Enclosed trailer questions/opinions

Hudson1 · Dec 20, 2014

I had to compromise on a full race trailer and good camper type interior for the wife. Interior is all hand built oak and leather. 7 kW onan generator and a washer / dryer combo and 2 heat pump roof units. If I built the interior it would look like Dynamite's bathroom disaster so I bought one already built.
Draw back on the camper part is , it only fits on of our Jeeps. The wife has to pull her Jeep when we take both events.
Prior I would pull both Jeeps on one trailer with the truck camper on the truck.

screamn56 · Dec 20, 2014

What brand is the 40'

tjcoop · Dec 20, 2014

i got a 98 united 40 triple axle goose i pull all over the place can haul two buggies but usually haul one and an xp4. insulated air conditioned use a small electric heater from wal mart when cold. queen sized bed in neck over. pull with a 2500 duramax get between 10-11mpg all the time no matter speed or wind and trust me i travel ALOT...has 6 new tires and 3 spares, shower and sink nothing fancy would sell for 9000$ only reason for selling is to buy a larger trailer...serious buyers only can txt for pics 417 247 7123

Eddyj · Dec 20, 2014

Hudson1 said:
I had to compromise on a full race trailer and good camper type interior for the wife. Interior is all hand built oak and leather. 7 kW onan generator and a washer / dryer combo and 2 heat pump roof units. If I built the interior it would look like Dynamite's bathroom disaster so I bought one already built.
Draw back on the camper part is , it only fits on of our Jeeps. The wife has to pull her Jeep when we take both events.
Prior I would pull both Jeeps on one trailer with the truck camper on the truck.

That's nice. Have any exterior pics. Also who did the interior?

Hudson1 · Dec 20, 2014

Its on an earlier page. Cimerron Transtar trailer. Trailboss coach conversion.

Eddyj · Dec 21, 2014

I'm a dumbA.
Are you happy with the quality of the work. Did you buy it converted or have it done?

Hudson1 · Dec 21, 2014

We bought it already done. I am very pleased with the quality of the aluminum work on the trailer. The conversion work is very well done. Everything is finished. Every corner and joint are finished. Not flashy just well built. In 2006 the trailer new was 37,000 the conversion cost 57,000. It listed 57,000 at Buddy Greg's in Knoxville. It sat on their lot for three years and they gave me a deal I could not refuse. Wrote a check for 32000.
All I have to do is convenience the wife the washer and dryer have to go so my jeep will fit in the back. The generator compartment is on the passenger side in the garage area accessible from an out side compartment door. I can put the front tire of th jeep on it or move out under the goose neck. I may hang the washer/ dryer from the ceiling in the garage. I think the nose of the Jeep would fit under it. It is a single unit that does both.

TheViking · Dec 23, 2014

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The bigger the axles the happier off you will be trust me weight adds up fast before you know it. Regear your truck and let the 6.0 eat I hauled 34 concrete forms up Lookout Mountain with a 6.0 w straight shift but wished it would have been an auto.

Sawzall · Dec 24, 2014

I bought a used 38' Pace with triple 6k axles and lifted it 3 1/2". I added a bathroom to the front near the neck with a shower and holding tanks. I built a two piece removable wall that stores between the buggy tires so we can get two buggies in it for longer trips and also added a 6500 watt RV generator.

Weight adds up fast. I nearly stained my shorts the first time I weighed the combo on the way to Clayton OK. It had my buggy and Cole's former buggy in it at the time. With only my buggy, the total for the combo is 23,860 lbs.

TheViking · Dec 24, 2014

Sawzall said:
I bought a used 38' Pace with triple 6k axles and lifted it 3 1/2". I added a bathroom to the front near the neck with a shower and holding tanks. I built a two piece removable wall that stores between the buggy tires so we can get two buggies in it for longer trips and also added a 6500 watt RV generator.

Weight adds up fast. I nearly stained my shorts the first time I weighed the combo on the way to Clayton OK. It had my buggy and Cole's former buggy in it at the time. With only my buggy, the total for the combo is 23,860 lbs.

Nice set up I'm assuming the pipe running up the side of the trailer is for exhaust from your generator correct? Also after the lift how high is the top of the roof and have your rant into any clearance issues on back roads?

