I thought i would keep a record of what i am doing with the new (to me) trailer.
Some background....
My first trailer was an M101a1 military trailer with a topper, that i painted, added a tongue box and full battery system too, among other things.. once i built it out and actually used it once, it was clear that it was WAY to heavy for my 1995 Defender 90 which is pushing 160k miles. So i sold it, in a day to another Rover guy locally and he is loving it, bringing it out to events and has taken it further in mod's... All if good there.
I loved it for the room, and hated it for the weight..
Fast Forward to last week, a friend was selling his Horizon here, and i bought it and picked it up at the Uwharrie event this past weekend.
It's a 2005 AT Horizon, with An Autohome Overland Large tent, Kitchen kit, twin 11gal propane tanks, water, battery, solar and a Torsen bar suspension. It's Pre- TAAS, i think in their experimentation phase as far as suspension goes.
My Pull truck is a 1995 Defender 90, with a stock 3.9l V8 and a bunch of changes, most of my camping is at national forests, and other places and varies from Primitive to improved sites, but mostly primitive, limited facilities for the trailer, I.e. no power/Water hook ups so being self sufficient is key here.
Most of my Camping is with one or both of my daughters, and the plan is to use it as a base camp primarily. We plan to drop it then head out for the day.
It's going to go through some modifications as i use it, and i'll document here.
The List (in no Particular order)
Complete...Items
- Change wheels to Defender pattern 5x6.5 - new wheels and tires to match my D90 255/85-16's on Wolf wheels
- Fridge slide for my ARB fridge - Tembo tusk , change the 12v trailer plug to a Merritt plug for the fridge
- Led lights for all 3 boxes to supplement the existing Led map lights installed
- Dual Group 31 AGM batteries, combiner/cut off and other wiring in the tongue box
Next Up
- USB & 12v outlets in kitchen box
Under consideration
- Foxwing awning to replace the current one
- Hotwater - on demand, water pump, and plumbing for dual gas, etc.. this is a major change item and will need more thought as so how to get it done correctly.
- foldable solar panels 2x100wto replace the current 65w rigid panel (more of a want than a need item)
- reverse LED flood lights, Baja Design
- Table - may need to do some modification to the tent and/or racks to fit this item - but want something like the ezi-awn large table
- power to tent for light and USB outlets
- kitchen area LED lights (flood or probably removable overhead lights for the awning) - i have an idea here
- run a +/- home run in the frame to a fuse box in the rear for all the lights/outlets
Dropped
- Battery monitor readout in the Tongue (using the Solar Controller for Voltage currently, no reason to add another readout)
- raise racks so i can fit the Oz tent (and above table) under there, add tie down track to the lid 3 rails (?)
- under tent platform night light (light the ladder area)
..........
I'll update as it goes.
Some background....
My first trailer was an M101a1 military trailer with a topper, that i painted, added a tongue box and full battery system too, among other things.. once i built it out and actually used it once, it was clear that it was WAY to heavy for my 1995 Defender 90 which is pushing 160k miles. So i sold it, in a day to another Rover guy locally and he is loving it, bringing it out to events and has taken it further in mod's... All if good there.
I loved it for the room, and hated it for the weight..
Fast Forward to last week, a friend was selling his Horizon here, and i bought it and picked it up at the Uwharrie event this past weekend.
It's a 2005 AT Horizon, with An Autohome Overland Large tent, Kitchen kit, twin 11gal propane tanks, water, battery, solar and a Torsen bar suspension. It's Pre- TAAS, i think in their experimentation phase as far as suspension goes.
My Pull truck is a 1995 Defender 90, with a stock 3.9l V8 and a bunch of changes, most of my camping is at national forests, and other places and varies from Primitive to improved sites, but mostly primitive, limited facilities for the trailer, I.e. no power/Water hook ups so being self sufficient is key here.
Most of my Camping is with one or both of my daughters, and the plan is to use it as a base camp primarily. We plan to drop it then head out for the day.
It's going to go through some modifications as i use it, and i'll document here.
The List (in no Particular order)
Complete...Items
- Change wheels to Defender pattern 5x6.5 - new wheels and tires to match my D90 255/85-16's on Wolf wheels
- Fridge slide for my ARB fridge - Tembo tusk , change the 12v trailer plug to a Merritt plug for the fridge
- Led lights for all 3 boxes to supplement the existing Led map lights installed
- Dual Group 31 AGM batteries, combiner/cut off and other wiring in the tongue box
Next Up
- USB & 12v outlets in kitchen box
Under consideration
- Foxwing awning to replace the current one
- Hotwater - on demand, water pump, and plumbing for dual gas, etc.. this is a major change item and will need more thought as so how to get it done correctly.
- foldable solar panels 2x100wto replace the current 65w rigid panel (more of a want than a need item)
- reverse LED flood lights, Baja Design
- Table - may need to do some modification to the tent and/or racks to fit this item - but want something like the ezi-awn large table
- power to tent for light and USB outlets
- kitchen area LED lights (flood or probably removable overhead lights for the awning) - i have an idea here
- run a +/- home run in the frame to a fuse box in the rear for all the lights/outlets
Dropped
- Battery monitor readout in the Tongue (using the Solar Controller for Voltage currently, no reason to add another readout)
- raise racks so i can fit the Oz tent (and above table) under there, add tie down track to the lid 3 rails (?)
- under tent platform night light (light the ladder area)
..........
I'll update as it goes.
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