HOW I BUILT A CAMPER ON A 4x4 HARBOR FREIGHT TRAILER

[wilcoy02]

Getting it weighed is on my agenda for next week. Now I have to unpack everything that I have packed for my trip in July.

 

[Dadster]

Nice job. :good:

 

[wilcoy02]

The trailer with the tent and poles weighed 440 pounds.
Cargo area is empty.

 

[alwims]

Word of advice. Keep an eye on the frame where the spring hangers bolt to it. We've got a camper built on a HF trailer and had a catastrophic failure of the frame at the hangers. I've since welded and beefed up the frame and it still pulls like a dream.

 

[wilcoy02]

Since my trip to Alaska.

On the trip I had to buy new 8" tires to put on. The 12" wheels was to top heavy and pushed the bike along. The tongue was not level with the trailer hitch.

The shocks I had to reinforce the wood as they pushed the wood out when the lids were closed.
If I had to do it again I would make the storage box Lid 2-3 inches high instead of the 6" I used.

 

[dan filipi]

Can you cut down the lid?

 

[wilcoy02]

It would be a lot of work to do that. As all the post need to be carved out for the strength.