1/10 Utility Trailer

[Snowmaninhell]

Alright, I just about have my trailer finished. So, I thought I would post up the build. It's pic heavy as I wanted to show as much detail as I could. I couldn't find much online while I was researching for ideas. Some of what I did find was very helpful. I figured I would pass on my take a trailer and maybe give others ideas for their build.

[Snowmaninhell]

[Snowmaninhell]

[jebster]

beautiful trailer! gives me a lot of idea for my next one.

[BikingViking]

Wow. That is by far the coolest RC trailer I have ever seen, scaleness at its finest! Nice work!!! Is that Plastruct checkerplate and if so what did you use for paint? Looks very realistic, like real polished Aluminum checkerplate

[Snowmaninhell]

Thank you. It's actually Hot Racing 1/10 scale aluminum diamond plate. I got it from RPP: Hot Racing 1/10 scale aluminum Diamond Plate 9 x 11 It's very easy to work with and you get two sheets of it.

[dont slow down]

That's quite a shock setup there, how well does it work? It looks great but I think the trailer needs some dents and rust! Haha

[Snowmaninhell]

I would love to to have the trailer dented and rusted out. But that kind of detail is not in my bag of tricks. I really don't like to paint. I am not patient enough. The shocks actually work very well in this configuration. It took some playing around to find the sweet spot, but once I found it I stopped mucking with it.

Next in the work for the trailer is a slide in camper. Still prototyping it.

[greenjk]

Great looking trailer, why did you bend the drawbar down and use a drop hitch, when you could of got much better ground clearance by keeping it straight.

[Snowmaninhell]

Good question. I actually didn't bend the frame down. It's a flipped over Honcho chassis. This is the configuration I came up with using extra items I had laying around to get the geometry of the leaf springs to work properly, maintain good ground clearance, and have the trailer bed and frame stay horizontal.

Also, I had been looking at this project sit on my work bench for many months wondering what I was going to do with it. I finally got a wild hair up my arse and built the chassis over the course of last weekend. I just wanted to be done with it so I could get this project checked off the list.

[FATBOYrs10]

very cool trailer! and in my opinion to the bent downward "tounge", that just makes it that much more scale lookin! looks like you actually just took the cab off a pickup and cut the frame and drawed the rails together to create the toung of it.
awesome job!

[Snowmaninhell]

Thanks guys. I like the way it turned out. And before I even finished it I've started building a slide in camper for it. I'm not sure what I'm going to side it with yet. Stryene vs. wood? I have a pretty good start on the framing. Here's what I have so far.

[dont slow down]

Redneck RV! Haha cool. I would go with styrene, it's very easy to work with, you would have sides on it in no time!

[Postclanker]

wow...I have a bed left over from my TF2 and wondered what to do with it...
I may have just figured that out...
very nice work

[lambo-27]

Oh my... This may be the best trailer I've ever seen, lots of attention to detail, I love it! Nicely done man

[Snowmaninhell]

Thank you Lambo-27. I actually started a new one over the weekend. I bought new wood from the LHS and began this one with a better game plan. I'm liking the way this one is shaping up a lot better.

[joeyf]

WOW, its looking great bud. i really like the idea of having a camper for it.

[Snowmaninhell]

Originally Posted by joeyf

WOW, its looking great bud. i really like the idea of having a camper for it.

Thanks Joey. I've been wanting to make a camper for a long time. Now I have an excuse to do it. I got a lot of the framing done today.

[Hoosierdady]

nice job on the wood frame. Looks very square, nicely cut.

[Docwolf]

I have so many ideas.....and so little work space......very nice work man