Watching all you guys punching out these TriTrailers is very interesting, and motivational, but i wonder how practical they are. Most of the loads I move are rather light and bulky so i need more room than a triton tray allows.
A solution arose when my 20 year old, roughly, camper trailer developed a leak when it was in storage over winter. The dreaded black mould moved in and perished the canvas to a state were it was unrepairable. The more I investigated, the worse it got, it was everywere and you cant get rid of this stuff.
A bit of history. I'm the third owner of this camper. It started out life as a hard floor onroad camper whose chassis broke due to rough use. It was then mounted on a heavy duty Chassis on 16" wheels with a five leaf spring pack and a Treg coupling. The next owner mounted swing away wheel/jerry can/gas bottle holder, Boat and outboard frame, fuel tank and a 60 l water tank under, as well as seven leaf springs. I bought it for $500 in a very poor condition, added another 60l water tank, water pump, electrics and converted the boat carrier for my canoes. I was doing it up when the seal failed.
So what to do. Convert it to a Trailer of course.
Stripped the camper off
Cut off all the extras
Add a 7' by 5' alloy drop side tray from ebay $300
Refurbish Electrics
Refurbish water pump
The first trial run
It certainly proved its worth over easter,carrying all the camping gear for 8 people for 4 days.
It certainly aint pretty, but it sure is practical