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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby droid_ca » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:46 pm

I like to go up into the Alpine and go camping...I'll post some pictures when I find them
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby txcamper » Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:31 pm

Just got back from a trip to a north central tx property of a friend of mine, but didn't get a single picture (it was a working weekend).

Here's one from last time we were there, mild little two track stretch across about 20 acres to get back to this spot.
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I took another trip around the corner from me here in central tx that had the tail lights and back frame dragging. I'm deciding on my lift and stronger axle solution soon...
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby hugh » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:04 pm

Heres a off road trailer for you. This trailer was made to be able to drive over 3 foot drops, basically anything the Jeep on 35"tires and with a 6 1/2 lift could drive up or down. My 3rd trip into the area shown it did tip over, I had got a deal on a 48" hub face to hub face axle. I did make it solid though, all it suffered was a scratch in the paint. The following couple of weeks I put a 6 foot wide axle under it for stability, after that it got changed a bit more, I will post up a before and after shot, this is the before
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby hugh » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:09 pm

This is the after at a blues festival held about 30 miles from my place. I am standing with my wife of 30 some years. this was last summer.
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby tamnalan » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:19 pm

Not an offroad pic but the teardrop will go anywhere the jeep can go.

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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby Vedette » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:30 am

tamnalan wrote:Not an offroad pic but the teardrop will go anywhere the jeep can go.

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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby Backroads4me » Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:00 am

For those who may be wanting to buy one, TCTeardrops is now making an "off road" version of the one I bought:

http://www.tcteardrops.com/Off-Road_Teardrop.php
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby Elizabeth C. » Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:31 am

I love the look tamnalan! :thumbsup:

We took ours into the George Washington National Forest in Virginia on some very washed out, rough roads. The trailer had no problem at all. The wine arrived intact. We spent the weekend without seeing a single vehicle or person.

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James airing up the tires before heading home.

The trailer sits higher than it appears in the photos, it has 33inch tires that match the truck's. We plan on taking it into the woods a lot more this summer. When it is 105 degrees and 90% humidity down in the northern neck in July, it is blissfully cool in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia where we camp.
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby tamnalan » Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:55 am

Thanks Elizabeth!

Your setup looks good - beautiful country too.
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby dmckruit » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:15 pm

hugh wrote:Heres a off road trailer for you. This trailer was made to be able to drive over 3 foot drops, basically anything the Jeep on 35"tires and with a 6 1/2 lift could drive up or down. My 3rd trip into the area shown it did tip over, I had got a deal on a 48" hub face to hub face axle. I did make it solid though, all it suffered was a scratch in the paint. The following couple of weeks I put a 6 foot wide axle under it for stability, after that it got changed a bit more, I will post up a before and after shot, this is the before
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby Wolffarmer » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:46 am

You mean off road on purpose? Or by accident?
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I built mine to take on the road to the Toroweap over look at the Grand Canyon.
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It is 60 miles of gravel to the Park boarder. Then things get real fun. But that is not the worst road I have been on and a few times a short distance "off road" but I try to stay on roads. To damn many tracks out there now as it is.

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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby tamnalan » Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:39 pm

Wow!

Thanks Randy! I would like to do that...
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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby Wolffarmer » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:38 pm

It is worth it. some of the best views in the canyon and few people. About 8000 a year make it.

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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby Dale M. » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:53 pm

Always thought this build was pretty awesome...

http://www.outbackteardrop.com/

Sort of what mine is modeled after if I ever get it finished....

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Re: any off roader teardrops around?

Postby milliejohn » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:28 am

I pull my teardrops off road in the mountains of Nevada, ground clearance and tires most important.
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