I got one too and it’s been great. 2014 all roada with the smaller sloped lid though. Double Jerry, double gas, I put on a new axle with electronic braking, an isi 4 bike hitch off the front a frame, a massive rhino box on the a frame too. Just installed a 65L water tank underneath and plumbed. Rhino rack across the top. Spare mounted underneath. I put a 45KG 4x4 Altegra gazebo on the rack and a 290L Darche nemo water proof bag next to it, with all our sleeping bags and matts. I load this thing to the hilt and it just handles whatever. I’ve purposely avoided any electrical as I want a setup that can bounce around as hard as it wants and nothing can break. Pelican esky with a 10L ice brick gets me 5-6nights easy. Keep all gear packed and sealed in there full time on drivers with no water ingress. Best part is it’s a trailer so do about 5-6 standard trailer runs to get soil bark chip etc as lid opens fully up. I’ve also done about 5 x 1.7tonne loads and suspension has held up. They build these tough. Most versatile trailer if you don’t mind just setting up a free standing tent and gazebo. Spent about $8k all up cause done myself and got trailer for $3.4K. You’ll love it
Wow sounds like you've done so much to yours. They're such versatile units, aren't they? We've dragged ours around some pretty crazy places with no dramas at all. Two years later and we still love it!
Thanks for the comparison between this and the trailmaster. Got a few ads on fb from trailmaster which put this on my radar too. You're right about there not being much choice besides having to choose these 2 brands or custom build something which blows the price out of the water for what's essentially a box trailer What did you not like about the trailmaster? Just build quality? Any issues with dust ingress in the pod as that's my biggest concern tbh
We made the decision to go with the Stockman mainly due to the build quality which felt better than the Trailmaster. Also by buying Stockman we knew we were supporting an Australian company. Trailmaster seemed to copy some of the features and purchased the parts overseas. The dust ingress is extremely minimal tbh and we've pulled it across some really dusty roads.
These are great, but I’m pretty sure that’s not independent suspension, the Pods with independent suspension use the cruisemaster system with shocks and the cruisemaster doesn’t use leaf spring.
Thank you!! We leave ours all the time, we have a padlock on the back so nobody can lift the lid and we have a wheel lock that we attach to it when we leave camp. We also considered a hitch lock for extra safety
I use a New Yorker kryptonite 14mm d lock with chain through the wheel and tied to axle as well as a coupling lock. Gonna take 3mins of grinding to get it moving.
I got one too and it’s been great. 2014 all roada with the smaller sloped lid though. Double Jerry, double gas, I put on a new axle with electronic braking, an isi 4 bike hitch off the front a frame, a massive rhino box on the a frame too. Just installed a 65L water tank underneath and plumbed. Rhino rack across the top. Spare mounted underneath. I put a 45KG 4x4 Altegra gazebo on the rack and a 290L Darche nemo water proof bag next to it, with all our sleeping bags and matts. I load this thing to the hilt and it just handles whatever. I’ve purposely avoided any electrical as I want a setup that can bounce around as hard as it wants and nothing can break. Pelican esky with a 10L ice brick gets me 5-6nights easy. Keep all gear packed and sealed in there full time on drivers with no water ingress. Best part is it’s a trailer so do about 5-6 standard trailer runs to get soil bark chip etc as lid opens fully up. I’ve also done about 5 x 1.7tonne loads and suspension has held up. They build these tough. Most versatile trailer if you don’t mind just setting up a free standing tent and gazebo. Spent about $8k all up cause done myself and got trailer for $3.4K. You’ll love it
Wow sounds like you've done so much to yours. They're such versatile units, aren't they? We've dragged ours around some pretty crazy places with no dramas at all. Two years later and we still love it!
Love how you can build it up as requied.
They’re so versatile, there’s a page on Facebook for these pods, people have done so much to them
Fabulous info! Thanks
That’s impressive 👍🏽
But even more impressive is that awesome Grass Tree (Black Boy) behind you .. that would be 100’s of years old 😳😍💕👍🏽
I know right!! That place is littered with them too
Thanks for the comparison between this and the trailmaster. Got a few ads on fb from trailmaster which put this on my radar too. You're right about there not being much choice besides having to choose these 2 brands or custom build something which blows the price out of the water for what's essentially a box trailer
What did you not like about the trailmaster? Just build quality?
Any issues with dust ingress in the pod as that's my biggest concern tbh
We made the decision to go with the Stockman mainly due to the build quality which felt better than the Trailmaster. Also by buying Stockman we knew we were supporting an Australian company. Trailmaster seemed to copy some of the features and purchased the parts overseas.
The dust ingress is extremely minimal tbh and we've pulled it across some really dusty roads.
These are great, but I’m pretty sure that’s not independent suspension, the Pods with independent suspension use the cruisemaster system with shocks and the cruisemaster doesn’t use leaf spring.
You can definitely upgrade the suspension on a trail master. Your research can’t have been too thorough. Trailmaster build quality is unmatched
Are there a tie down points for your fridge??
Unfortunately, it doesn't come with tie-downs but we added our own for the fridge and battery box. It was fairly easy to do.
How do you stop the gear all bouncing around in the trailer? Do you have tie down points inside?
Yes there are multiple places to add tie downs. The battery box and the fridge are all secured so they don’t move around. The rest is a game of Tetris
Great video! Can you leave these unattended without it getting stolen? This is my fear with it being so light and small.
Thank you!! We leave ours all the time, we have a padlock on the back so nobody can lift the lid and we have a wheel lock that we attach to it when we leave camp. We also considered a hitch lock for extra safety
I use a New Yorker kryptonite 14mm d lock with chain through the wheel and tied to axle as well as a coupling lock. Gonna take 3mins of grinding to get it moving.
Hey, thanks for the video. Are you able to share more details about the front box and how you attached it? Thank you!
We bought the box itself from Bunnings. The guy we bought the trailer from bolted it onto frame (4 bolts) and it hasn’t moved since.
@@thelittleadventurersAus thanks!
It’s literally in the video!
Have you decided which lithium battery to go with?
We got the Outbax 105amp and it’s been awesome so far