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Our new home away from home.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:12 pm
by Subaman
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
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:30 pm
by D3V1L
looks shit hot
dave
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:10 am
by Wilbur
Stone deflector ?
Kitchen Sink ?
Love the colour choice on the canvas. Shouldn't show up too much of that red dirt
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:28 am
by Subaman
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;)
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:58 am
by vincentvega
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
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:09 pm
by Subaman
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
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:57 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
Where are the pics of it up and with the new wheels?
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:22 pm
by Subaman
arent they showing up for you? there should be two links to the picture of it up etc.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:57 am
by Wilbur
Dave must be high on welding fumes or something. I can see them
Not long now
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:38 pm
by Suba
Looks mint , very similar to the one we have , great choice.
Mike.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:24 pm
by Subaman
Thanks Mike, you still got yours? if so hows it all going, anything I need to watch out for etc?
Cheers
Grant
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:58 pm
by riksta
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:41 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
The 2 links where coming up as a dead link last night but can see em now
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 3:43 pm
by Suba
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.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:02 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
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?
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:26 pm
by Suba
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.
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:43 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
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.
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:06 am
by Suba
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.
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 8:43 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
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.