The Ultimate DIY thread - Ubuilding (Pics)
Hey all, There is another, albeit smaller, side to this whole RV thing - those crazy folks who build their own for whatever reason. Whether you've scratch-built it from the ground up, assembled a kit...
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Francesca, I'm curious to know how you judged the net weight of the build would exceed the trailer's capabilities from my original post ?
I think you misunderstood - I'm not putting a traditional TT body (and its corresponding weight) onto a popup frame.
Why would those wheels/tires be unsafe ? They're rated at around 900lbs EACH...which is well over half of the design gross.
I will probably be going to a 12" wheel (@~1150lbs), but that's just to give me a little more ground clearance for logging roads.
The scale ticket was 480kg to dump the body (the rolling chassis was tare) so that's my design limit. The trailer's reg is for 700kg, so that's my design gross, though that's more legislative because of lighting and brakes than structural. I haven't weighed the rolling chassis, but I'm including it in the design limit since it is structural weight after all.
Westend's got it right: this trailer with its full body will still come in less than the scale ticket when I took the last one to the dump...INCLUDING the frame's weight (it was tare on the last weigh in)
Since I drive a small pickup, a heavy trailer is utterly useless to me. That's why even the cabinet carcasses and bulkheads are glassed foam rather than plywood, which would be cheaper, easier and faster to build.
I think you misunderstood - I'm not putting a traditional TT body (and its corresponding weight) onto a popup frame.
Why would those wheels/tires be unsafe ? They're rated at around 900lbs EACH...which is well over half of the design gross.
I will probably be going to a 12" wheel (@~1150lbs), but that's just to give me a little more ground clearance for logging roads.
The scale ticket was 480kg to dump the body (the rolling chassis was tare) so that's my design limit. The trailer's reg is for 700kg, so that's my design gross, though that's more legislative because of lighting and brakes than structural. I haven't weighed the rolling chassis, but I'm including it in the design limit since it is structural weight after all.
Westend's got it right: this trailer with its full body will still come in less than the scale ticket when I took the last one to the dump...INCLUDING the frame's weight (it was tare on the last weigh in)
Since I drive a small pickup, a heavy trailer is utterly useless to me. That's why even the cabinet carcasses and bulkheads are glassed foam rather than plywood, which would be cheaper, easier and faster to build.
