Ovrlnd East - DIY Trailer Build 

Great to see kids helping out and enjoying the work.

Craftsmanship. I see Craftsmanship. Gaps are consistent as welds are. It sounds tight and solid. What a great job and configuration. I'm trying to configure yak hauler and sleeper. Side bar. My son helped me working on vehicles and building/remodeling. He now earns over 100,000 a year and never set foot in a college classroom or a tech school. He learned electricity, pneumatic, hydraulic, A/C, heating, and tools and techniques. We don't know what our Son's will be. We can only inspire and share our experiences and knowledge. And keep their hands full! But you know this.... Well done job on trailer. Really great job. It's all in the details and your well acquainted with details I see.

Hands down, best build I have seen.

Nice build. Good to see that you involved your kids in the build.

GREAT BUILD! May I add GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. Three year ago we bought a Smittybult Gen II, that's a story on its own, and mounted it on a 4x5 open trailer that we already had. Soon we started planning a new trailer. We stopped by Lowe's to compare and decided on a 4x6 is what we needed. We started designing and buying stuff, lights, fenders, latches etc. About a year ago I stumbled onto your build video and told my wife, look this guy has built my trailer. I live in middle Tn and go to the mountain regularly. Would like to someday meet up and compare. Loved that your spending time with kids and making them a part of it.

Love that you have your boys helping!

Here in Aus we try to make the tyre size the same a the truck. Just in case. I've been places 1000 km from help.

Nice build, and it's great that you did it with your boys, great memories

One of the auxbeam 6 gang switch panels are awesome for allowing you to easily organize your electrical setup. That's what we did for our m416. We put in it a tongue box with the battery

Awesome setup man!! I'm sure your boys will enjoy that for years to come.

Great build and along some great back round zeppelin, yeah.

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

Great build. I like the angle iron and the gussets to be able to use plywood for the sides and top of the box.

Awesome build, kept it simple and it came out solid and ready for the additional features you're going to add

Great build, thanks for sharing.

Great build, congrats for the trailer, for getting yours kidos involved and for the desire to share your experience! Way to go!

man oh man! love it bro!

Awesome job, great video! enjoy.

You make it look so easy. What a great project to do with your boys. I hope you get years of enjoyment!

The weatherstripping is on backwards! The foam goes on the outside. Nice trailer BTW~

Very nice work! I wish you were my neighbor! LOL

Did you just rotate the axle 180 and remount it? There is a natural bend in the axle and you are supposed to attach new perches on the top and keep the axle the same without rotating it to maintain the bend that is in the axle. The bend has a purpose to level the axle under load. Have you experienced any issues like uneven tire wear or it not tracking correctly?

Inspiring project indeed . Thanks !

Just picked up my Facebook market place trailer! Going to use some of your ideas! Hoping I can get my boys out there to help me build it?

Pretty work

On your 15x5 rims what tire size did you go with? I was told 205/75r15 was the biggest I could do on a 15x5. Thanks, great job on the trailer! Building mine now.

Great job mate

Nice trailer. Kinda looks like your weather stripping is on backwards???

Good stuff

we did the same thing with our overland build but we ordered our axle from Dexter and they had mounted the spring perches on the wrong side so that it was above the spring. we wanted it below the spring. You really should weld on perches to the correct side because flipping the axle sets the preload of the axle the wrong direction. All axles have a slight bend to them and you can see when you flipped it the preload is now upside down. Just a heads up.

Love it

what was roughly total cost?

I love how easy you made it look, makes me think I can manage a project like this. Great content!!

Nice trailer. I have a 4x6 trailer I'm about to start on. You gave me alot of great ideas for sure!

Nice Work,!

Awesome job on the trailer, you gave me so many good ideas for my trailer, you definitely got my sub

Get those young men a face shield for grinding. Nice trailer

Hi bro , very nice build. Do you have more detailed information about how you made the doors. And the frame of the doors ? Especially the edge where you mount the weather seal

Stumbled on this video. Looking at making a build like this for my daughter and I to start camping. Do you know the weight by chance?

Have you had a chance to use off road? How does the ball hitch work? Trying to decide between a pintle or a ball.

Thanks! Great ideas!

I were you flipped it to the bottom of the Springs right there? Where the u boats go up. You could actually get you a plate of metal and actually drop that down with longer. You both put a couple of pieces of metal there, and then you can drop that whole thing down with you both just copy the top plate. The same metal plate did you both go in? Copy it onto another piece of metal and then stack your metal up. Get longer view bowls and then raise it up there you are.

That's pretty cool! I bet my Civic could tow something like that. Or maybe it's time I got a truck. lol

The boys are using a grinder without safety glasses. Too young to lose an eye. Get on it dad!

Awesome build! Good to see your version of an offroad trailer. Thanks for sharing!

het there good job, going to build one myself, just one thing, the weather strip is on the wrong way, soft side to the door surface.

