the new trailer

[savage1970]

hi all i picked up a holden Colorado space cab rear wellbody and had a heap of steel just sitting there taking up space. went and invested in some trailer bits and here is where im up to. still have to attach the rest of the draw bar, fit the hitch and brakes, make the duel wheel carrier, wire it and paint it. ive got to find 3 str wheels for it. i did the frame on the wellbody and dummied up the springs and axle and it should have somewhere between 500-530 mm from the centre of the axle to the bottom of the wheel flare. my navara with 2 inch lift is 550mm.

 

[ants_oz]

That is one very nice looking piece of work

 

[rescue]

I knew somebody would find a use for a Colorado eventually

 

[nafmersa]

thats funny, its not the first colorado ive seen upside down.

 

[raywise]

WOW!

Great to see someone is thinking like me. I'm watching a couple of Navara trays on ebay for between $300-$500, with the intention of turning it into a trailer.

I thought it probably would be easier though for me to take the tray to a trailer place and get them to make up the frame/axles etc to suit. Always wanted to tow a Navara trailer behind the Navara

 

[savage1970]

WOW!

Great to see someone is thinking like me. I'm watching a couple of Navara trays on ebay for between $300-$500, with the intention of turning it into a trailer.

I thought it probably would be easier though for me to take the tray to a trailer place and get them to make up the frame/axles etc to suit. Always wanted to tow a Navara trailer behind the Navara

yeah thats what i originally wanted to do but i missed out on a black str tray, i only got the colorado one because a: it was cheap and b: its longer than the navara tray. i may paint it blue and silver to match my nav would have to debadge it..... embarrassing having anything with a holden badge on it. eventually it will get a false floor for storage, water tank, aux. battery, and pull out bbq. will foam the false floor and put a canvas canopy with pull out annexes for camping. should work well for the fishing trips. if all the family come along i'll take the 9 man tent for them and have the trailer for myself. sweet.

 

[savage1970]

if you were in perth ray id have built it for you

 

[savage1970]

a few more pics, draw bars done and brakes fitted. all thats left is the spare wheel carriers, set up the brakes and paint it then the well body can go on.

 

[savage1970]

Heres a few more pics, spare wheel carriers are done and brakes hooked up, added a work light, all thats left is to make the mounts for the jack and paint it, then i can mount the well body on and license it. Then i'll start kitting it out and build the framing for the canopy.

 

[Jason]

Is that a 9 leaf spring pack? How much weight they good for? Wow.

 

[savage1970]

Is that a 9 leaf spring pack? How much weight they good for? Wow.

8 leaf and theyre good for 1200kg, i was going to get the 1500 kg gear but thats just overkill

 

[savage1970]

havent had much time lately to power on with the build, but i have finally got my water tank and all necessary fittings. hopefully i can get it mounted tomorrow then off to get the chassis painted and then i can finally mount the wellbody. hooray!!!!!

 

[savage1970]

well here are some more pics, chassis painted water tank in place and well body mounted. next is to get into the canopy, icebox, aux power pull out bbq and camp kitchen then fishing i will go.....

 

[hutchstr]

mate that is looking sweet...
good job!

 

[superiorcruiser]

Yeah great work..

 

[savage1970]

few more pics.....had to get a shot in of the nav with the new lights with hids of course, they can burn out kangaroo retina's at 800m!!!!!

 

[savage1970]

try again.....