This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a couple of years but I just never had the time to devote to a project like this. Well, be careful what you wish for because you might just get it!
Now that I’m medically retired from work, I needed something to keep my mind and body busy for a couple of hours a day. Low and behold, a small cargo trailer happened to fall in my lap for a price that I couldn’t pass up! So let me introduce you guys to this project!
The trailer is an older retired Uhaul trailer that is 5’X8’ with an interior height of 52”. Yes, it is tiny! But I’m only 5’6” and Mrs 91CavGT is only an inch taller than me so we don’t need anything huge. Since it is a former Uhaul cargo trailer, it is overbuilt! It has a single axle with 6 lug 15” rims riding on 205/75/15 tires. With the size of the axle and the 6 lug hubs, I’m thinking this has a 3,500 pound axle. It has a small drivers side door in front of the axle and barn doors in the back. The frame is steel with strong fenders that you can stand on and an aluminum box for the sides and top. The floor appears to be 3/4” pressure treated plywood and looks to have been replaced a couple of years ago.
So what are we going to use this trailer for?
Primarily, we have been using it and will continue to use it to pick up supplies from hardware stores, move items while keeping things dry, and to take it camping. I have to preface the last word, camping, with this. My wife does not camp, she glamps. We do have a 5th wheel RV that we can take camping, but it is a 40’ RV and there are some places we just can’t take it. We have tent camped for a few years and my wife still likes to do that, but she wants a better area to cook, a comfortable place to sit down or lay down in the shade, and I want to ensure we have a dry place to sleep in case a storm comes through. I also want the ability to be able to take this boondocking or hunting without needing a generator.
So here is the intro video to this trailer:
BTW, towing this behind my wife’s VW Atlas SUV is quit nice! With it empty and keeping the speed at about 65 mph and locking the car in 6th gear(it is an 8 speed auto), the car got 23 and 25 mpg from 2 different fill ups! Since then I’ve used this trailer to help us move. Over a period of 300 miles, half of those miles were with the trailer loaded, the VW Atlas averaged 20 mpg with about 80% highway and 20% city driving! The Atlas has a turbocharged 2.0L 4 cylinder and an 8 speed automatic.
Now that I’m medically retired from work, I needed something to keep my mind and body busy for a couple of hours a day. Low and behold, a small cargo trailer happened to fall in my lap for a price that I couldn’t pass up! So let me introduce you guys to this project!
The trailer is an older retired Uhaul trailer that is 5’X8’ with an interior height of 52”. Yes, it is tiny! But I’m only 5’6” and Mrs 91CavGT is only an inch taller than me so we don’t need anything huge. Since it is a former Uhaul cargo trailer, it is overbuilt! It has a single axle with 6 lug 15” rims riding on 205/75/15 tires. With the size of the axle and the 6 lug hubs, I’m thinking this has a 3,500 pound axle. It has a small drivers side door in front of the axle and barn doors in the back. The frame is steel with strong fenders that you can stand on and an aluminum box for the sides and top. The floor appears to be 3/4” pressure treated plywood and looks to have been replaced a couple of years ago.
So what are we going to use this trailer for?
Primarily, we have been using it and will continue to use it to pick up supplies from hardware stores, move items while keeping things dry, and to take it camping. I have to preface the last word, camping, with this. My wife does not camp, she glamps. We do have a 5th wheel RV that we can take camping, but it is a 40’ RV and there are some places we just can’t take it. We have tent camped for a few years and my wife still likes to do that, but she wants a better area to cook, a comfortable place to sit down or lay down in the shade, and I want to ensure we have a dry place to sleep in case a storm comes through. I also want the ability to be able to take this boondocking or hunting without needing a generator.
So here is the intro video to this trailer:
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BTW, towing this behind my wife’s VW Atlas SUV is quit nice! With it empty and keeping the speed at about 65 mph and locking the car in 6th gear(it is an 8 speed auto), the car got 23 and 25 mpg from 2 different fill ups! Since then I’ve used this trailer to help us move. Over a period of 300 miles, half of those miles were with the trailer loaded, the VW Atlas averaged 20 mpg with about 80% highway and 20% city driving! The Atlas has a turbocharged 2.0L 4 cylinder and an 8 speed automatic.
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