Custom Squaredrop camper build - Harbor Freight trailer frame
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- This is my custom built 4x8 square drop style camper. It took me roughly 2 months to complete - working a couple hours here and there. It was a fun project but it is for sale now in the SLC, UT area.
Music used is from RUclips Studio
Artist is NEFFEX
Titles are: "Believe"; "Dreaming on"; "Inspired"; "Til I hear'em say"; "Hustlin' "
Please help me get to 1,000 subs!!! I appreciate everyone watching this video and commenting!! I’m going to be building another one but also I’m going to post a video soon of the materials I used for this videos build :). You are all great people!!
What keepsthetop water proof
Rubberized paint
How did it hold up did bumpy roads shake it to pieces. That's my worry about the one I want to make
Thanks for watching. We made it!
with music like that, i don't think so
Beautifully done simplicity without spending $8000 and taking a year to build. Commercial RV builders are out of touch with reality.
Not at all they make products with planned obsolescence so you have to spend more than it's worth to repair or to buy a new one.they know exactly what they are doing
@@scootersonlyrepair6773so true. That’s how everything is made now
Update - Total cost of this build including the trailer frame was around $1200
Nice job Chris, I like! I started with a 4x6 v-nose trailer for $2K, Added Insulation, AC, Door, Windows, cabinets, TV, AM/FM DVD front deck, luggage rack, and awning for an add'l $2K...
@@johnw65 that’s awesome! That’s what I want to try next.
@@rudysquest I'm discovering that on our DIY trailers, they're never 'done'... I'm constantly spotting some little thing I want to add. Like maybe a foldup room to attach to the ramp on the back for an indoor privy/shower and outside galley like the teardrops have....
Use wing nuts and make the box removable just incase you need to use the trailer for anything or for maintenance ease.
Nice build. The only I would do real different, is make it so I can stand up in it. I'll be darned if I'm going to take on a project of this magnitude, and then not be able to walk upright inside of it. I'm only 5"7', and my wife is less. So 5'9" to 5'10", floor to ceiling would do for me.
I've been watching a lot of channels of people making teardrop designs I'm like why can't somebody just make a square one and then I found this channel perfect finally a square one I'm 61 years young I like it easy to make i don't need a teardrop.
I could be completely wrong, but my guess is teardrop build is more aerodynamic...basically, far less wind resistance, equaling more speed & better gas mileage?
I love the simplicity I am getting older and just need a sleeping box with ac and a bed more comfortable than sleeping in a tent on the ground.
I'm going to hire this guy to build my camp trailer, Look how fast he works!
Excellent !
I also built mine at 4'x4'x8' rectangular.
I wasn't worried about aerodynamics either because I pull it behind a van anyway
I'm considering turning a aluminum trailer I bought from Lowe's to carry a golf cart behind my van.. into a square camper trailer. 5x10. But I'm going to build the sides at 6foot. I pull behind a van as well... that sometimes the spare room on a light trailer would be so very welcomed....
That's great! People think they need everything built in, like electric and sink etc. but I would just have battery lights and a couple jugs of water. And bring a generator for AC if it was hot and a buddy heater for heat. Cook outside.and a cooler for ice cold drinks .
Dude that is awesome! I’ve been looking at trailers because we’re planning on moving away from where I work so I want something I can camp out in during the week. I was actually looking at harbor freight trailers just the other day.
Nice for a weekend trip. I like the simplicity. It actually has all kinds of accessories. Like a little bag awning or something. Well done.
This just laughs in the face of Airstream, these are modern lines!
A box for the front of the trailer from harbor freight and one of their quiet generators to go inside the box and you're on your way! Great job, it looks good 👍
Nice.. The $ticker $hock for a commercial overland trailer has lead me to build my own. When ever I am done, (haven't started yet, lol) it may not be as pretty but I will have a pretty penny in the bank. Nice build my friend. Thanks for making this video.
Im going to give this a go,but with a bigger trailer that I already own! Also using poor man’s fiberglass for the skin!
VERY NICE JOB, I have plans to do the same on my 5 x 10 with ramp. Will build it on 4x4 skids so I can winch it on and drag it off . I,m contemplatng using insulated garage door panels for sheeting, I like your design.
That’s awesome! Skids would be nice so that your trailer is multi use. Good luck with the project!
