Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:19 pm**

Heres some pic's of our trailer :lol:

http://people.mydesk.net.au/~anneandy/our%20trailer.htm

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:29 pm**

Tough looking trailer- bummer about the wheel stud pattern though!

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:05 pm**

Since I'm not willing to commit myself to buy an 80's or a 100"s cruiser just yet I thought that I could start of with getting the hubs & rims first and get the rest later :lol:

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:54 pm**

Heres a pic of my feroza with the trailer on the back at fraser

Posted: **Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:26 am**

I see you've gone for the light weight, unbraked trailer route. Has anyone here used their Feroza to tow a big camper trailer around the 1000kg mark? And if so, Whats it like towing on the beach in soft sand? Reason i'm asking is 'cos im looking at building my own camper but haven't decided which way to go about it yet. Suppose i could hire one and drag it up the beach to see how it goes!

Posted: **Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:18 pm**

This was the main reason I went this way cos after 2 jerry's , water tank and the gas bottles all full etc , plus all the crap we take away with us the weight soon adds up , anything over 750ks needs breaks :lol:

Posted: **Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:36 pm**

A guy I know recently sold his Feroza because he bought a camper trailer and reckoned it had problems towing it on road. Bought a 3.0 diesel turbo Surf.

Another person I know of had a Feroza and towed a camper trailer all through the Flinders Ranges with it and said it went like a dream! I don't know the details of the different weights for each camper trailer.

I've towed a small tipper trailer with a Suzuki quad motorbike plus other crap in it, had a 350 litre luggage pod full on the roof, plus the Feroza chockers and reckon it went quite well- even through the Adelaide Hills. Didn't have any troubles doing 110km/h and got up to 140 at one stage passing on a long straight stretch. Only very steep hills slowed it down.

Posted: **Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:35 pm**

Got the two front shelves and jerry can holders welded on , just have to finish the brakets for the water tank , hand pump and filler then I'll be about half way to being finished :lol:

Posted: **Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:19 pm**

Nice work there Andy !

It will look really good once it's finished.....real practicle too !!

'tis a pity that you are running a 6 stud pattern, can't you change it for a 5 stud ?? it would make it a lot more practible for carrying spare tyres !!

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:46 pm**

I got a little more done today , I'm happy with the way it's turning out , We have running water now ( well hand pumped ) It's look'n good :lol:

Andrew , the 6 stud thing is a long turm goal :lol:

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:54 pm**

one more of the filler :lol:

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:08 pm**

Andy, nice welding job. One thought though, if your fuel is spilt, the first place it is going to end up is in the water filler.

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:09 am**

G-day John , The water filler is a sealed unit but you could be right , I'll just go on the theory that " It'll never happen " :lol:

Posted: **Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:33 pm**

Heres a few progress pic's of " our mighty trailer "

Posted: **Sat Oct 11, 2003 3:11 pm**

Coming along nicely Andy.

Are you gonna put some stone deflectors over your Jerry's ??

I'd hate to see you hole a can from a stone that gets flicked up from your rear wheels

Posted: **Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:50 pm**

Yer , when I was getting quotes to canvas the trailer I also wanted a stone guard made up , I've seen a few campers getting around with ones made up of shade cloth , had my mind set on a ali checker plate one , see what happens :lol: