Ovrlnd East - DIY Trailer Build

[@jaimeantoni0]

I was going to go the military cargo trailer route but this seems more of what I’m going for. Thank you. Amazing build sir.

[@stoltzk]

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

[@my3sonsnh]

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

[@grumpyshorts1056]

Great to see kids helping out and enjoying the work.

[@michaeltichonuk2176]

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.

[@wgarrett6820]

Good job on the build guys. Great ideas for my future build.

[@darrenvohs]

Love that you have your boys helping!

[@mikefoster5663]

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

[@ifitsnotbrokenfixit1193]

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

[@ericfalig9264]

Great job guys, time well spent making great memories.

[@NoboriAuto]

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

[@angelgarza9114]

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

[@Tommy-rr7ez]

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!

[@off-roadridingadventures7129]

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.

[@marchashagen4254]

Hands down, best build I have seen.

[@adrianianna2868]

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.

[@Flyers2929]

That is brilliant! Good thinking!

[@bamslife2812]

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

[@eugenetai1644]

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

[@Jbzy3000]

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

[@bryblanch]

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

[@morganjones3890]

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

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Good to hear. Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck and enjoy the build.

[@steven-ft5pz]

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.

[@Tommy-rr7ez]

Hey buddy I'm fixing to start on mine so Steven it sure would be nice Ole buddy if you would come help me I won't mind a bit I sure won't! Since we are neighbors it shouldn't be no problem im over here in Upper Cumberland. Thanks and I will go ahead and put a pot of coffee on!

[@steven-ft5pz]

@@Tommy-rr7ez To me upper cumberland is still a few hours away but advice is free. What ya need

[@steven-ft5pz]

@@Tommy-rr7ez I didn't start with a pre-made trailer. I made a 4x6x2 ft box from 2x2x1/8 angle iron and went from there. It has 2000lb torsion axle that give it 20 in ground clearance. It only weighs about 1200lbs including gear.

[@Tommy-rr7ez]

@steven-ft5pz OH ok! No I was just joking! Your welcome to come but I preciate advice but my hardest part has been just getting started. What most videos I've seen used 2x2 tubular steel but he used angle and that's what i needed to see. Once I get the frame the rest won't be to bad. I won't to make sure it's tough enough to handle off road depending on where I go. The Scottys camper I got a few months ago has to be redone in the interior, water damage, but I looked at it and there is NO way it could ever handle overland. It's asphalt and campground only and that just won't work. I've got another piece of bare land in Cumberland Plateau that I need a tough trailer to be able the county road to get to it. The Scotty has a lot of parts I can use to do my 4x6 stove sink etc so if I don't sell it this week I will make good use out of it. I hope yall are enjoying yalls trailer and I can't wait to get mine done so I can get out there and go.

[@steven-ft5pz]

@@Tommy-rr7ez Yes I understand tough. I'd put mine against anybody. As far as frame it has a 2x3 tube entire length with receiver hitch in rear, tubing cross members support axles. If you look at mine and Ovrlnd east they are almost twins. Same shape, tent, even taillights. But I didn't start with utility trailer. I planed for a year, then started buying parts during covid when everything was hard to get and took about a year to build. We go thru Cookeville and Crossville periodically wouldn't mind ya seeing mine. Maybe we can hookup someday.

[@jguitarz1]

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!

[@Adventurerigs]

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

[@bradleytalbot8618]

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

[@Jesse.Jorgensen]

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

[@michaelzoccoli4607]

What a awesome job I want to build my own now

[@Evosol1]

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.

[@TheRikkymunoz]

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

[@robguest700]

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

[@vinoewhines]

Nice build. Having fun getting it done. Cheers

[@bucky716]

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

[@GreyWolfe]

Great build, thanks for sharing.

[@manuelwebe]

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

[@FBCTrona]

Finishing my trailer up now. Used a lot of your advice and looks much like your trailer.

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Awesome. Glad the vid helped out.

[@jayneal8154]

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

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Which beach??

[@jayhenry5157]

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

[@stephenfowler6981]

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.

[@SalvoDan]

This would also add rigidity to the trailer and drawbar. It would prevent this from happening; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fF7IeYx_rshnqrc

[@shawnt4575]

Great build! Thank you for showing us.

[@El_Tigre562]

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

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Thanks. Most of the upgrades are done and the part 2 vid is coming soon Thanks again.

[@GoXplr]

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

[@protohyp]

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.

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Just reworked the leafs and suspension. Fixed the perches also. Thanks for the tip.

