Dan Gary wrote:I bought a boat trailer that I thought would be a good choice however in retrospect I realized that they don’t make the best choice. ..........Also, the build quality of boat trailers is subpar on fitment of steel members and welds............I ended taking 2x2 square tube and building another frame ontop of the boat trailer C channel.
Yup. Its a PITA. Over here, swapping hubs is painless and quite cheap.
But, boat trailers being built with adjustable supports for the actual boat, they don't take a lot of trouble getting things straight and flush.
You basically need to build the camper body as a separate unit and sit it on the frame with appropriate packers/shims.
#1 was OK. It was a homemade trailer that I could have fastened sheets directly to if I had been prepared to settle for a 54" wide mattress instead of a 60" queen.
So the extra framing was my decision.
#2 is a commercial trailer wide enough for a queen, but the frame was so far out I needed to frame up the floor.
Should I build #3, it will be on a purpose made chassis.