With the lifts working properly we finished skinning the exterior and installed the windows. The door was trimmed with 2 inch wide aluminum strips for …
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HBDA-T2: Body Skin, Door & Electric Lift
The body skeleton is reattached and floor set in place. Then its onto finishing the skin. The upper portion gets skins cut to fit. More …
HBDA-T2: Chassis Paint & Assembly
Next I pull off the body from the frame. Then take it outside to sand blast. The tires are covered and chassis is cleaned with …
HBDA-T2: Camper Body Construction 2
The door turned out to be tricky. Lots of weird angles. A better shot of the lower rear section On to the upper roof section. …
HBDA-T2: Camper Body Construction
Now its onto the long process of building the body out of aluminum. The entire trailer was build by me in a CAD program. So …
HBDA-T2: Suspension & Chassis
Then the whole chassis is flipped over to align the axle for mounts. Once aligned and mounts tacked in place I begin welding up the …
HBDA-T2: 2010 Off-Road Trailer
Back in mid 2010 I was contacted by a customer to build him a custom hard sided popup camper to be mounted as a replacement …
XT1: Finishing Touches
After things settled down after my Dad passed away, I towed my trailer to California. The trailer towed awesome and I did a small test …
HBDA-T2: Reinforcements & Air Suspension
Before getting to far ahead, some steel work needs to be finished. The step is filled in with 3/16 inch plate. The front section is …
XT1: Paint & Assembly
These are the led tail lights I decided to go with. The trucker oval style doesn’t work well with my design of the trailer. I …
XT1: Making Top Lid & Rear Door
After drying a for a couple days I attach the hinges lid. On the other side I attach over center latches. They have tabs that …
XT1: Final Bits & Painting The Trailer
I like to over build. Good example is where the chassis tubes are split for the tongue. With the trailer on its side I weld …
XT1: Suspension & Paneling Body
Back to suspension. I had new parts cut out to get the trailers axle where it needs to be. High wise that is. Ruff setup …
XT1: Off-Road Trailer
I’ve decided to build myself an off-road trailer. Mostly to move all of my gear from both of my vehicles to one tow-able package. This …
MX5: Rear Door & Tarp Awning
I started working on the rear door shelf. I painted the underside of the door latch black. This was done to avoid spending a lot …
MX5: Sleeping Platform
Its time I spend a little time on the Disco again. I’ve debated for a while about building a sleeping platform inside the Disco, though …
MX5: Fresh & Cheap Paint
Time to clean up the body of the Disco. Being cheap, I’ll be doing this on a budget and in segments. First I work on …
MX5: Lights & Gear Storage
Backing up a bit here. The original bumper plastics were faded, scraped and overall in bad condition. I decided to remove the lower portions. The …