[@protohyp]

@@ovrlndeast2834 awesome and good luck with the build. you can check our build on our KZbin.

[@malcruzg]

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

[@MontotoProductions]

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.

[@ShanePowell-d2t]

Very nice. Awesome to see young men learning to build something besides typing skills on the phone😂

[@Robertbenenati]

Awesome job, great video! enjoy.

[@tommaples9174]

Nice job. I think I would add a roto pack holder for extra water or gas.

[@squirreltrys8386]

Looks great. Very nice build

[@odevious8081]

This is so awesome imma go buy me a trailer from home depot

[@patriot1902]

Love the topo map paint job.

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Thanks. Not my idea but it worked out ok

[@JonBoatBilly]

Howd you do that?

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Used my wife’s cricket. Cut out a template, stuck it on and painted.

[@JonBoatBilly]

@@ovrlndeast2834 I didn’t know they could do all that so is it wood or some other material?

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Side panels are wood.

[@bigteeee23]

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?

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Awesome. Glad to hear you picked up some ideas from the vid. And definitely get the boys involved. Be sure to subscribe. I’ve made the upgrades I mentioned and plan to do a 1 year review on the trailer soon. Good luck.

[@harryesparza2531]

That is one nice build for sure!

[@87espinoza87]

This trailer build is great man. Good job.

[@danielbichokov1340]

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

[@brunothehumble]

I recently came into a 3x5 trailer and am wanting to build some variety of off road trailer out of it and I’m bouncing around the idea of mounting one or two Optima batteries in a tongue box and setting up a heavy power connection using Anderson plugs so the batteries in the trailer get charged by the alternator when the truck is running. Might opt for a battery isolation relay of some kind just to keep from accidently running the truck battery too low if I have the trailer connected but I’m still planning out details. The idea of an on board battery and an Anderson plug to the tow vehicle is pretty appealing to me.

[@lukeferrone831]

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

[@rockporttigger7138]

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

[@ovrlndeast2834]

You are correct. But it wouldn’t work that way. Had to improvise. Still had no leaks.

[@russellbailey4443]

Using fiberglass resin on the plywood worked great on my tiny boat build.

[@geographyinaction7814]

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!

[@robertcopeland1354]

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

[@FMCOverland]

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

[@MRBIG-lg9zl]

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

[@brandonh3895]

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?

[@cts7648]

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

[@lopezadventure3892]

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

[@overland_dadsfl]

That is an impressive build sir. Kudos

[@geralddy1022]

man oh man! love it bro!

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Inspiring project indeed . Thanks !

[@thomasbrustad5596]

Outstanding build!!

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Thanks. Making upgrades now. Part 2 coming at some point. Haha.

[@eddieglovestrees]

Pretty work

[@thetdavisfamily]

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?

[@jasonf1340]

Looks good nice job.

[@MrKrazeoner]

Awesome build !!!

[@maddog19671967]

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.

[@can5projects563]

awesome build well done mate

[@markgold695]

Great joh on your trailer

[@MikeandIkes_EDC]

Great build!

[@brycepexton2898]

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

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Just the trailer, no gear. 1050 lbs.

[@darinhodge8015]

Great job mate

[@Dieiamgi]

awesome job my man.

[@chrisbrown6310]

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

[@jonjonword6222]

Nice Work,!

[@rud98ss]

Thanks for sharing.

[@betogonzalez8582]

I LOVE IT! ❤ AMAZING!

[@chadbonnerart]

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!

[@chancetolbert4852]

what was roughly total cost?

[@rudyfisher7660]

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.

[@BourbonOverland]

What wheels and tires did you use? Thanks!

[@PatrickBarnesGreatBear]

Great job.

[@danemmerich6775]

Nice build!!

[@terrydowning3030]

Like that your boys are invalved

[@Sgt_Trident]

Looks great!

[@KuyaJones]

Great Job !!

[@DobberSox]

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?

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Hey. The door jams are 1” angle and the frames are 3/4”. That allowed the doors to close flush once I added a little bit of weather striping. The inside of the 3/4 angle frames is 5/8” which worked perfect for the 5/8 plywood inserts. Hope this helps.

[@DobberSox]

@@ovrlndeast2834 awesome. Thank you!

[@fernandoban5050]

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

[@herbrachel9707]

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

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Don’t tell OSHA. Haha.

[@magnus_jaya]

Cool build

[@der3k7]

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

[@timheilig6091]

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.

[@kylebell7879]

Great video