beer and such.:rotfl: It'd be great to be able to haul the canoe and community campin' gear too.
Nice trailer PS, looks like the perfect size.:monkeydance:


But Carl maybe you can add another category.:lol:
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Chainsaws etc under the net.
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Gravel_Rocks said:
It'd be great to be able to haul the canoe and community campin' gear too. Nice trailer PS, looks like the perfect size.
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I like to travel light but with all the essential luxuries right at hand.

The trailer floor is raised by 3 cm by a full plastic tray liner so if any water does get in it can run unhindered out the drain holes leaving the gear high and dry.

.. shade tent, tarp, ground sheet, air bed, insect netting, Esky, swag, store box, table, chairs, BBQ, gas bottle, jerry cans, tool kit, fishing rods, blanket bag, gas lamps, water bottle, sand mats, tow rope/chain, car spares, tackle box, kitchen sink, etc..

Yeah the heavy, bulky and potentially dangerous gear goes in to the trailer. Clothes, electronics and personal items go in the car. I try to keep as much as possible out of the car else it becomes a poop fight very early on.

The trailer has very soft suspension and huge amount of wheel travel tempered by the Munroe shocks so everything survives unharmed even on the worst tracks and corrugations. I also run the tyres at quite low pressures depending on the load to add to the soft ride.

I have two white PVC poles sticking up from the rear trailer quarters so I can see what the trailer orientation is doing and while most trailers would be bouncing and banging around this one's behaviour matches the car in every situation.

The adjustable height L series torsion bar suspension is just great. The heavier the load the lower the trailer will initially sit, so just rotate the torsion bars by a central adjustment nut to the correct road height and the suspension also firms up for the heavier load. The opposite is done for lighter or empty loads.

I made this trailer to exactly what I wanted and the modular L series adjustable height rear suspension is perfect for this type of application.

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Some great trailers here, and very interesting info. Will put a pic later on... Scooby2 n the love shack are headin down the highway ... Destination unknown, so pics are on the camera not the phone. Our first real trip away, so am very interested to find out fully loaded towing range. So far we have done around 1400kms on a mix of highway and dirt. Scooby2 has about a 400 km range and averages 11L/100km or 9.09 km/L. I just wondered how others fared with fuel economy and towing.

Best regards,
 
^ Gidday S2.

Glad to hear that you are on the road on holidays mate.

I can't say about the fuel consumption for Roo2 when towing as yet.
Without the trailer, but with two up and a fair bit of gear, I estimate that I got around 7.xxL/100 km on a relatively short highway run. From past experience with this trailer (I've had it for 30+ years), I expect it to be about +2L/100 kms worse than this.

Towing it behind the '93 Impreza (Roo1) was a far more stressful exercise than towing it behind Roo2. Roo2 has about 60% more power and around 50% more torque than Roo1's 1.8L donk. The torque curve is also far flatter with the 2.5L donk. Roo2 only weighs 22% more than Roo1. The power/torque to weight for Roo2 plus trailer is about the same as that of Roo1 without the trailer!

Of course, only time will tell about how well Roo2 tows my trailer. The trailer now has a lid, which it has never had before. This should make it more aerodynamic.

Have a great holiday, mate ... :) :biggrin:
 
Ratbag said:
Of course, only time will tell about how well Roo2 tows my trailer. The trailer now has a lid, which it has never had before. This should make it more aerodynamic.

Have a great holiday, mate ... :) :biggrin:
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It will be interesting to see how different your economy is now that it's got the lid, compared to when it didn't :cool:

And yes, have a great time Scooby2. Safe travels :)

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Anyone seen these types of sleepers?

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Very pricey but very cool!
 
Thanks Mr T and Ratbag... We are having an awesome time. Today we woke up to a view of the Mighty Murray out our window :-)

Pigsti.. The Love Shack (our trailer) is a variant of the sleeper pic you posted. After a lifetime of camping in tents we decided to spoil ourselves, and enjoy the freedom of being totally unreliant on organized destinations. Now if we see a nice spot on our travels we can just stop. Our most recent addition of refrigeration .... A prehistoric Engel and an Anderson plug really was the icing on the cake!

Best regards,
 
heres mine ...
cheap on/offroad camper, havent used it for a while !?!
these arent even my pics !! theyre by the old owners from when i bought it :lol:

hoping to get it out a fair bit this spring/summer then thru the xmas/easter breaks ... surf trips and a bit more camping is what i think my life needs at this point - much to the disagreement of my other half ! :rotfl:
 

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Looks neat, Pigs. A variation on S2's Avan Weekender, aka "The Shack".

BUT ... How much?

At least one can get at the spare!

Unlike one I saw at the Melbourne Caravan & Camping Show that cost around $50,000 and one needed to practically dismantle it to get at the spare wheel ...

And you needed a Unimog 6x6 or Maybach V12 half-track to tow it with ...
 
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