overland caravan

[steve2905]

I am building an overland caravan. Designed to look like a landrover. My question is this....
I am using a trailer board to get the main electrics right. But am using defender lights on the trailer. I am only stuck on the stop tail lights. Which 2 wires are the live? On the trailer board with 2 filament bulbs as the defender light has there are 2 red wired into one port and one green into the other.
Thanks in advance.

 

[generaldogsbody]

Sorry can'nt help with electrics,i am going to try and build an off road trailer.Have you any pickies,would like to have a look.

 

[steve2905]

This is the current state. Side panels next weekend and the rear door...then the inside. If you are interested I can start a longer post?

 

[Paul D]

This is the current state. Side panels next weekend and the rear door...then the inside. If you are interested I can start a longer post?

That looks brilliant .. a great idea!

 

[Mudplugging]

I did one two years ago it is a 130 fire truck on a sankey lots of work , now thinking of selling it sorry unable to post pic

 

[generaldogsbody]

This is the current state. Side panels next weekend and the rear door...then the inside. If you are interested I can start a longer post?

Yes.that's great.My top is the same shape as a landrover,it's got a small oblong window at front and on the rear door,and both the sides open up like on a burger van.Same size as a sankey trailer,so gonna be looking a sankey chassis.

 

[tacr2man]

I note of caution , by the look of it your rear overhang is quite a bit more than the load space infront of the axle , this is generally not a good idea , unless you intend to have any load (heavy stuff) eg water tank , batteries , gas bottles all in front of axle , as the trailer will be very prone to snaking if the load is behind the axle. re wiring , yellow is left turn , green is right , white is earth , red is brake lamp , black the one side lamp brown is the other . blue is rear fog , on the trailer board possibly 1 red is stop the other tail, and green is turn lamp , they dont seem to be following standard code . HTSH

 

[steve2905]

Yes...re over hang...water and batteries all at the front. Also going to be extending the a frame at the front in the next phase. Packing areas and storage all to be axle and forward. Small roofrack to be fitted on the front half also for lighter stuff. Most heavier stuff will be in the vehicle.

 

[steve2905]

I note of caution , by the look of it your rear overhang is quite a bit more than the load space infront of the axle , this is generally not a good idea , unless you intend to have any load (heavy stuff) eg water tank , batteries , gas bottles all in front of axle , as the trailer will be very prone to snaking if the load is behind the axle. re wiring , yellow is left turn , green is right , white is earth , red is brake lamp , black the one side lamp brown is the other . blue is rear fog , on the trailer board possibly 1 red is stop the other tail, and green is turn lamp , they dont seem to be following standard code . HTSH

More looking at the new lamps... there is a red, black and green wire.... which do these relate to on the trailer wire?

 

[steve2905]

That looks brilliant .. a great idea!

Thanks Paul!

 

[generaldogsbody]

Yes...re over hang...water and batteries all at the front. Also going to be extending the a frame at the front in the next phase. Packing areas and storage all to be axle and forward. Small roofrack to be fitted on the front half also for lighter stuff. Most heavier stuff will be in the vehicle.

Sound's like a good plan,look forward to seeing more photoes.Cheers.

 

[Mark L]

Funny enough, this pic came up on my news feed on Face Ache this morning.
Thought of this thread straight away.

 

[Bump]

More looking at the new lamps... there is a red, black and green wire.... which do these relate to on the trailer wire?

I can tell you when I get home - just in the middle of putting new led lights on the back of the series and they have the same colour code for the wires...

Funny enough, this pic came up on my news feed on Face Ache this morning.
Thought of this thread straight away.

Is that the same feed that stole our Morocco pics

 

[Mark L]

Is that the same feed that stole our Morocco pics

Not that I'm aware of...?
This was from the LRO page.

 

[Bump]

Not that I'm aware of...?
This was from the LRO page.

ah ok, there was some faceache page which just trawls forums and posts pics of people's vehicles all the time (not illegal as in the public domain) - they posted up a lot of our Morocco ones... especially a D1 which had lost a wheel half way up a sand dune for some reason

 

[Animal88]

surely the draw bar on that trailer would cause problems off road though

 

[srtgray]

ah ok, there was some faceache page which just trawls forums and posts pics of people's vehicles all the time (not illegal as in the public domain)

That is NOT true. Just because a picture is on a forum does not make it Public Domain - it is still copyrighted to the original photographer, and must be credited as such - and if the person re-posting it is making any money from it, a fee must be paid.

 

[srtgray]

surely the draw bar on that trailer would cause problems off road though

It's actually accommodation for the ploughman - take your home to work!

 

[Bump]

That is NOT true. Just because a picture is on a forum does not make it Public Domain - it is still copyrighted to the original photographer, and must be credited as such - and if the person re-posting it is making any money from it, a fee must be paid.

Really? oh ok, they stole my picture then... but i don't think they were making money on it so, meh.

 

[easye1]

This is the current state. Side panels next weekend and the rear door...then the inside. If you are interested I can start a longer post?

nice mate, good to see some engineering going into it,
speshly your pair of rack clamps..
I got a pair same as that found there way into my toolbox after one employment that went titsup owing me lots of £££`s

I use mine same us you on welding prep on various projects...


small point though, could you not raise the roofline a bit more,
gives just that more room inside..
still, your project, your baby, be nice when done..