Best Kayak Trailer! Harbor Freight Custom Build!
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This is the best kayak trailer for the money for ME:) Harbor Freight trailer frame with a custom kayak box. Great for kayaking, camping, fishing and fun! Great DIY project!
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Wow! This is from 2yrs ago too! Glad I found this video! Gonna watch some more of your vids. Thanks for an awesome idea in 2021!
Thanks!
What did you use to seal prime and then paint the plywood? It looks awesome and this is actually what I want to do
That is actually incredibly well thought out and fabricated.
c k thank you!
This is the real deal. Great design & very functional. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Thank you!
Wow.....every video that says the ultimate trailer video should watch this one......this just blew my mind ....now I have a incredible idea for this summer project.... Only change I might make would be a sliding drawer system for the bottom to hold the tackle , stove and light clothing for weekend trips and cut down on the totes . And a winch out front to help pull up the peddling kayaks I'm not getting any younger..... Thank you for the brain storming ideas , you have inspired me to make double wide box unit instead of a stacking unit. 98 lbs before accessories is not a easy lift when your pushing 60...👍 👍 🇨🇦
Thank you very much! I really like your ideas for upgrading! 🙂
Nice job! You gave me several great ideas for my own kayak trailer project. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
I've watched A LOT of videos on YT about people modifying the HF trailer for kayaks. No joke, yours is by far the best executed one I've seen yet. Very nice work! New sub too
Thank you very much!
Yes it is. I think u could sleep in it if u wanted .and yes mine is too tall
Indeed, I'm building mine and will base it off yours. I'm just not clear on how you mounted the piano hinges for the doors.
The piano hing screws to the bottom of the main box. So it is between the box and the trailer frame. Hope that makes sense. Have fun with the build!
I love this. Already have the trailer set up for Predator yak on it but the extra space is priceless.
You put a lot of thought and time into that build. Looks good.
Thank you very much!
@@MSMAdventures The key part is putting in the thought before the time.
And thanks for putting in the time to show us.
WOW!!! Great looking trailer. Good job. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thank you!
Super awesome trailer the details are phenomenal thank you for sharing God bless....
Thank you very much!
Thank you for the video, sure like the yak trailer set up, excellent build!!!
Thank you!
This guy did a first class job. I bought a Sea Doo trailer for my Kyack, but he gave me an excellent idea for storage. Thank you for your video.
Dang. I been looking online for a build like this but....woah. I know this posted awhile ago but you killed it my 👦
Thank you very much!
Nice build! Simple but very efficient build!
Thank you very much!
Trailer? That RC Jet is bad ass!
Bad ass trailer. I just got one from my father in law. Been looking to modify mine. I like the look. I wanted something for camping&kayaking. This is perfect.
Thank you very much! Have fun with your build.
Thanks for sharing and going very in-depth! I have a HF trailer to assemble and register and then modify. I’m liking a lot of what you did here. 👍🏼
Thank you!
This trailer build is absolutely phenomenal. Gonna have to look at the 2 build videos to see how you went about some of the stuff you did
Thank you so much!
Great build, thanks for posting!
Thank you!
Good job, nicely finished
Thank you!
This is awesome, I’m likely going to join the party on building this project. Really nice, well done
Thank you very much! Enjoy!
Really dig your trailer! I'm building mine now and I'm going to copy the rod holder set up and lights!
Thank you! Have fun with your build.
This is awesome! Looking to build a kayak/rooftop tent trailer and found the 4x8 HF trailer as a possible starting point - you may have sold me! Great looking build man
Thank you very much!
Very nice job! Very much appreciate the tour.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for this. I have been looking for my kayak trailer build and this is video monumental!
Thank you!
What a great job!!!
Thank you!
Very nice and organized
This is easily the best build I have seen so far. It is so clean and modular! Thank you for sharing. Would you please post the link to the cam locks? 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you very much!
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Awesome job on the kayak trailer build. Very well thought out and executed. I am planning on getting a trailer also and will definitely be using your video as a guide. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, very impressive. Looks custom, professional and just perfect for a kayak. 👍
Thank you very much!
I love how it looks. Do you have the plans? Or a list of everything that you used?
Rounded corners at the 90 on the plywood.. Haven’t seen that - looks great!
Thank you! Used 1/4 round :)
Excellent design, well thought out.
