Elk Trailer

[wytex]

If someone is elk hunting in conditions that can blow this trailer into the sky "like a kite", they have much larger issues to resolve.... LOL

Absolutely love this build OP!!!

It's the drive to his elk hunting area that I'm talking about. Obviously you have never driven in Wyoming/ Colorado during a high wind event ?
Much bigger trailers than that get blown over on the interstate and local highways.
And yes, it will blow in the mountains too, hope there is room for a chainsaw in there.

Good moisture right now in the mountains , hope it holds til end of summer.
Elk antlers are growing nicely.

[Traildust]

It's the drive to his elk hunting area that I'm talking about. Obviously you have never driven in Wyoming/ Colorado during a high wind event ?
Much bigger trailers than that get blown over on the interstate and local highways.
And yes, it will blow in the mountains too, hope there is room for a chainsaw in there.

Good moisture right now in the mountains , hope it holds til end of summer.
Elk antlers are growing nicely.

I'm freaking ready to get out of Texas!

[wytex]

We have a heat wave coming, might get up into 90's this weekend, ugh!

[bassmatt72]

Sweet rig!

[Traildust]

Paying work and hot weather has slowed us done a bit. We're also running out of time for this year

Temporary box mounted on tongue ( Propane and generator fuel ), the fold up trailer jack just wasn't cutting it so we added an Ultimate jack, it un-pins and can be slid all the way up out of the way.




Got started on the E-track system. It will have a couple rails on the walls on each side, plus a spare tire clamp.


New hitch, front basket and solar power will be installed before next year. We blew our budget for this year!

[powderburner]

Budget... What are those when it comes to hunting projects? I thought they were just numbers we told the wife we were going to spend. then we got 50% over to get what we want.

[Traildust]

Budget... What are those when it comes to hunting projects? I thought they were just numbers we told the wife we were going to spend. then we got 50% over to get what we want.

[rferg84]

That looks phenomenol!

I have the exact same old Wells Cargo trailer.

My FIL used it for construction for 15 years, it's beat to hell and I had the same plans. Make it a trailer for bird hunting and the trip to Kansas every year.

I was curious about putting bigger tires on it, thanks for the thread and information.

The ones on it are 15" and only rated for like 65 mph.

[lanceodom]

cool build! keep posting pics!!!

[McClain]

Looks great. Great job!

[Jkbow]

The tires are truck tires and will spin as fast as we can drag them safely. Trailer tires are not a good option for our Elk Trailer.

[Jkbow]

We just returned home Tuesday from Grand Mesa, CO with the elk trailer from a week long trip and it pulled like a dream with no swaying or hopping.

[Quackerbox]

Thats pretty slick.

[bigblock78]

nice build!

[2rsquared]

What a transformation.