Sweet, it reminds me of a little red wagon
That was my same thought, you should see it behind the truck!
That has some great clearence!
It should work great for mild wheeling and the random river crossing.
I am very envious of your find! Maybe even jealeous! Even though it's pink! LOL!
Looks like there's a good foundation to work with with a solid steel frame. For that matter, seems like there's lots of steel everywhere to that camper trailer. Can't beat lots of steel.
Some brainstorms for the future... Cut out the fenderwell openings, probably enlarge them as well and put some fender flares on so that you can fit the same tires that your truck runs. Instead of a tube axle, run a trailing arm suspension similar to the Adventure Trailers. With that steel subframe, the trailer seems setup really well for a HDPE skid covering the bottom so it doesn't hang up. Also, the subframe would be very amendable to reinforcing with gussets and other type braces to increase rigidity and strength if you get it in some rougher terrain.
Oh, after you get the trailer painted something other than pink... Can I borrow it one weekend? :wings:
The pink is gone! I'll post up some pictures later...
The construction of the trailer is amazing, they really don't build things like they used to. Good strong steel frame, plenty of crossmembers and a killer back bumper. How can you go wrong?
The sub-frame is going to get braced up really soon, I just wanted to make sure the stock axle was going to work before spending a bunch of time on it.
For now I plan on using the stock axle and tires/wheels. Down the road that might change, depending where I camp and how this set up performs. I don't have as much clearance under the axle as I would like, but most of the trails I camp on don't have that many "diff. grabber" rocks so we will see.
The biggest area I see it getting hung up on (besides the axle tube) is the under side of the rear bumper, but it's a bumper and thats what it's made for.
If it gets too bad I will plate the bottom and make a skid (like you were saying).