Thank you!
Did you bullnose the edges .and also you did a real nice job.hope mine turns out as good.mine is for canoes so the trailer is 17 ft my box will be 6 ft longer 4 x2.thank you for sharing. Jim.
Nice set up! I have been wanting something like this for a while now.
Thank you very much!
hi there, i really like your trailer you have built from top to bottom. might be the best kayak trailer i have ever seen,can you send me the plans and measuementsof the trailer so i can build just like yours. thank you.
Thank you very much! Unfortunately I just winged it when I built it so I don't have any real plans for it.
Wow awesome do you have the plans for the box I gotta make one like that
This is an amazing build and something I’d like to do to my harbor freight trailer. I don’t suppose you have a parts list by chance? Well done! Thx
Thank you. No parts list unfortunately since I had a vision and went for it lol
@@MSMAdventures no worries. I appreciate the reply and should have enough to go on in your video.
This is awesome!
Thank you very much!
Awesome trailer. I want to get a HF trailer and build a kayak trailer myself. I thought you were from Michigan when I saw the upside down sticker of the UP in the back of you can. Then you said you took a trip from Wisconsin through the UP to Alpena. So cool. I live in Alpena and thought it was cool you mentioned it.
Thank you! I grew up in Michigan and spent a lot of time on Long Lake north of Alpena. Love that area!
I fish with my buddy on Long Lake. I just have a cheap Kayak but love to get out there. A trailer would make it so much easier to load up and get out there. Thanks for the trailer video. It will help.
nice job. I was thinking make box a little higher then you said lower. Thank you
Nice job. I'm looking at kayak hauling solutions as I'm considering a fishing kayak but don't want to have to lift it on top of a vehicle. I like your design...the storage box is perfect to haul all kinds of stuff, and the upper rack would be great to haul my paddleboards. The only thing I would do different is use an aluminum trailer since I live very near the ocean and steel rusts here extremely quickly.
Thank you and thanks for watching! Have fun with the build and your new yak when you get it.
I've got the same trailer and I've been trying to figure out how to best modify it for hauling three kayaks. This looks like a great example to follow. Nice job!
Thank you very much! Have fun with it!
Nice build. I know this is late, but can you tell me where you got the combination cam locks from?
Love your craftwork, never seen anything like it.
Thank you very much!
Top class !!!
Thank you!
I've been wanting a trailer for my two kayaks and the original plan was something much simpler. This blows all other ideas out the water! What I love most about this is the ability to leave my kayak all geared up for next time and still put away. Totally worth it! One question I do have is how tall is rack of the trailer without a kayak on top?
Thank you very much! I'm actually using it right now at a campground but I will measure it when I get home. I actually just lowered it a bit to fit a roof top tent in the garage and I can't remember what the height is.
Hey! Cool Build! How do these do at highway speeds! Cheers! Same van BTW.
Nice job.
Thank you!
@@MSMAdventures I'm planning to incorporate similar features from your kayak trailer. It looks awesome!
Thank you!
Thanks, got some ideas for my build on my 6'x8' ATV trailer. I'm struggling with the top piece of the box as it is larger than standard 4x8'
Nicely done . We built ours from an old boat trailer. Top opens on it . Only thing is we have to take our kayaks off first . We carry almost all our camping stuff in it plus eight rod holders. Contact me for some pics if you like to . Yours looks awesome.
Sounds great. Thank you!
This is great! Did you paint before or after assembly?
Excellent job on the construction and attention to detail. I thought your video was VERY well done. You should/could offer the plans for your build and folks like me would buy them... $29.95 complete with a list of materials and sources!!! Good deal Lucille!! Best to you... nice job!
Thank you so much!
Great job on your trailer. I have a Eddyline Caribbean kayak 14’, love it for being so light and easy to paddle. I’ve been looking for a new project to do this fall, looks like I will renovate the HF trailer and build a similar box like yours. Thanks for posting the video, it helps with my building process. I just watch a bunch of build videos then start making my plans. Wish you lots of great fishing trips tight lines.
Thank you very much! Have fun with the build.
Holy cow great job😮. How did you get your top boards to look so smooth and rounded ? Did don’t look like there is a slip at all.
Impressive! Very well done, thanks for sharing! best one i've seen yet! what are the "arms on the very top?
