I bought a 4x4 utility trailer and going to build something close to yours, camping, and to carry my paddle boards. Really like your design of your off road trailer 👌.
GREAT BUILD! May I add GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. Three year ago we bought a Smittybult Gen II, that's a story on its own, and mounted it on a 4x5 open trailer that we already had. Soon we started planning a new trailer. We stopped by Lowe's to compare and decided on a 4x6 is what we needed. We started designing and buying stuff, lights, fenders, latches etc. About a year ago I stumbled onto your build video and told my wife, look this guy has built my trailer. I live in middle Tn and go to the mountain regularly. Would like to someday meet up and compare. Loved that your spending time with kids and making them a part of it.
Hey buddy I'm fixing to start on mine so Steven it sure would be nice Ole buddy if you would come help me I won't mind a bit I sure won't! Since we are neighbors it shouldn't be no problem im over here in Upper Cumberland. Thanks and I will go ahead and put a pot of coffee on!
@@Tommy-rr7ez I didn't start with a pre-made trailer. I made a 4x6x2 ft box from 2x2x1/8 angle iron and went from there. It has 2000lb torsion axle that give it 20 in ground clearance. It only weighs about 1200lbs including gear.
@steven-ft5pz OH ok! No I was just joking! Your welcome to come but I preciate advice but my hardest part has been just getting started. What most videos I've seen used 2x2 tubular steel but he used angle and that's what i needed to see. Once I get the frame the rest won't be to bad. I won't to make sure it's tough enough to handle off road depending on where I go. The Scottys camper I got a few months ago has to be redone in the interior, water damage, but I looked at it and there is NO way it could ever handle overland. It's asphalt and campground only and that just won't work. I've got another piece of bare land in Cumberland Plateau that I need a tough trailer to be able the county road to get to it. The Scotty has a lot of parts I can use to do my 4x6 stove sink etc so if I don't sell it this week I will make good use out of it. I hope yall are enjoying yalls trailer and I can't wait to get mine done so I can get out there and go.
@@Tommy-rr7ez Yes I understand tough. I'd put mine against anybody. As far as frame it has a 2x3 tube entire length with receiver hitch in rear, tubing cross members support axles. If you look at mine and Ovrlnd east they are almost twins. Same shape, tent, even taillights. But I didn't start with utility trailer. I planed for a year, then started buying parts during covid when everything was hard to get and took about a year to build. We go thru Cookeville and Crossville periodically wouldn't mind ya seeing mine. Maybe we can hookup someday.
Craftsmanship. I see Craftsmanship. Gaps are consistent as welds are. It sounds tight and solid. What a great job and configuration. I'm trying to configure yak hauler and sleeper. Side bar. My son helped me working on vehicles and building/remodeling. He now earns over 100,000 a year and never set foot in a college classroom or a tech school. He learned electricity, pneumatic, hydraulic, A/C, heating, and tools and techniques. We don't know what our Son's will be. We can only inspire and share our experiences and knowledge. And keep their hands full! But you know this.... Well done job on trailer. Really great job. It's all in the details and your well acquainted with details I see.
One of the auxbeam 6 gang switch panels are awesome for allowing you to easily organize your electrical setup. That's what we did for our m416. We put in it a tongue box with the battery
What a great project to share with your two sons. The trailer turned out great! I hope to start my own project in the near future. Thank you for the inspiration.
Hey buddy great video and the best explaining ive heard! Best part is you and your boys spending priceless time together and please tell them im proud of them too! Ive got a 4x6 toughest little trailer ive ever seen build that small. I dont know who built it but boy did they build it tough. Its got a solid sheet of steel floor in it i brlieve is 1/8 inch thick but it actualy maybe thicker. I was going to do what yall have done and then a buddy put a topper on me so i changed my mind with trailer and then another buddy put a round 70 or 71 Scottys camper on me so o changed plans again and then another buddy throwed a old 2 horse horse trailer on me so i changed AGAIN and i said NO more. So now im selling Scotty cqmper and horse trailer. Im going to do inside topper and build a overland trailer like yall with 4x6. Ive watched many videos but i couldnt figure out what type frame to use and most use tube steel. But you using angle is exactly what i need to do so thanks for that and many other ideas. I aint never done this so if you dont mind could spare one of your boys to come help and then It shouldnt take no time with them being experienced i sure would preciate it. By now i pray yall have had countless great days! Thanks and Happy Trails to yall!
we did the same thing with our overland build but we ordered our axle from Dexter and they had mounted the spring perches on the wrong side so that it was above the spring. we wanted it below the spring. You really should weld on perches to the correct side because flipping the axle sets the preload of the axle the wrong direction. All axles have a slight bend to them and you can see when you flipped it the preload is now upside down. Just a heads up.
