Our new home away from home.

Subaman · Post by **Subaman** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:12 pm

My new home away from home, got the trailer custom made and bought the tent top from eBay. Trailer has shackle springs, 2 inch chassis frame, longer draw bar, disc brakes, Subaru stud pattern, LED lights and has had the sides filled in near the guards to carry battery, jerry cans gas bottle etc, WRX 15x6 alloys with Cooper AT tyres and the trailer is rated to carry 1 tonne.

In typical BYB form, with in 2 hours of the trailer arriving home we were giving it a few mods with the big hammer,grinder and welder etc....... priceless

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:30 pm

looks shit hot

dave

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:10 am

Stone deflector ?
Kitchen Sink ?
Love the colour choice on the canvas. Shouldn't show up too much of that red dirt

Subaman · Post by **Subaman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:28 am

Stone deflector ?

Its coming

Kitchen Sink ?

Thats coming too

Love the colour choice on the canvas. Shouldn't show up too much of that red dirt

yeah I know, problem was there was no choice, thats the only colour they came in, luckily canvas can be washed though;)

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:58 am

canvas still looks good in red desert camo.. im sure my tent will never look the same after this trip and i really dont care

Subaman · Post by **Subaman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:09 pm

Yeah nothing like a bit of red dirt to show off on ya tent, kinda gives you a few extra bragging rights around the camp site

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:57 pm

Where are the pics of it up and with the new wheels?

Subaman · Post by **Subaman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:22 pm

arent they showing up for you? there should be two links to the picture of it up etc.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:57 am

Dave must be high on welding fumes or something. I can see them

Not long now

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:38 pm

Looks mint , very similar to the one we have , great choice.

Mike.

Subaman · Post by **Subaman** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:24 pm

Thanks Mike, you still got yours? if so hows it all going, anything I need to watch out for etc?
Cheers
Grant

riksta · Post by **riksta** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:58 pm

looking real good there Grant and Kim, should be snug as a bug in your new home, and the WRX rims set it off nice.
Hope all go's well on your trip.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:41 pm

The 2 links where coming up as a dead link last night but can see em now

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:43 pm

Have no probs at all and we did some real nasty goat tracks through the back of Bourke on the way home last time we were over.
The only thing you may want to do is get a better foam matress , if it is anything like the one in ours it isnt dense enough and I found I was laying on the wood base .

Mike.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:02 pm

I thought that might be the case with the mattress in mine as well as i have only shop tested it and it wasnt great but ok. Looks like its off to find a better one.

Another question for you Mike, what was it like with keeping dust out?

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:26 pm

Dave , in the camper it'self it was really good , it did however get quite a lot of dust in the trailor part underneath , nothing a bit of silicone and some foam dam won;t fix though.

Mike.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:43 pm

Cool, any other suggestions as i am going to start building my trailer this week as i have to then get the gearbox in the Liberty swapped the week after.

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:06 am

This sort of goes for any trailer that you are towing , Something to stop the rocks from deflecting of the front of the trailer and hitting the rear screen on the car , we had one that bounced of the trailer and hit the rear screen so hard I couldnt believe it didnt shatter the glass .

Mike.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:43 pm

Already have that one on the list but we only recently had the conversation about the Subys back window having enough curve in it to bounce off. With your comment it is further up the must have list now.