Thank you very much. They are Yakima arms for strapping kayaks on their side.
what size wheels are on this I am thinking of starting one, just have a concern on a six hour ride at 70 mph with that trailer. Whats your thoughts would you have any concerns? Thank you
They are only 12" wheels but I think they are fine for light duty. I've traveled 9 hours at speeds of 60-75mph and had no issues. I did install bearing buddies to make sure that the hubs were lubed well and I carry a spare. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Really well done...very cool👍👋🇨🇦
I know this was posted three years ago, but what kind of screws did you use for the exterior brackets?
Awesome trailer. I do agree with making it a little bit shorter. That extra storage space is definitely useful but having the kayaks up high defeats the purpose of the reason I bought the trailer. Seems like a nice simple idea. I could see myself making one about 8 inches high just to fit all the bulky items like fishing rods, paddles, and life jackets.
When he said shorter, I was thinking lengthwise, not heightwise, which makes more sense.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH A shorter trailer does not make more sense. It would make it harder to back up, especially at boat ramps to launch the kayak.
@@silverapple2011 you need to take your kayak trailer down a boat ramp? Man up and muscle it down.
@@stay_free Yes, especially when I'm hauling 5 kayaks. A shorter trailer would make it hard to backup into a garage too.
@@stay_free Little girl over here bitchin about what somebody else does with their trailer! LOL. Sure got nothin else to do with their time.
Nice build. A couple of missing points, I think.
Unless I missed it, no mention was made of the build costs - in both time and money. The former may be addressed in one of the build videos, but a cost summary would be useful for comparison with commercial offerings.
With a few to several thousand miles traveled, how does this trailer perform in therms of drag and mileage. One would assume that moving the boat and gear from the top, resulted in less drag. Did the added weight of the trailer make any difference in mileage - lost or gained?
Thank you! My cost all in is about $800 I believe. More than just the cost savings for me is the ability to customize the trailer to exactly what works for your specific needs. Its been great so far on the road. Travels very well at highway speeds and hardly feels like it is back there. Fuel efficiency suffers a few mpg when pulling but not significantly for me.
Is really nice trailer you did the right thing, trailers out there are very priced and suck 😀👍
Thanks!
VERY NICE!!!
Thank you!
Great job bud!
Thank you!
This is an awesome build! I used this as a template for my trailer build.
What D-rings did you use? I've been looking at some.
amazing - gonna try to build one myself over the next month or so... thanks for posting!
Thank you! Have fun with it.
This is exactly what I was looking for. I’m going to steal your design lol. Great build! Is it possible for you to list the mounts you have on the top rails. Looks like one sits flat and the other sits sideways. I need to get 4 kayaks on mine. Thanks for sharing this!
Awesome thank you! Enjoy your build. The mounts are Yakima but I forget the model names at the moment
Be careful about getting top heavy with 4 yaks.
Scott this is awesome trailer. My plan is to build a similar trailer. My question is do you have any idea of what your tongue weight is for trailer?
Thank you! It is under 100lbs not sure of the exact weight.
Great color...I thought it was all metal
Hi.. Very nice job on the custom trailer. Just what I'm wanting to do with my HF trailer exactly like yours. Do you how much the entire trailer as you have it with Kayak and gear weighs? and how much the trailer weight capacity is. I thought these trailers were only like 900 lbs. capacity?... I had a nasty blow out on one of my tires a while ago, scared the heck out of me. Thanks for sharing your video with us!
Thank you. I haven't had it weighed yet but I did estimate based on the lumber that was used. Capacity for the trailer is 1190 lbs. I estimate that I am well under that at under 800 lbs fully loaded with my gear. It rides really well with the weight of the wood box on it. If you were really concerned about blow outs I would probably upgrade to a better quality tire since they are probably not the highest quality that come with it. So far they have been great though. Thanks for watching my channel!
Nice job!
Thank you very much!
Loved the video... great job on it. I may borrow parts of your build here if that's OK. You really thought it out well. Thanks for sharing it with us!!
Thanks Chris! Glad it may help other people with their build!
Im still kinda upset they quit making this kayak. when I got my first I was watching your video on the trailer for Ideas and feel in love with the C-135.
I was heartbroken when I reached out to a dealer. 💔
I feel the same way. It is a great boat and I always thought they would bring it or something similar back to the market.
