Tent trailer size? & Build thread

[CalSgt]

Skinned the inside of the doors & installed latches today. I just need to fab in a floor, tent rack, and fenders, pull some wiring & it will be ready for paint. I ordered a few gallons of Raptor liner on Amazon, it cost over triple what automotive paint would have but hopefully will hold up better.

 

[wjtstudios]

Almost there! What color did you order?


2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler

 

[CalSgt]

Almost there! What color did you order?


2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler

GM bright white for the box & Black for the frame, fenders, & tent rack

 

[wjtstudios]

GM bright white for the box & Black for the frame, fenders, & tent rack

That’ll look great with your Jeep.


2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler

 

[CalSgt]

That’ll look great with your Jeep.


2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler

Thanks...

I had a bunch of big plans to make a kitchen slide out for the inside, and a bunch of lighting but I will probably won't be able to afford it now... Effing Governor Newsom is cutting both me and my wife's pay by at least 10% & probably cutting 2400 jobs from our department.

 

[wjtstudios]

Thanks...

I had a bunch of big plans to make a kitchen slide out for the inside, and a bunch of lighting but I will probably won't be able to afford it now... Effing Governor Newsom is cutting both me and my wife's pay by at least 10% & probably cutting 2400 jobs from our department.

That sucks, this really can’t end soon enough.


2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler

 

[Brute]

Your trailer is beginning to come together nicely...great work man

 

[rubiDave]

I've been following your trailer build. Nice work and I hope you're able to complete it the way you want.


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[CalSgt]

Took the body off & flipped the frame over to finish some welds, it looks like a lowrider on 37's upside down





Dad made a jig to position the floor mounting brackets




Got the fenders & deck mocked up. The fenders will be bolted to the frame so they can be replaced if they get damaged, there will be a gap between the fender & body so hopefully the body won't get bent if I bang the fender on something.

I plan to get them gusseted and prepped for paint tomorrow...

 

[Speedy_RCW]

Man, looks rad flipped upside down. Shoulda thrown the box on like that! You’re making some good progress on this thing.


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[CalSgt]

Man, looks rad flipped upside down. Shoulda thrown the box on like that! You’re making some good progress on this thing.


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Thanks... Its not going fast enough for the misses, she wants to go camping.

 

[TrailHunter]

Cool Project! Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[CalSgt]

Finished gusseting the fenders







My dad cut out the corners of my fender bracing & we patched in a piece to match the profile of the prefabbed fenders I bought

 

[CalSgt]

Picked up a used lumber rack for $100 over in Reno (Scum Valley actually) to make the tent rack out of





Choped it up & my dad made a jig to cut the angles perfect






I've never had mitered tubing turn out this perfect without tons of grinding to get the angle just right

 

[CalSgt]

Tube notching skills



Printed a template from a tube nothing calculator on the interwebs

 

[nbunga]

Tube notching skills

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Printed a template from a tube nothing calculator on the interwebs
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That’s pretty cool, do you have a link to that notching calculator ?

 

[CalSgt]

Here is the one I used...

It's a little tricky, for it to work right you need to adjust the diameter and check the template to your tubing. When you can wrap the template around the tubing and the reference lines at the ends match up perfectly that's what size you need. For example my tubing was 1.90" diameter & I ended up using a template for about 1.78"

You also need to draw a line perfectly straight down the length of the pipe so you can line up the notches at both ends. If you clamp the tubing into a piece of angle iron smaller than the diameter of the pipe and use the edge of the angle as a straight edge seems to be the easiest way.

http://www.metalgeek.com/static/cope.pcgi

 

[CalSgt]

Prepped the frame for paint with this Krud Kutter acid & scotch bright pads





Coated everything with 2K Epoxy sealer





Gave everything a coat of single stage black urethane that was left over from a different car


After that did the fenders and outside frame rails with black raptor liner, that stuff is awesome & was real easy to use






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[TrailHunter]

Lookin good!

 

[CalSgt]

Lots of paint today...

Prepped, sanded, and epoxy sealer


Then a healthy coat of white, we had some expensive PPG Concept DCC single stage white purchased for another car that we ended up going a different direction on






Then coated the box, doors, and tool box with white Raptor liner