Every Flat Fender needs more space!

So we decided we needed a little more room to carry all our camping gear. Nothing is done by halves at Wainui Willys Works so we are now into trailer production. As a few of us were keen on the idea, we're building 3 at present and will build a forth a little later on.
The plan was based on a military M100 shape but re-scaled to be a little wider and a little shorter.

First up we scratched out the frames and set up the suspension. We've all gone for different automotive springs (Mine are Nissan, the others are Jeep) that we're either cheap or already in stock. The advantage of automotive over trailer springs is the length meaning smoother riding trailers! We'll also be running shocks.

One stack of trailer frames

Three out of the four frames will be running Jeep hubs and stubs. This makes maintenance and carrying spares easy and is also cost effective with a lot of parts already on the shelf. Don had plates laser cut to match the axle and the stub. We then drilled and milled them to accept the back of the stub axle. We'll be running Suzuki Vitara discs and whatever calipers look good.

Next up was the body of the trailer. We drew up and bent up a sample shape and had a local metal man fold the panels for us. Next up, give it some shape!

Don whipped out the welder and set to work:

And it really starts to look the part!