@@MSMAdventures the Caribbean 14 is a pretty good looking boat. one could probably trick it out and get close to what the 135 is.
I settled with the outlaw by perception. It is not a very good paddling boat but that’s what they made trolling motors for. lol
How do feel the tires hold up? Since you have been riding lots - any more tire feedback?
well done!
Thank you!
was there a reason you used 4 locks, vs just 1 in the center of each lid
Curious where you got those black door bumpers
You take it up to highway speeds? The HF trailer package still makes me nervous. I dig what you’ve done with your build!
I understand your concern for sure but it has been pretty good at highway speeds so far. I would love to upgrade axle at some point and put bigger more off road tires on it.
How did you get that nice rounded edge?
Do the uprite 2x4 on the sides not in to the brackets as well as the box? Thinking of doing this nice job
Yes they bolt to the box and into the trailers stock brackets. Makes it nice and solid. Thank you!
That thing is awesome! 👍
Thank you very much!
Nice job , wonder if you had to get a tag for your trailer.
Ok so funded the weight for tag but if you take to another state will they require one.
In the states I have traveled through, they honer your home states rules. I contact the state patrol before traveling to double check their rules.
I open my beer while I’m fishing
So the upright supports are 2x4? Looks great. I may be recreating this setup.
Correct 2x4. Thank you! Have fun with it, I love it! Thanks for watching.
How did you roll the corners like that without them leaking ? I am about to do a build like this for my wife and I
I used 1/4 round. Glued, nailed and sanded before primer and paint. Have fun with your build!
Amazing. do you know what the weight of it is, fully loaded?
Hello from Montreal Canada! Excellent build Scott! With the long winters here, will have to attempt a similar build myself. If you were to do this again, would you still use a Harbor Freight as your core trailer or go with something with an independant suspension? I'm sure you looked at all options with prices..any advice? You should Google Sketch your work and sell it, I would be your first customer :)
Thank you very much! I would use the Harbor Freight trailer again. Bang for the buck I'm impressed with this little trailer. With the weight of the custom box it rides pretty nice going down the road. I'm sure there are better trailers to use but any other options I looked at were several times the price. This worked great for my needs. Good luck with your build and have fun with it! Thanks for watching.
Awesome build! About to start this build this weekend, was curious how many sheets of plywood you needed and how many 2x4s, I'd appreciate the info :)
Thank you for very much! It's about 4 sheets of plywood and nut exactly sure about the 2x4s. Probably around 12 depending on how strong and heavy you want the box to be.
@@MSMAdventures No problem! I am dying to build this thing, going to pick up lumber this week when I get some free time, I got a steal on the same harbor freight trailer used for 50 bucks, couldn't beat the price. Thank you for the quick response! the help/info is greatly appreciated
Awesome build. How thick is the plywood you used?
Thanks! All 1/2" plywood
Great build! I recently purchased the same HF trailer and am going to build this exact camping/kayak trailer. Imitation is the best form of flattery, right? Lol! Anyway, I have several questions. Would you be willing to share an email address or is there another way I could contact you?
Very cool trailer set up! By far the best one for my buck. Gonna try and copy this you wouldn't happen to have the measurements or plan for this?
Thank you very much! I don't have plans unfortunately since I pretty much winged it from the vision in my head :) Let me know if I can help though. I kept measurements pretty simple around sheets of 4x8 plywood. 4' x 8' x 2' tall box.
Do you have a list of materials used, and possibly a step by step building guide of what you did? Definitely something I wouldn’t mind paying for to do the same build.
Unfortunately I do not. I pretty much build everything by the seat of my pants 😂
Excellent build..im in the process of my own rite now...gunna be stealing some ideas..thanks
Awesome, let me know if I can be of any help
really interested on what lumber you used, and where you got the hinges for doors and the on doors
Mostly 1/2 plywood and 2x4's. The hinges are just stainless piano hinges. Pretty simple but effective.
Perfect. Excelent!
Thank you!
What brand and model kayak is that?
Very nice build! Question? Is the inside of the box weather tight? What kind of paint ?
Thank you! I used primer and Rust-Oleum paint. Box is not weather tight but it was almost totally dry after a 8 hour drive in the rain so that's good enough for my needs :)
That's the best mod I've seen. How did u round over your corners?
It is actually 1/4 round glued and nailed
Thank you!