Building tiny campers is my after work thing so much fun
Wow great video! I plan on doing a similar build very soon!
I love the bolt lock on the door, but the hinge screws are on the outside. And the smoke detector kinda made me chuckle.
BRO this is TIGHT! thank you for sharing!
Step by step explaining works better with reasons of how and why!
Gosh these builds used to be so fun before lumber exploded in price! Now tow that thing to my deer hunting spot!
Nice and simple. Protection from weather, bears, skunks and snakes. That's all I need. Good job.
LOL that's not going to protect you from a bear. 🤣
@@theoriginaldashriprock In Alaska my brother watched a grizzly rip open a small cabin. But here in Arizona our Black bears seldom get even 250 pounds. However I did see one stand on his back feet and shake a tear drop camper up near Hannagan Meadow. He did not get in but the lady inside sure screamed loudly. These AZ bears are weak, lazy little SOB's and yes a foam and plywood trailer will most likely stop one.
By far my favorite build on RUclips. Quick and basic. The only thing that is making me second think my build is, a used 20ft pulled behind camper that needs a little TLC can be bought for close to the same price as a DIY build, plus it already has appliances, water, bathroom Etc.. really on the fence 🤔
I appreciate that!! That is a tough choice for sure, I wanted a camper like that but for me I was limited by my tow vehicle which is why I went this route.
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Excellent job thank you for showing us how it's done.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗❤
That camper is $40,000 at a RV dealer. Great job!!
Sooper dooper trailer man! 😱😁👍👍🇺🇸
Nice rig for hunting or camping 👌
nice, simple and solid work, still for cargo and as camping trailer, exactly what I like.
What I had done additionally: I would put rubber granulate stripes under the wood. Sooner or later will be there, so it is good, if the wood won`t have water contact too long.
Thanks for your video, I really like it :)
Chris this is awesome bro. I plan on building one sometime in the future. I may have some questions along the way. Hope Youre still here to answer them.
Hey! Thanks!! I’ll do my best to answer them. I check the comments pretty frequently.
Best of luck!
Great music, good vibes
A tad bit monotonous
Great build. I am definitely interested in knowing more about how you did this.
Very cool build man! You’ve just earned yourself a new subscriber. Looking forward to what you do next!
Thank you!!
Nice video bro. Gave me some ideas..!
I like it brother simple fast and will last a long time I need something like this just for deer camp
😅Wouldn't you just love having this guy for a neighbor?
You will be to 1K soon with this kind of response almost 200K in one year that alone is impressive how did you do that
Good question lol - Just lucky I guess.
❤❤❤❤❤You did a wonderful job. Made so much better that the ready made factory types should take Notes on what quality is all about🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice work.. 💯💯💯
This dude works fast !!!! 🙀
He must not be paid by the hour🤷♂️
Great build! I’m doing a pop up camper converted to a hard side salon on my channel.
Nice build!
Nice video! Thanks for sharing.
This may be an opportunity for you to help those who have recently lost everything. A roof over their heads. Great work! I would love ❤️ to buy one from you, only I am one of those who live with family because of a disability. God bless you 🙏 ❤️
Nice work! Cool trailer!
Thank you!
Looking good. Thanks for the video.
Awesome idea
Thanks a lot!
Everything look great. My worry is your trim. I hope it doesn’t leak on you.
Almost exactly like mine.
Badass only thing I would change is the hinge for the door has all the screws exposed I can unscrew them and go right in
Good point lol. I had plans to cover them with trim but that’s a valid point - things to remember on the next one
Nice job 👍 😎
What should I use to coat the outside to prevent water from entering?
Nice job.
Thank u. this was fun to see.
That's the point of building your own, save money and customize to your liking.
It’s perfect!
Think can use foam panels for lot as better insulation and lower cost. But good video shows easy
Awesome job. I’m in the process of building one myself. What brand/type or rubber paint do you use for the roof? Thank you
I believe it was rustoleum rocksolid deck coat that was the 6x thickness. It creates a waterproof barrier.
Ok I will look into that. Thank you very much and stay safe
I’m homeless, living In my car. This would be a Godsend. A roof over my head, a place to actually lay down and get a proper nights sleep…
I work, I have a job, just trying to come up with first, last, security for a place, plus utilities deposits, ect, ect, ect…
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Great Job and great video! What size trailer was it?