Awesome. Glad to hear you picked up some ideas from the vid. And definitely get the boys involved. Be sure to subscribe. I’ve made the upgrades I mentioned and plan to do a 1 year review on the trailer soon. Good luck.
Nice to see someone with common since to have built one instead of dropping 8k on a prebuilt which in my opinion is way over priced for what they are. Nice Job!
When you extend the hitch forward also extend it rearward and tie it into the hitch on back of trailer. If you get stuck you can use the trailer to tie onto to pull you out with out damaging it.
I recently came into a 3x5 trailer and am wanting to build some variety of off road trailer out of it and I’m bouncing around the idea of mounting one or two Optima batteries in a tongue box and setting up a heavy power connection using Anderson plugs so the batteries in the trailer get charged by the alternator when the truck is running. Might opt for a battery isolation relay of some kind just to keep from accidently running the truck battery too low if I have the trailer connected but I’m still planning out details. The idea of an on board battery and an Anderson plug to the tow vehicle is pretty appealing to me.
Hi bro , very nice build. Do you have more detailed information about how you made the doors. And the frame of the doors ? Especially the edge where you mount the weather seal
On your 15x5 rims what tire size did you go with? I was told 205/75r15 was the biggest I could do on a 15x5. Thanks, great job on the trailer! Building mine now.
Did you just rotate the axle 180 and remount it? There is a natural bend in the axle and you are supposed to attach new perches on the top and keep the axle the same without rotating it to maintain the bend that is in the axle. The bend has a purpose to level the axle under load. Have you experienced any issues like uneven tire wear or it not tracking correctly?
I like this. So you know, with lumber prices now and a year ago, HDPE and ABS panelling would have been cheaper, waterproof, you could use VHB tape for adhesive and have a colour choice...for next time, cheers!
I bought a 4x4 utility trailer and going to build something close to yours, camping, and to carry my paddle boards.
Really like your design of your off road trailer 👌.
Nice build, and it's great that you did it with your boys, great memories
You make it look so easy. What a great project to do with your boys. I hope you get years of enjoyment!
Great to see kids helping out and enjoying the work.
Here in Aus we try to make the tyre size the same a the truck. Just in case. I've been places 1000 km from help.
That is brilliant! Good thinking!
I was going to go the military cargo trailer route but this seems more of what I’m going for. Thank you. Amazing build sir.
Nice build.
Good to see that you involved your kids in the build.
Love that you have your boys helping!
GREAT BUILD! May I add GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. Three year ago we bought a Smittybult Gen II, that's a story on its own, and mounted it on a 4x5 open trailer that we already had. Soon we started planning a new trailer. We stopped by Lowe's to compare and decided on a 4x6 is what we needed. We started designing and buying stuff, lights, fenders, latches etc. About a year ago I stumbled onto your build video and told my wife, look this guy has built my trailer. I live in middle Tn and go to the mountain regularly. Would like to someday meet up and compare. Loved that your spending time with kids and making them a part of it.
Hey buddy I'm fixing to start on mine so Steven it sure would be nice Ole buddy if you would come help me I won't mind a bit I sure won't! Since we are neighbors it shouldn't be no problem im over here in Upper Cumberland. Thanks and I will go ahead and put a pot of coffee on!
@@Tommy-rr7ez To me upper cumberland is still a few hours away but advice is free. What ya need
@@Tommy-rr7ez I didn't start with a pre-made trailer. I made a 4x6x2 ft box from 2x2x1/8 angle iron and went from there. It has 2000lb torsion axle that give it 20 in ground clearance. It only weighs about 1200lbs including gear.
@steven-ft5pz OH ok! No I was just joking! Your welcome to come but I preciate advice but my hardest part has been just getting started. What most videos I've seen used 2x2 tubular steel but he used angle and that's what i needed to see. Once I get the frame the rest won't be to bad. I won't to make sure it's tough enough to handle off road depending on where I go. The Scottys camper I got a few months ago has to be redone in the interior, water damage, but I looked at it and there is NO way it could ever handle overland. It's asphalt and campground only and that just won't work. I've got another piece of bare land in Cumberland Plateau that I need a tough trailer to be able the county road to get to it. The Scotty has a lot of parts I can use to do my 4x6 stove sink etc so if I don't sell it this week I will make good use out of it. I hope yall are enjoying yalls trailer and I can't wait to get mine done so I can get out there and go.
