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Good question. When I originally built it I was told it didn't require a license because it was single axle and didn't hit a weight to require a license. I've forgotten what the weight limit is but it's still not that heavy a trailer and I've never had an issue with it. Never been stopped or...

How many miles on the drivetrain? Is the motor complete with all accessories and harness?

A couple other small additions now that the tent rack was a success. I got my CO2 tank bracket mounted up again and added another spot for a fuel can on the tongue. Then we put it to use. We took the family to California and camped for a week in the tent. Came home for two days just so...

But there was a problem with the tent mounted to the Thule bars on the trailer. It wasn't high enough to use the annex with the tent. The reason I bought the tent with the annex is because I have 4 kids and my wife isn't comfortable camping if we are in separate tents from the kids. So the...

I was tired of mooching the RTT from my friend and finally invested in one of my own this summer. I picked up a Tepui Autana with the annex. It is nearly identical to the ARB Simpson II. And is essentially a rebadge of the TJM tent and the CVT tent. I've really enjoyed it.

This past summer we had some family camping trips planned and the trailer needed a few changes. First off I wanted to move the water cans from the tongue of the trailer to the sides in front of the fenders. This let me move the cooler rack farther back. I did this because crossing steep...

About this point my Cruiser went into semi-retirement and I was pulling the trailer almost exclusively with my Tacoma. The Tacoma isn't as tall as the Cruiser and has 33's instead of 35's so the trailer was a little tongue low behind the Tacoma. I sold the 35's that were on the trailer and...

The fenders took a pounding over the years and were covered in rock chips from lots of trail miles. So about a year ago I pulled the fenders off and sprayed them with Rustoleum bed liner. I like the look of the black fenders and the fenders are more durable now.

Everything above was completed back in 2008. I ran the trailer this way for quite a while with no changes. I borrowed a friend's 1st Gen Mombasa tent several times and carried it on the trailer. It was a great camp set up and the trailer worked great. Canyonlands campground in Moab. You...

The next and almost final step before having it useable was to get the bedliner sprayed. Again I was going on the cheap so I got some DIY Raptor Liner and borrowed a compressor and sprayed it in the back yard. All in all I'm really impressed with the Raptor Liner. IMO it is hands down the...

Oh! I forgot to mention that before I sprayed primer or paint I used 3M seam sealer on all the joints and seams that weren't fully welded. I did this inside, outside and underneath.

So back to the fenders that weren't quite wide enough for the tires. Someone on another forum had given me an idea that CJ7 fender flares might be the same radius as the fenders I was using. I called the Rad Jeeper (here locally) and he had some used flares. Brought them home and wouldn't you...

One other little detail..... This trailer needed to be multi-purpose. It wasn't going to be a dedicated "overland" trailer. I needed to be able to use it for crap around the house too. So I welded in some captured nuts into the interior uprights in the tub so that I could bolt in some tall...

I forgot to mention that I measured the tongue length to be as short as possible but still long enough that the trailer box would not contact the truck if I jackknifed the trailer.

The axle and spring kit from Henderson was $115 I think. Would be more if had brakes on the axle but I figured my final weight would be light enough that brakes wouldn't be necessary.

With it hooked up and rolling it made sense to take it for its first test run around the neighborhood to see how it pulled. Worked great and didn't notice any issues. Later I would test it at freeway speeds. after the test run it was time to get working on the skins. I picked up a...

Jumping ahead a little bit I didn't take pictures of the process of building the tongue, but its stupid simple just a tongue that extendeds through to the second crossmember and is triangluated. Also I found a pair of wheels in Idaho to match the Cruiser and they showed up and I mounted a pair...

Trailer needed a tailgate so I framed one up and welded some hinges in. About that time my coupler showed up. I ordered a Lock-n-Roll. ...and just about lit my frank-n-beans on fire. :)

...Continued. One I had the box sides framed and the top rails on it was time for the suspension so I could get the axle under it. I went the cheap route with the trailer springs that came with the axle from Henderson Wheel. I flipped the box over and measured a few times with the springs...

I had a few pictures of my trailer in my Tacoma build thread and had a few people ask for more details on the trailer, so here's a little build thread to hopefully give some ideas to those considering a trailer. First off, I had no idea what I was going when I started this build. I knew what...