4x8
About how much does it weight just curious. I like the design. Thinking about doing it on a northern tools 5x8
How does it pull? Does the square front offer up much wind resistance? How does pulling it effect your gas mileage? I'm curious because I am building almost exactly this design and I'm second guessing whether or not to round off the front any.
I went back and forth on rounding the front too. It does pull fine. I didn’t really notice a big drag with the flat front. Rounding the front or doing a v nose might give a bit more space inside. I just went as simple as i could.
beautiful dude.. what did you use for the inside walls? was that plywood?
@@F-N-C Thanks! It was a hardboard from Home Depot. “Hardboard Thrifty White Tile Board”
Built mine with the door to the rear, only drawback is getting in without a Jack stand when not hooked up to truck causes it to lift in front.
Nice build, could use some cabnets
Would you be willing to post the materials used and prints for the trailer online? This looks almost exactly like what I'm wanting to build (with some minor modifications). And, what's the total weight? (I"m assuming you've sold the trailer by now, which is why I'm asking about the designs)
Lol blueprints? Its just a fucking piece of shit box on a shit trailer
Nice work🔥🔥🔥What type of weather seal paint did you use for the roof?
I actually used Rustoleum Rocksolid 6x deck paint. It completely seals and waterproofs. It makes a super rigid surface. The first coat went on really thick and the wood completely absorbed it, then I added a couple more coats for added waterproofing
How did the paint an wood hold up? As far as pealing an the wood cracking
great trailer !! I want to build one like yours .. do you know what is the weight of your trailer ?
I didn’t officially weigh it but I tried to keep track of the material being used. My best estimate is between 700-800 lbs. tongue weight was about 85 lbs.
I want to build one, but removable maybe with some I bolts & turnbuckles.
Very cool !
I wish you success. Thank you for visiting my works. I am a designer and manufacturer
Like the build, maybe I'll get a "Round Tuit", and build one myself! Silly question though, no criticism, just curious, Why does everyone put the door on the side? I'm thinking a door in the rear(like the ASCAPE trailers) would be better....my opinion only....
I thought about adding a rear access door as well- having two might be better in the long run.
Nice build! What kind of tow vehicle did you have for this trailer? Also did you keep the stock tires on the Harbor Freight trailer?
I have a Jeep Renegade - pulls perfectly fine. Also, I did keep the stock tires on it.
When you do this, how high can you go? Like for example... going under bridge overpasses, they aren't all really tall... so is there like a certain height that you don't go above for the top? And I ask this because... the trailer can only be so wide and long, then the only way to save space is to try to go a little bit more height to make up for that, and turn that into shelf space or store space, etc? Thanks.
I think in my case, I could have went a little higher like to 5’ or 6’ but any higher I would need a wider trailer otherwise you’d be top heavy and could create a situation where the trailer could tip
@@rudysquest Ah. you r right about not wanting it to be top heavy. Thanks for your reply.
Great design but it's leak city. Don't travel or leave it out in the rain. If you used vinyl siding over tyvek- then wood, it would be 100x better. Also making a curved nose instead of a flat one ,would make it aerodynamic.
Custom SquareTop 🤟
That’s sweet! Do you have build detail?❤
Did you change the axle so you could drive over 45?
Great video, thanks!! How or what mods did you do to the HF trailer? what mph is safe with the HF? i am about to buy one to custom build just like yours only i must go 6ft in height :)
Thanks!! All I did to the frame was have the joints welded. I don’t recall the mph but they are dot compliant tires. So I’d assume that means you are good for freeway speeds up to 65. But I don’t recall the actual number.
Very nice but where is the plans, for the rest of us that may not be a carpenter, thanks
Why don’t you add a slight pitch to the roof so it’s about 5 feet in total Height?
