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its a snowstorm here sadly..

Unfortunately I don't. But I wish I made one now.

@ChilledBeans is cool I got the general idea and I finished my mounts

Thank you kindly

You are right... there probably should be.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by tongue box... if you meen the hoop where the bike wheel slots in, I have some footage of that in one of my other videos - "Vertical Bike Rack"... But if you mean trailer toolbox, i don't have any detailed footage of that.

@@ChilledBeans hi, i mean the black storage box/chest sitting right in front of the actual camper shell.

@@branoMTB Ah right. Unfortunatelly I didn't record assembly of that one. But what i did was the following: - 10 mm marine ply - cut each panel and assemble with glue and nails/screws. I had to cut edges at an angle to support the shape - 3mm aluminium checkered sheets - made one cut out that wraps around the front and sides - in one piece. Then i used grinder with a guide to make 1mm(approx) cut along the line where i want to fold that front panel. Then i folded each side carefuly. Actually, i made the whole cutout a bit longer so that i can create small folds at the end, so it wraps around the back. - Then i made cutout for the back, bottom and top. Top was tricky as i had to also make 1mm cuts along any line where i needed to do the folds. I did folds by laying the sheet on flat surface, and then used flat timber and hammer to beat the folds in. Finally i assembled it all together by gluing the alum panels to the plywood box and adding water sealed screws in few spots. That's the gist of it. Finally i glued the whole box to the frame, but also put two screws to connect the back panel to the trailer (and used exterior silicone to seal holes around screws. I also welded an extension plates to the A frame with holes in them, so that i can also add two large nuts and bolts and bolt the box to the A frame.

Awesome to hear my mistakes and learnings can help other people. All the best

Around 5k AUD (early covid before price hikes)

Pretty sure I mentioned somewhere in the video.. But back then when I built it, it was around 5k AUD. Although I later made some mods and improvements, which would have been another 1k AUD. (THis doesn't include price of the fridge)

I can give you my gut feel, but I don't have official engineering test results for this... My gut feel is that it would have absolutelly no problem carrying rooftop tent. I'm 200 lbs, and I walk in the middle of the roof and it doesn't move a bit. My roof is 18mm ply, sitting on top of inner ply walls, sitting on top of 30mm struts all glued up. Remember, the rooftop tent would be sitting on roof racks, which only apply weight on the side walls. That being said, I would suggest you weld some extra plates under the frame sides that would sit under your side walls - effectivelly making side walls sit on top of those plates. This is one thing i would do on mine if i wanted to be 100% sure about large amount of weight. Also you have to make sure your total weight with all the load (the roof top tent etc), doesn't exceed total trailer's registered legal capacity. You'll need to make sure your suspenssion is specked for that weight etc. Good luck

@@ChilledBeans almost like a rabbet joint, sounds like a good idea, ty!

Have a look at my other longer video of how I built this trailer... i may have snippets showing how i joined it. But i used standard 2.4 x 1.2 m plywood sheets. I had to extend both in height and in length. This was pretty straight forward, i added extra layer of thiner ply under the joins ... as a cross member struts. All glued up. I only had to extend length by a bit, like 0.6m roughly, and height even less than that.

I listed the specific shops in the comments. All localy source from various hardware or camper shops in Melbourne. Depending on your location, you may need to do a bit of digging around to find local suppliers

No idea :)

Thank you

Thanks so much

Thank you. I did, and I probably would in the future but it was tricky to find the specific base to suit my needs. Also I didn't want to deal with hidden issues or rust. I wanted to make sure i have solid base to suit my exact requirements. Also, building the frame (if you can weld) was fun and it wasn't as hard.

@@ChilledBeans yeah sorry, watched the video again shortly after my comment and got my answer. I cannot weld, but I have seen some places selling custom trailer bases around the $1500 mark so might go down that route.

@@tazanelli yes, if you don't weld, then it's a no brainer... buying an existing base would be the simplest and most effective option. WHen you chose a base frame, consider where you would place the water tank... base frame clearance from the ground... size of A frame if you want to put tool box etc.

That's a great question. They were very firm, definitelly not loose. The rails remained locked in, which is why i got cut up by the sharp plastic only. Otherwise if they were loose there would be more rough metal exposed, or i could have got impaled by the post. I was really lucky that it didn't get my arteries either, so I could get back to the car and hospital without bleeding to death. Stay safe.

high five.... Awesome. Love it.

agreed

You are right. I'm pretty sure i mentioned somewhere, at least in another video, and many comment responses that the tare weight is 920 kg.

Thank you so much.