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NVCowboy

Big Bend
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Nice build. If I were younger I'd be in on this concept. I'm past sleeping on the ground most of the time, so I've been a year building a 6×12 cargo conversion. It's like therapy for the order holder with no bronco.
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broncocaleb

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So, I'm finally done with the first stage of my first overlanding/camping/kayak trailer. Never had a Jeep, my Bronco is my first true off road vehicle and I love to camp. When I learned about overlanding it amazed me. Too bad I live on the east coast! Anyway, here is my build.

I started with a Vietnam era (I think, might be earlier) M416 Army trailer. This is what it looked like when I bought it. Cost me $225.

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Took a chance with the damage but it's going to be used off road. Won't hurt so much when I scratch it lol. Got the dent taken out best I could for $100.

Stripped everything down to basic parts. Stripped paint and rust and I redid the wheels with new bearings and races.

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Then I degreased and scrubbed everything and prepped the metal with etching solution. Next was to coat everything with POR-15.

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Then I painted the trailer with Raptor Liner. I did a two tone color scheme, matching cactus grey for the outside and black for the frame, bed and fenders.

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Then it was time to put everything back together. I got the original wheels powder coated black and mounted a set of 215/85/16 Falken Wildpeaks on them. They are basically the same size as the original 16x7.00 tires.

Assembled everything and I even got the original hand brake working again! I love this thing. I installed a bed rack. For now it's going to hold my kayak and canoe but eventually I want to add a roof top tent.

My future plans include a box with battery, solar panels and lights. Maybe a refrigerator and compressed air. Also want to add a water tank with some kind of kitchen setup that will fold down. Maybe some recovery tools. I'm open to ideas as this is my first attempt.

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Trailer: $225
Fix dent: $100
Wheels and hubs: $60
Shocks: $70
Raptor liner and paint: $220
LED lights: $60
Rack: $120
Tires: $430
Misc parts and hardware: about $100

Total: $1385 and a lot of sweat!

Totally a fun project and I can't wait to use it!
 

Singleshot

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I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd post up my Vietnam era M416 trailer. This one was used as a water buffalo (had a water tank in it), so there was some extra hole patching.

Same basic build; Fabbed a new trailer tongue and I used the rail system out of a Toyota truck to mount the rack and I removed about half the leaf springs so it wouldn't bounce down the road with only the weight of the boats on it. I also changed out the axle so the bolt pattern would match the previous vehicle that we towed it with (of no use now, but easily fixed).

It was built and towed with a truck until we got the Bronco.. Now I have a 6" receiver extension and I still can't open the door fully until the canoe has been taken off... First trip today, so we will work out the that annoying detail.

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l88m22vette

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Please sir may I have locking diffs?
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Nice project, I'm planning something sorta similar, should I just buy a welder now? 😆
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