Today i bolted on the nicely varnished side panels, fitted the tailgate and started on the wiring only to cut the 7 core cable 6" too short, even after measuring it 1/2 a dozen times and test fitting it twice.
Soldered all 7 wires back up and taped the cable into place so it doesn't drag on the road and bolted on the wheelarches. Just need to buy some screws to fit the shock cord buttons to the side and its done. I painted the wheels black because i couldn't find a tin of white or silver paint. Total cost was just under £150, a 1/3 of the price of a genuine westy one and under 1/2 the price of the ones Halfrauds sell.
Very nice. One thing im not sure you've considered. The frame backwards of the axle won't be able to support any weight. I had a camping trailer which looked very much like this. After loading the trailer with what we thought was the heavy part of the load forwards of the axle therefore supported by the draw bar, we found that due to the design it couldn't take any load rear of the axle. During the regular motion of the trailer during use any load was effectively bouncing and ended up bending the frame at the axle point. Your trailer is constructed in exactly the same way so you might want to consider a central longitudinal brace bar? Looks the business though, when are you going into serial production?
I thought about making it with the drawbar extending right the way to the back but didn't bother as the floor is made of 3/4" thick planks. We'll see how it goes anyway.
Great trailer, super build thread. Thanks for stopping and taking the time to take the pictures. We are can learn that way.
Great job, looks like to belongs there. But like a garage, it will be full in no time. LOL Don't forget to show us the cover once you have it fitted!.
