Im new to this site, and the reason I joined is because I wanted to see what people think about my idea. Ok this is the idea. When im older I want a land rover defender 110. I want to go on an overland trip in it. Now my idea is that I want a trailer that can be really good off-road. Now I know that the ex-army sankey trailers are supposed to be good but I dont like the like of them. And I dont like leaf springs. So the idea is to get a defender 90 pickup. So long as the back end of chassis, the pickup bit and all the suspension is good then it doest matter what condition the front is in as I wont be needing it. What I want to do to convert it into a trailer is to cut the chassis just behind the cab. The front half can be scrapped or sold as spares. Then to convert it in to a trailer I need an a-frame. Ive seen one for sale on the internet that is from a sankey trailer. It has a NATO hitch which is cool because they look better than ball hitches. Hope fully the a-frame can be welded or bolted on to the chassis. If this works then the trailer should be parallel to the ground when hitched to the back of the defender. This is cos the NATO hitch should bolt on at the same height as the chassis of the 110 and the a-frame is attached onto the chassis of the 90. Now for the electrics. This shouldnt be too hard because there is not much electrical stuff at the back of a pick-up, only the lights. Hopefully the wires can be wired up to a trailer light socket. The trailer should have brakes too because the back drum brakes are operated by cable and so is the handbrake of the a-frame, again hopefully this will work. The next thin is the pickup bed itself it will have only 3 sides as the back of the cab used to be a side. This should be solved by welding some sheet metal to it. This is the only thing that I think may look crap but again hopefully it wont. Now the last thing I can think of that will need modifying is the rear diff as it used to have a drive shaft in it there will be a big hole exposing the gears. This will be covered with more sheet metal for protection. If when off roading a stone could fly into the diff and break some of the cogs and also break the diff this could be a nightmare as the wheels may jam due to the stuck stone. This is the reason why I would cover it with sheet metal in order to protect it.
And there you have it this trailer should be well good off road as it has the land rover suspension and ground clearance. It will also have a good departure angle. This is my idea and I think it SHOULD be great but im not totally sure. if any one knows this has benn done befor can you tell me.
What do you think?
And there you have it this trailer should be well good off road as it has the land rover suspension and ground clearance. It will also have a good departure angle. This is my idea and I think it SHOULD be great but im not totally sure. if any one knows this has benn done befor can you tell me.
What do you think?