@@Tommy-rr7ez Yes I understand tough. I'd put mine against anybody. As far as frame it has a 2x3 tube entire length with receiver hitch in rear, tubing cross members support axles. If you look at mine and Ovrlnd east they are almost twins. Same shape, tent, even taillights. But I didn't start with utility trailer. I planed for a year, then started buying parts during covid when everything was hard to get and took about a year to build. We go thru Cookeville and Crossville periodically wouldn't mind ya seeing mine. Maybe we can hookup someday.
Great job guys, time well spent making great memories.
Good job on the build guys. Great ideas for my future build.
Craftsmanship. I see Craftsmanship. Gaps are consistent as welds are. It sounds tight and solid. What a great job and configuration.
I'm trying to configure yak hauler and sleeper.
Side bar. My son helped me working on vehicles and building/remodeling. He now earns over 100,000 a year and never set foot in a college classroom or a tech school. He learned electricity, pneumatic, hydraulic, A/C, heating, and tools and techniques.
We don't know what our Son's will be. We can only inspire and share our experiences and knowledge. And keep their hands full!
But you know this....
Well done job on trailer. Really great job. It's all in the details and your well acquainted with details I see.
That looks great. Well done.
Thanks for sharing! Thinking maybe to take on a similar project with my son. Good stuff!
Nice trailer. I have a 4x6 trailer I'm about to start on. You gave me alot of great ideas for sure!
Good to hear. Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck and enjoy the build.
Awesome build! Good to see your version of an offroad trailer. Thanks for sharing!
Hands down, best build I have seen.
Awesome build, and even better to have your sons help. That project will make memories and experiences for years to come.
Great build and along some great back round zeppelin, yeah.
Awesome setup man!! I'm sure your boys will enjoy that for years to come.
I love how easy you made it look, makes me think I can manage a project like this. Great content!!
Great build. I like the angle iron and the gussets to be able to use plywood for the sides and top of the box.
Thanks. Nice job. Just the answer to my camping plans. Now, I’m going to one.
Awesome build! Best part was watching your son help build it. Trailer is perfect and for a fraction of the cost of a manufactured trailer.
Nice build. Having fun getting it done.
Cheers
Great build, thanks for sharing.
Awesome job on the trailer, you gave me so many good ideas for my trailer, you definitely got my sub
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
One of the auxbeam 6 gang switch panels are awesome for allowing you to easily organize your electrical setup. That's what we did for our m416. We put in it a tongue box with the battery
What a great project to share with your two sons. The trailer turned out great!
I hope to start my own project in the near future. Thank you for the inspiration.
Awesome job, great video! enjoy.
What a awesome job I want to build my own now
Hey buddy great video and the best explaining ive heard! Best part is you and your boys spending priceless time together and please tell them im proud of them too! Ive got a 4x6 toughest little trailer ive ever seen build that small. I dont know who built it but boy did they build it tough. Its got a solid sheet of steel floor in it i brlieve is 1/8 inch thick but it actualy maybe thicker. I was going to do what yall have done and then a buddy put a topper on me so i changed my mind with trailer and then another buddy put a round 70 or 71 Scottys camper on me so o changed plans again and then another buddy throwed a old 2 horse horse trailer on me so i changed AGAIN and i said NO more. So now im selling Scotty cqmper and horse trailer. Im going to do inside topper and build a overland trailer like yall with 4x6. Ive watched many videos but i couldnt figure out what type frame to use and most use tube steel. But you using angle is exactly what i need to do so thanks for that and many other ideas. I aint never done this so if you dont mind could spare one of your boys to come help and then It shouldnt take no time with them being experienced i sure would preciate it. By now i pray yall have had countless great days! Thanks and Happy Trails to yall!
Nice job. Just got mine. Gonna be modding it out over the summer. Can't wait. Great job sir ...
Very nice built! I’m thinking of building one myself. Thank you for the share
Great trailer. I’m losing my ability to overland due to eyesight. Looked at this for a rc rig.
Love the topo map paint job.
Thanks. Not my idea but it worked out ok
Howd you do that?
Used my wife’s cricket. Cut out a template, stuck it on and painted.
@@ovrlndeast2834 I didn’t know they could do all that so is it wood or some other material?
Side panels are wood.
That is one nice build for sure!
Looks great. Very nice build
Awesome build, kept it simple and it came out solid and ready for the additional features you're going to add
Thanks. Most of the upgrades are done and the part 2 vid is coming soon
Thanks again.
This trailer build is great man. Good job.
Pretty work
Great build!
we did the same thing with our overland build but we ordered our axle from Dexter and they had mounted the spring perches on the wrong side so that it was above the spring. we wanted it below the spring. You really should weld on perches to the correct side because flipping the axle sets the preload of the axle the wrong direction. All axles have a slight bend to them and you can see when you flipped it the preload is now upside down. Just a heads up.
