My calculator is worn out

[wuzuki]

Been floating around here for a while started building trailer and used wrong steel in the first chassis to flimsy lost motivation. then went camping in my tent trying to set that up in 20not winds.
came home and had another look at this site .Got motivated so planning started and now have drawing. but all the maths really made my head hurt. imperial to metric. 8x12x 25.4= 2438.4 but rounding up and down
i got the plan i wanted.using generic benroy plans but builing light wieght.
going behind samuria. need to tuck the wheels under body to get wheel track same as tow vehicle. my drawing is 1mm=10cm which was easy to draw on paper then scan and alter using microsoft paint.
so my trailer is 96inches long by 57 inches wide with sunken floor [/img]

[angib]

Yeah, ain't 'imperial' units a bummer? 'Course, you haven't to call them that round Merkans - they call them 'English' units......

If you want your trailer wheels to follow in the tracks of your Samurai, I'm guessing you want to use Samurai-sized tyres - 205/70R15 if you haven't changed them for something else.

But if you're not driving over big rocks all the time, you might want to consider using small wheels/tyres, which can still fit in the Samurai's wheel tracks but provide you with much more interior space.



I reckon if you put 205/70R15 tyres on a 1300mm track (like the right hand half of the drawing above), you're going to get about 990mm (39") inside the wheel wells. If you are really narrow in the hips, that might be OK, but otherwise you're going to have to move the bed up in the air, so it fits over the wheel boxes.

If you put 4.80-12 tyres on a 1370mm track, their outside edges will be in line with the Samurai's tyres, but you'll get something like 1140mm (45") between the wheel boxes which is tight, but bearable for sleeping.

Of course if your mates will laugh at you for having small wheels, then it's not going to work, but I reckon the 235mm or so under an axle on 12" tyres is about what you've got under your Samurai diffs.

Andrew

[Dale M.]

Here is a new FREE calculator....

http://joshmadison.net/software/convert/


Dale

[Jiminsav]

why do the wheels have to be inline with the tow vehicle, if the wheels don't exceed the max width for your regulations, stick um out there and have all the room.
you'll aways have the Teardrop, the samurai might die anytime soon.

[PaulC]

Jim, one of the things we like doing down here is beach driving. Having the wheels in line minimises drag in this situation.
Seeings how Wuzuki lives in "Sunny Queensland, beautiful one day perfect the next" and is probably able to get out onto the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island, he/she is heading down the right track.
JMHO.
Cheers
Paul

[wuzuki]

yes this will be used on the beach as for interior space doing similar to mikenchell's baja benroy raise the bed deck to sit on wheel boxes.

[Niall]

Imperial to Metric ? No Problems..........forget the maths at first, you can use that later. Start out with a good steel ruler and tape measure that show's both and use the nearest metric mm. So far its worked a dream for me ! For steel size, go to the onesteel web site, everything you need as far as sizing / selection is concerened is there.

niall.