Sawzall · Dec 24, 2014

TheViking said:
Nice set up I'm assuming the pipe running up the side of the trailer is for exhaust from your generator correct? Also after the lift how high is the top of the roof and have your rant into any clearance issues on back roads?

Yes, it is a copy of a Genturi exhaust. It is easy to install and remove. The trailer is a standard height 6' 6' ceiling. The buggy barely fits under the ceiling in the rear dovetail section with one front tire on the inner trailer fender. That is the way I haul it. I built a support out of lumber for the passenger fender. We have to get creative when hauling two buggies. We put small rear tires and wheels on the rear of mine and let the air out the tires of the other one.

I have a 10' tall door on my shop and the A/C unit on the trailer only clears by about 1". I think you could get in trouble pretty quick by heading down a back road and not have a place to turn around but it hasn't happened to me yet. I did get the side of it into a stop sign trying to turn around after Google Maps led me astray.

1tfrot · Dec 24, 2014

Sawzall said:
Weight adds up fast. I nearly stained my shorts the first time I weighed the combo on the way to Clayton OK. It had my buggy and Cole's former buggy in it at the time. With only my buggy, the total for the combo is 23,860 lbs.

understatement and wanted to quote this for others. I was in the same boat. my previous setup ended up much heavier than anticipated and while the truck handled it easily, it put me right at or slightly over the legal limit.

tow rig, trailer and wheelin rig was somewhere between 22,500-23,500# going down the road. (was a 32' GN with a truck camper built onto it)

weight adds up fast!

Inline6 · Dec 24, 2014

I ended up with a pace 28' 10K enclosed trailer. It has a full width rear door and 12" or extra height.

This has been my interior plan, just have not had time to get all the work done, the bed will fold up in the front section. Not sure I want to sleep over the generator... But just a pipe dream about getting it done, have not had time... Should just sell and move on...

rpf500 · Dec 24, 2014

Sawzall said:
I bought a used 38' Pace with triple 6k axles and lifted it 3 1/2". I added a bathroom to the front near the neck with a shower and holding tanks. I built a two piece removable wall that stores between the buggy tires so we can get two buggies in it for longer trips and also added a 6500 watt RV generator.

Weight adds up fast. I nearly stained my shorts the first time I weighed the combo on the way to Clayton OK. It had my buggy and Cole's former buggy in it at the time. With only my buggy, the total for the combo is 23,860 lbs.

Sorry but I have to derail and ask for a few more pics and specs on that dually!! Nice rig

Sawzall · Dec 24, 2014

rpf500 said:
Sorry but I have to derail and ask for a few more pics and specs on that dually!! Nice rig

It is a Frankenstein build with a Cummins. I have a 2000 series Allison and a medium duty rear axle to install when I get time. Here is the build thread: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/chevy/788337-cummins-powered-crew-dually-4x4.html

yankster · Dec 24, 2014

How do you lift a trailer? Spring over? My trailer drags a lot when I leave the pavement.

John Galbreath Jr. · Dec 24, 2014

yankster said:
How do you lift a trailer? Spring over? My trailer drags a lot when I leave the pavement.

I put steel dolly wheels on all four corners of mine. I really have an issue on the front with the RV due to the overhang behind the rear axle.

Eddyj · Dec 24, 2014

I have a 42 foot goose neck race car hauler that's triple 6000 pound axles. We did a spring over and it helped out with dragging. Also it pulls level now with a nice gap between bed rails and bottom of over hang. No negative side effects from the spring over.

ibrokeit · Dec 24, 2014

yankster said:
How do you lift a trailer? Spring over? My trailer drags a lot when I leave the pavement.

I had a boat that had a drop axle. I flipped the axle and did a spring over, but apparently the axle had some camber built into it and flipping it made it camber really bad. Ended up just doing it as a spring over and pulled it many miles like that.

The best part was it let me run a bigger, much tougher tire.

Sawzall · Dec 24, 2014

yankster said:
How do you lift a trailer? Spring over? My trailer drags a lot when I leave the pavement.

I used 2.5" x 3.5" x 1/4" wall rectangle tubing between the frame and the torsion axles. Dexter makes a kit but it uses a separate piece of tube at each mount. I used a longer tube on each side to cover all three axles. I welded it to the frame and bolted the axle to it.