hey guys, thanks for the ideas!! everytime i look at my plan, i find something i don't like. maybe it's the axle position not sitting right with my eyes.
not too sure about the tongue box, whether or not i will have one. it was an afterthought that i'm not sure i like. most gear will ride in the jeep for trail runs, while the tear would be at a basecamp with camping and cooking gear.
as for a struggle getting the tire up there, that's as common as getting one up on the jeep's carrier, or as some have a basket on the top, even worse. but a very valid point anyways. so, if i pull off the box and tire, it should be fine with the axle being at 60% then. right??? looks better in my opinion that way anyhow, like i said they were both afterthoughts.
the tires would be the same as my lj hugh, as my tire size grows, so will the trailer. so one spare was the original idea. ouch, instead of 5 tires that makes 7, lol.
if you look at the last pic up there hugh, you can see the insulboard(pink) in the "wall sandwich". the dimesions. floor of tear is 6' x 8'. wall is 4' x 8'. walls are too thick, but i was thinking of less twist on the trail. at 1 1/4" thick for the whole sandwich. that same dimension applies to every surface, ie; floor, walls, roof, and hatch.
that being.............l1/4"l l'3/4"l l1/4"l the 3/4 being my "framewall" of 3/4 ply with insulboard in the cutouts. what concerns me, and anyone i've bounced the idea off of already, is weight of all that ply. (yeah the ply is heavy, nvm the overbuilt trailer,lol) the trailer was a first cut design, been already cutting it back in my head during those boring times at work doing repetitive stuff.
ok, as i type, more stuff hits the brain. what about the forces of off camber situations on the trailer? wouldn't beef be better than building "just enough" to do the job? or ami wrong in my train of thought there?
time for a re-do methinks!!!
so, oldtamiyaphile, are you on rcjeeps as well? just curious, as it seems to be the most sought after rc for crawling.
very dangerous now i know how to get pix, lol. here's a shot with no box or spare, what do ya'll think of the balance now? it's what was originally designed. need to shorten up the tongue again, but there's the idea i had at first.
darryl