Recent content by A Southern Gentleman

The basic trailer is now complete and usable with the Tepui tent mounted on the rack. I still have other accessories that I plan to add to the trailer like the aforementioned tongue box and electrical bits. I also have a Rotopax mount I plan to put on one of the sides and will also probably...

The rack is now mounted on the trailer. The rack is composed of the "No Weld Trailer Rack Towers" and "No Weld Rack Cross Bars" from Compact Camping Concepts (compactcampingstore.com). As their website warns, these rack parts do require measuring, marking, drilling and painting of the metal...

I got the tailgate and latches installed this morning. It's finally starting to look complete.

I finally got around to mounting the latch so the lid will now stay closed. I've also acquired and painted cross bars for the rack. I'll need to fabricate some mounting plates for the inside of the lid before I attach the brackets for the rack. When that gets done I'll finally be able to...

The lid is now bolted to the trailer and the struts are installed. The underside of the lid is white and I'm planning to put a bunch of Jeep-related stickers under there so you can see them when the lid is up. The strut mouting brackets are welded at the center point of the lid and about 8...

they are listed on the packing sheet as item 9416K21 Gas spring, 26.38" extended length, 150lbs force. See my following post for more info on the struts and a picture.

I got them from midwestmilitary.com - they are listed as the "full red lens" and are $20 each

I've gotten the trailer all wired up. I bought some Packard connectors online and connected those to a 4-pin wiring harness that now plugs into the new trailer harness I had installed. You can see the connection point along the side of the frame in front. You may notice in that same picture...

I got all of the nuts and bolts in the specialty hardware drawers at Lowe's. Most of them are stainless steel version of what was on the trailer originally. I just took the old rusty ones with me and compared to what was in the drawers at Lowe's. Some of the stranger bits I've put through my...

This project is really coming together. The tub and fenders have been married back to the frame. I also mounted two telescoping swing-down trailer jacks on the rear of the frame. They are 22.5 inches long when fully extended. I found them on Amazon. The jacks should add some stability when...

A couple of weeks ago we got the gas strut mounts welded to the tub and lid and test fit the new struts. They look like they are going to work great. I ordered the gas struts online from McMaster-Carr. Finally this weekend we had a couple of warm dry days so I was able to get the tub...

Here we are test fitting the lid and measuring for gas struts. The lid weighs about 125 lbs. With the added weight of a roof top tent we will need some pretty sturdy struts.

The skin for the lid has been bent and thankfully it fits. The next step is to start clamping and welding. Sharp viewers might notice another project vehicle in the background.

I am in the process of building a overland trailer from an M416. Here is the thread on that build: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/a-southern-m416.208177/ A lid will cover the top of the trailer. I have a tailgate that has been fabricated for the rear of the trailer that is hinged...

We bought a 5x10 sheet of 16 guage steel. I cut out a piece for the lid. The tabs will be bent up to form a box that will be welded onto the lid's frame. I also cut out a piece that we welded onto the tailgate frame. The 15 inch Lock-N-Roll hitch is installed on the trailer. We will...