Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby springdew » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:02 am

I love this! Is it insulated?
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby dales133 » Sun Oct 18, 2015 4:25 am

Verry nice.
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Its simple in design but great in exicution[THUMBS UP SIGN]
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby capnTelescope » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:22 am

Something completely different! I like it. :thumbsup: :applause:
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby my_jk » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:17 pm

springdew wrote:I love this! Is it insulated?


Thank you. Yes I installed 3/4" foam insulation.
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby noseoil » Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:16 pm

Great job on the build. Looks like it turned out pretty well. Interesting concept, well done.
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby rebapuck » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:25 pm

What's opposite the kitchen?
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby my_jk » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:37 pm

rebapuck wrote:What's opposite the kitchen?


There are shelfs for storage and it also houses a battery and inverter.
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby my_jk » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:39 pm

noseoil wrote:Great job on the build. Looks like it turned out pretty well. Interesting concept, well done.


Thank you
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby S. Heisley » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:29 pm

:thumbsup: Well done! It looks like you had a nice trip to the San Francisco bridge, too!

A couple questions for you:

- What are the deck's dimensions?
- How tall is the cabin inside, at its tallest and shortest?
- How's your gas mileage with it? In other words, what kind of mileage does your Jeep get when towing versus when not towing?

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby my_jk » Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:07 pm

S. Heisley wrote::thumbsup: Well done! It looks like you had a nice trip to the San Francisco bridge, too!

A couple questions for you:

- What are the deck's dimensions?
- How tall is the cabin inside, at its tallest and shortest?
- How's your gas mileage with it? In other words, what kind of mileage does your Jeep get when towing versus when not towing?

Thanks for sharing.


The trailer deck is 10' by 5'5" and the cabin of the trailer (not including the chassis hight) his 4' in the front and around 5'5" in the back. My gas milage when I am not towing the trailer is around around 15 mpg :( while towing I have not noticed a big drop in gas milage maybe .5 to 1 mpg worse. I am not loosing a lot while towing because my jeep is already heavy and boxy. Also I designed it so the wind hits a little above the front roofline.
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Re: Senior Thesis off-road trailer build

Postby S. Heisley » Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:55 pm

:thumbsup: Thanks for the info. Your towing mileage is good, even if your tow vehicle's gas mileage is not what you'd like. Stick with what you've got. It works. You'd pay a lot more for a new, lower gas mileage vehicle than is worth the effort. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with my 15/19 mpg Jeep. It takes good care of me. Jeeps are good, dependable vehicles, made in the USA. :D
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