Overlander, off-road and Tear-drop trailers for Bronco

Ive seen a bunch during my search. It eeally depends on preference. Mine is a sleep in camper with slide out kitchen and fridge. Solar shower. Im just makinging sure of the suspension on the trailer. So im looking at 12- 15 k for mine. Not sure i want to pull the trigger on that or just base camp with my 31ft 5th wheel. Lotts of choices..lmao

Slownstddy

Ive seen a bunch during my search. It eeally depends on preference. Mine is a sleep in camper with slide out kitchen and fridge. Solar shower. Im just makinging sure of the suspension on the trailer. So im looking at 12- 15 k for mine. Not sure i want to pull the trigger on that or just base camp with my 31ft 5th wheel. Lotts of choices..lmao

Yup, I agree.
Off road suspension is a must for me. I’m just looking for a smallish camper that is sturdy enough to keep up with a Bronco...

Commodore

Yup, I agree.
Off road suspension is a must for me. I’m just looking for a smallish camper that is sturdy enough to keep up with a Bronco...

3500 towing capacity, "smallish" is a requirement...

I'm also curious - I don't "camp" and neither does my wife ... however, we're both open to the idea of sleeping in a small camper (with a bathroom) - shower isn't necessary - but toilet is, 100%... and I'm curious what options are out there for something small for 2 people with 2 small dogs that would be towable by the Bronco

Slownstddy

Ive seen a bunch during my search. It eeally depends on preference. Mine is a sleep in camper with slide out kitchen and fridge. Solar shower. Im just makinging sure of the suspension on the trailer. So im looking at 12- 15 k for mine. Not sure i want to pull the trigger on that or just base camp with my 31ft 5th wheel. Lotts of choices..lmao

Ouch $15 k I paid less than that for our 30 travel trailer. I built my teardrop for about $2500 it has a 3500 lb torsion axel that i can adjust it to give it a 4” lift. If you can build a plywood box you can build your own. I built my frame and all but you can get a Home Depot or Tractor supply or even harbor freight and build a box to put on top. And for a bathroom a side tent with a camp toilet with baby diapers works great.

PSUTE

3500 towing capacity, "smallish" is a requirement...

Jakob1972

Ouch $15 k I paid less than that for our 30 travel trailer. I built my teardrop for about $2500 it has a 3500 lb torsion axel that i can adjust it to give it a 4” lift. If you can build a plywood box you can build your own. I built my frame and all but you can get a Home Depot or Tractor supply or even harbor freight and build a box to put on top. And for a bathroom a side tent with a camp toilet with baby diapers works great. View attachment 5317View attachment 5318View attachment 5319

Great Ideas!
That is just about what I’m looking for...

Commodore

Great Ideas!
That is just about what I’m looking for...

Oh yeah the teardrop is under 1000lbs. I used to pull it with a 2001 escape, didn’t even know it was back there.

Jakob1972

Ouch $15 k I paid less than that for our 30 travel trailer. I built my teardrop for about $2500 it has a 3500 lb torsion axel that i can adjust it to give it a 4” lift. If you can build a plywood box you can build your own. I built my frame and all but you can get a Home Depot or Tractor supply or even harbor freight and build a box to put on top. And for a bathroom a side tent with a camp toilet with baby diapers works great. View attachment 5317View attachment 5318View attachment 5319

that is WAAAAAY beyond my skill level.

Calgecko

that is WAAAAAY beyond my skill level.

No you don’t have to get that fancy. I am going to rebuild it since an oak tree fell on it a few years ago and it has just been sitting in the drive. I am going to make it with mainly straight lines instead of curves. There are a few folks home building these on YouTube. It is really just building a 5’ wide (queen size bed) 8 foot long 4’ tall plywood box

Jakob1972

No you don’t have to get that fancy. I am going to rebuild it since an oak tree fell on it a few years ago and it has just been sitting in the drive. I am going to make it with mainly straight lines instead of curves. There are a few folks home building these on YouTube. It is really just building a 5’ wide (queen size bed) 8 foot long 4’ tall plywood box

interesting... I'm not that handy when it comes to working with lumber/wood - working on cars, that's fine (I pretty much restored my 71 Dart in my garage by myself) - but maybe I'lll look into it. still not sure about bathroom options though, LOL

Calgecko

interesting... I'm not that handy when it comes to working with lumber/wood - working on cars, that's fine (I pretty much restored my 71 Dart in my garage by myself) - but maybe I'lll look into it. still not sure about bathroom options though, LOL

Oh there are lots of build sites out there with plans Even. I CADed up my plans but I do work with CAD all day . There is a build site called teardrops and tiny travel trailers (T&TTT) you could build an angular type tear in a weekend they call that plan the weekender. That would look really good as an off-road Overlander trailer.

Jakob1972

Ouch $15 k I paid less than that for our 30 travel trailer. I built my teardrop for about $2500 it has a 3500 lb torsion axel that i can adjust it to give it a 4” lift. If you can build a plywood box you can build your own. I built my frame and all but you can get a Home Depot or Tractor supply or even harbor freight and build a box to put on top. And for a bathroom a side tent with a camp toilet with baby diapers works great. View attachment 5317View attachment 5318View attachment 5319

That looks awsome....
I watched a you tube video of a guy who built one himself and thought it would be fun to do so. I looked into it and the convenience factor come into play. I dont have the Time to put into it right now. I have found ones that start at 45-7500 that are basic with good offroad suspension.

Check out the Fleetwood Evolution series.

AcesandEights

Check out the Fleetwood Evolution series.

@AcesandEights

Please post a link!

The Bean trailers look really good. Here is the link: https://beantrailer.com/

Hobgoblin

The Bean trailers look really good. Here is the link: https://beantrailer.com/

@Hobgoblin ...thanks
That’s what I’m talking about!

Commodore

@Hobgoblin ...thanks
That’s what I’m talking about!

My pleasure. They look like really nice rugged trailers. I also like the Airstream Base Camp but that is getting up there in price and the off-road portion is more limited.

The Opus trailers might also do the trick for you. I would be seriously looking and the Bean and the Opus trailers if it were in the cards. It might be a few years before I can add one of these to the mix. Here is the link to Opus USA: https://www.opuscamper.us/
They have a unique airframe pop out tent on some models.

Hobgoblin

My pleasure. They look like really nice rugged trailers. I also like the Airstream Base Camp but that is getting up there in price and the off-road portion is more limited.

The Opus trailers might also do the trick for you. I would be seriously looking and the Bean and the Opus trailers if it were in the cards. It might be a few years before I can add one of these to the mix. Here is the link to Opus USA: https://www.opuscamper.us/
They have a unique airframe pop out tent on some models.

@Hobgoblin Thanks!