Just reworked the leafs and suspension. Fixed the perches also. Thanks for the tip.
@@ovrlndeast2834 awesome and good luck with the build. you can check our build on our UA-cam.
Awesome build !!!
Finishing my trailer up now. Used a lot of your advice and looks much like your trailer.
Awesome. Glad the vid helped out.
I' was given to me a trailer 4.5 x 5.5 I'm going to build a similar box I appreciate your ideas ,looks good
Great job mate
Outstanding build!!
Thanks. Making upgrades now. Part 2 coming at some point. Haha.
That's pretty cool! I bet my Civic could tow something like that. Or maybe it's time I got a truck. lol
Looks good nice job.
awesome build well done mate
man oh man! love it bro!
Great build, congrats for the trailer, for getting yours kidos involved and for the desire to share your experience! Way to go!
Just picked up my Facebook market place trailer! Going to use some of your ideas! Hoping I can get my boys out there to help me build it?
Awesome. Glad to hear you picked up some ideas from the vid. And definitely get the boys involved.
Be sure to subscribe. I’ve made the upgrades I mentioned and plan to do a 1 year review on the trailer soon.
Good luck.
Great build! Thank you for showing us.
Nice build!!
Great job.
It was great to see this build in person, great job!
awesome job my man.
Great Job !!
Great joh on your trailer
That is an impressive build sir. Kudos
Very nice work! I wish you were my neighbor! LOL
Nice to see someone with common since to have built one instead of dropping 8k on a prebuilt which in my opinion is way over priced for what they are. Nice Job!
When you extend the hitch forward also extend it rearward and tie it into the hitch on back of trailer. If you get stuck you can use the trailer to tie onto to pull you out with out damaging it.
This would also add rigidity to the trailer and drawbar.
It would prevent this from happening;
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Nice job. I think I would add a roto pack holder for extra water or gas.
I recently came into a 3x5 trailer and am wanting to build some variety of off road trailer out of it and I’m bouncing around the idea of mounting one or two Optima batteries in a tongue box and setting up a heavy power connection using Anderson plugs so the batteries in the trailer get charged by the alternator when the truck is running. Might opt for a battery isolation relay of some kind just to keep from accidently running the truck battery too low if I have the trailer connected but I’m still planning out details. The idea of an on board battery and an Anderson plug to the tow vehicle is pretty appealing to me.
Hi bro , very nice build.
Do you have more detailed information about how you made the doors. And the frame of the doors ?
Especially the edge where you mount the weather seal
Awesome build! Come to the beach and let's fish!
Which beach??
Great video
Nice Work,!
Cool build
Good job!
I LOVE IT! ❤ AMAZING!
Looks great!
Good stuff
Super dope !
Thanks for sharing.
Inspiring project indeed . Thanks !
This is so awesome imma go buy me a trailer from home depot
Have you had a chance to use off road? How does the ball hitch work? Trying to decide between a pintle or a ball.
Nice trailer. Kinda looks like your weather stripping is on backwards???
On your 15x5 rims what tire size did you go with? I was told 205/75r15 was the biggest I could do on a 15x5. Thanks, great job on the trailer! Building mine now.
Using fiberglass resin on the plywood worked great on my tiny boat build.
Cool project. I wonder how much it cost to build it.
het there good job, going to build one myself, just one thing, the weather strip is on the wrong way, soft side to the door surface.
The weatherstripping is on backwards! The foam goes on the outside. Nice trailer BTW~
You are correct. But it wouldn’t work that way. Had to improvise. Still had no leaks.
nice build
Did you just rotate the axle 180 and remount it? There is a natural bend in the axle and you are supposed to attach new perches on the top and keep the axle the same without rotating it to maintain the bend that is in the axle. The bend has a purpose to level the axle under load. Have you experienced any issues like uneven tire wear or it not tracking correctly?
very nice! how much would you sell one like that?
Bro, that looks good. I like it. What are the wheels? Where did you get them?
Thanks! Great ideas!
Great build! Whats the dry weight of the trailer when all is said and done?
Just the trailer, no gear. 1050 lbs.
What hinges are those? Looking for some for my own build.
Stumbled on this video. Looking at making a build like this for my daughter and I to start camping. Do you know the weight by chance?
On the framework for the box. How tall is the box from the frame of the original trailer bed?
What wheels and tires did you use? Thanks!
One year later. How is the plywood holding up?
I like this. So you know, with lumber prices now and a year ago, HDPE and ABS panelling would have been cheaper, waterproof, you could use VHB tape for adhesive and have a colour choice...for next time, cheers!