Cool project. I wonder how much it cost to build it.

My dad and I are starting a utility trailer build and I think we might go your route seeing your video and progress! Great stuff! How much was the fab work out of curiosity!

Awesome build! Come to the beach and let's fish!

Great build! Whats the dry weight of the trailer when all is said and done?

Bro, that looks good. I like it. What are the wheels? Where did you get them?

Love the vid, but the background radio/music kind of distracting!!!

When you extend the hitch forward also extend it rearward and tie it into the hitch on back of trailer. If you get stuck you can use the trailer to tie onto to pull you out with out damaging it.

Nice to see someone with common since to have built one instead of dropping 8k on a prebuilt which in my opinion is way over priced for what they are. Nice Job!

What hinges are those? Looking for some for my own build.

very nice! how much would you sell one like that?

Can you please put link for the wheels and tires??

Awesome build, and even better to have your sons help. That project will make memories and experiences for years to come.

Very nice built! I’m thinking of building one myself. Thank you for the share

All in all, how much would you say you've invested so far just in the trailer?

Have you had any tire wear, since you flipped the axle ?

these kids should be watching tv and playing outside not being forced to work for you.. im going to report you and use this video as evidence

Hey buddy great video and the best explaining ive heard! Best part is you and your boys spending priceless time together and please tell them im proud of them too! Ive got a 4x6 toughest little trailer ive ever seen build that small. I dont know who built it but boy did they build it tough. Its got a solid sheet of steel floor in it i brlieve is 1/8 inch thick but it actualy maybe thicker. I was going to do what yall have done and then a buddy put a topper on me so i changed my mind with trailer and then another buddy put a round 70 or 71 Scottys camper on me so o changed plans again and then another buddy throwed a old 2 horse horse trailer on me so i changed AGAIN and i said NO more. So now im selling Scotty cqmper and horse trailer. Im going to do inside topper and build a overland trailer like yall with 4x6. Ive watched many videos but i couldnt figure out what type frame to use and most use tube steel. But you using angle is exactly what i need to do so thanks for that and many other ideas. I aint never done this so if you dont mind could spare one of your boys to come help and then It shouldnt take no time with them being experienced i sure would preciate it. By now i pray yall have had countless great days! Thanks and Happy Trails to yall!

What wheels and tires did you use? Thanks!

Looks great. Very nice build

and if you can contact me privately, if you have a picture of the trailer so that I have an idea how to make it, because this one is the best for me.

What ended up being total weight?

Is there a build list anywhere?

What a awesome job I want to build my own now

Will water get inside if rains? , Like on top of trailer underneath rtt ? Part from that great video

I like this. So you know, with lumber prices now and a year ago, HDPE and ABS panelling would have been cheaper, waterproof, you could use VHB tape for adhesive and have a colour choice...for next time, cheers!

What a great project to share with your two sons. The trailer turned out great! I hope to start my own project in the near future. Thank you for the inspiration.

Can you show how you made the doors/weather stripping location to seal it. I have been looking at making a similar trailer but can't find a good way to make the internal lip to make each door weatherproof.

Do you think this would work with a 2x4 frame if your not going to use a roof top tent? I'm going to put a rack on top just to hold our bikes, but no serious weight up top.

Awesome build! Best part was watching your son help build it. Trailer is perfect and for a fraction of the cost of a manufactured trailer.

Nice job. Just got mine. Gonna be modding it out over the summer. Can't wait. Great job sir ...

Thanks for sharing! Thinking maybe to take on a similar project with my son. Good stuff!

Can you please explain how your doors and door sills are designed/how they fit together? looks like your door might be 1/2" angle, but would love some insight on the receiving door frame was made to have your door sit so water tight. Thanks!

Me 'Im here cause it just looks interesting. At least I don't think I'm planning a build.

greetings, I am interested in the dimensions of your trailer, which are

Very nice job. We're starting a trailer ourselves using an M416 frame as the base. Can you tell me how you built your doors?

Thanks. Nice job. Just the answer to my camping plans. Now, I’m going to one.

thanks

Great trailer. I’m losing my ability to overland due to eyesight. Looked at this for a rc rig.

It was great to see this build in person, great job!

On the framework for the box. How tall is the box from the frame of the original trailer bed?

Thanks for sharing.

I' was given to me a trailer 4.5 x 5.5 I'm going to build a similar box I appreciate your ideas ,looks good

Nice build!!!

Muito bom, parabéns!!

Do you have the measurements for the top rack? I want to do this same thing but on a smaller trailer

Nice build!

Nice build!!

Great video

nice build

Nive build

Cool build

Do you have a link to the wheels and tires you selected for the trailer?

One year later. How is the plywood holding up?

What is the overall weight? Nice trailer