For anyone considering buying a trailer. I just went through a nightmare and not sure it's finished. It took a total of 3 stores. I went online to look for the closet store that had heavier duty one in stock. The store closet to me had none, so I went to the second closet. They told me they do not have any. They had one sitting up front on display. It turns out the one on display they are counting as inventory. I told them I'd take it and they told me no. They know these trailers are often hard to find so they trick people into coming into that store location for the trailer, only to be told they actually do not have any, even though it's sitting right in front of everyone as a display. Very crooked or at least dishonest. Anyhow, they at least call another store but it's pretty far. They confirmed they had the trailer I wanted in stock. What was interesting is the guy was clear to me that they had both matching boxes. At the time this seemed odd to say but I didn't pay much attention to it. I get to the store and pick up a couple of items and tell them I'm there to pick up the trailer. They bring it out in two boxes. The guy gets nervous because he has to fill out the title stuff. Had a 'how to' binder, I assume the store created so the paperwork gets completed correctly. It was a disaster. He was coming things out and stamping in the wrong place. I was like hey man are you sure you know what you are doing. He asked a couple of people for help. They assured me all is good with the paperwork. I ended up going to the store next to me to have a manager review because it looked off to me still. She made a correction but no stamp in front of the title. I went to get the title and registration a few days later. They basically laughed at me. Told me to get an affidavit and correct the stamp location. I went to the store closest to me again for this. She was very helpful but had to call the store manager in the place I bought it from originally. I went back to get it registered and after a lot of people reviewed the paperwork they decided to do it but advised it could come back later as not valid. So it was a nightmare going through all this. Lots of my time wasted. I hadn't even put it together yet. Now get this. I open the large box with all the parts because I wanted to paint it with a paint that would not fade like the factory paint does. What's odd is i unpack a front cross member. In my head I'm like oh wow, I thought this only came with the light weight version of the trailer. I'm like sweet, they upgraded. I take all the red parts out and paint them. Looks great. Lots of time spent on it. I planned on putting it together this weekend. Even though I've watched at least ten videos on how to put it together I decided to read the manual. I almost crapped myself. The manual is for the smaller trailer!!!! They gave me the wrong trailer!!!!! I paid for the heavy duty version and they gave me the lighter version. Wth!!! It turns out this goes back to the comment about two matching boxes. They gave me the small box of the heavy trailer which has the wheels and springs. The large box is all the framing and axle of the lighter trailer. What a joke!
I've put so much time ahead work into this already without even assembling it, even have a wood deck purchased and cut. I can't return it at this point with all the registration fees paid, the frame painted and the store being an hour away. I will put it together and see how it turns out. Not happy about it at all. This also means the next person will get mixed boxes, or maybe it happened before me and I got the mixed boxes. This is just a warning for anyone thinking of getting a trailer.
First, call the store to see if they are trying to be crooked by showing a display as available inventory online. Two, when they bring out two boxes make sure they match! If you make it to three, demand a manager completes the paperwork and that the manager goes slow. Any corrections or scribbles will require you to go back and get an affidavit later.
If someone from Harbor Freight contacts me and makes this right I will let everyone know. I will be sharing this in many places to get the word out.
Sharp! How much does it weigh?
Roughly 750-850lbs
@@rudysquest pretty light. Cool, thank you
Can you comfortably take that going 60mph pulse?
What kind of screws do you use , the type and size, I have a 4x8 hf, and I need to do an enclosed cargo trailer im in orem located thanks 🙂
I used structural screws for framing. I also used structural bolts to hold the wood to the metal frame. I think it was 3” screws. And 4.5” bolts.
Using those screws did you have any edge or end splitting? Did you counter sink and/or predrill for the screws?
Why not aerodynamic to help with pulling?
Can probably fit a fouton in the space. If you add more space around the wheel you can add a counter and more space. Probably only 12 inch tho.
How well does it tow nice clean build
Awesome.
hey buddy, thanks for the video . any chance you can share the blueprint and total material list ?
I did make another video with explanations and materials. I don’t have blueprints unfortunately..
does the 1200$ include the trailer also?
I want to make this so bad.
Really nice, but with no undercoating, the bottom is going to rot out. Unless of course you never drive it on wet roads.
What are you welding at start of the video? Did you make any changes to the HF trailer?
I was welding the joints to reinforce the frame. That’s the only change I made to the frame. Everything was still bolted together but welded at those joints.
Could you send me a list of the materials you used?
Roof looks dubious
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Have a brand or a name for thr water rubber roofing you used? Thsnk you...
Be careful how you insulate around waterproofing. When cooling the inside, expect moisture to buildup on any surface it cannot permeate from the inside out. The opposite is true for heating. That's why we don't just waterproof the shit out of regular houses.