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Oh my goodness! I was shocked during the weigh in… “John” from tech support really gets around! 🤣 Thank you Joe Robinet for turning both me and my family onto your channel

Congratulations on the new addition to the family. Great video.

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video Joel! You're only inside at night or when the weather's bad otherwise, you're outside fishing, hunting, hiking. It's a highlight of the day when you post. Thanks so much!

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

That's completely true! Thanks for following along. Your comments are the highlights of my day! Cheers!

Shewww I was close! That's awesome. Can't wait to see which direction you go

Liked your video. One pointer, take your rig to a gravel pit with scales. Run with, and without the trailer.

Great job

Your's looks a lot nicer then mine but I'm also not by any stretch a builder and did mine under 1000$. I think your right on 10ft Being the sweet spot that's what mine is

Very nice job man... I loved the Vid!

@JoelTremblayCA

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

What's funny is I have a 5X10 with 20' clearance that I pull with my 4Runner. I can stand in it but I'm short. Absolutely LOVE my set up but watched your build while building mine March 2021 to Sept 2021...but always improving on it!

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like an awesome build! Safe travels this year. Thanks for watching!

At 1:38, the sentence described as "inaudible" sounds like "masz dwie godziny" in Polish, which means "you have two hours", which could, for example, be part of a conversation between the person who turned on the microphone and a third person.

Good stuff bud. Choosing the perfect trailer is impossible, as your needs vary based on where you camp, who you take, how far away you want to go. For longer trips, rough terrain trips, and lone wolf trips, your trailer is ideal. For trips with the family, you may find it cramped at times, but just keep telling everyone it's "cozy". And a bigger trailer may strain a Taco. From my experience, as I upgraded to bigger and fancier trailers, I often wished I still had my simple little trailer that served me so well. If it were my trailer, I might design a pop-up or flip-up roof system that would help standing height, as well as offer more sleeping space up top... when needed. I know some manufacturers offer them with well insulated fabrics for the cold weather. Might be just the trick for better utilizing an already bitchin camping space. Hug that chonk for us pal!

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight Matt! I have to agree, 80% of the time it's just me lone wolf trips. I love the idea of expandable "pop up design". The ideas are brewing! Thanks for watching

Hi Joel. In case you didnt know, CAT Scales allow you to re-weigh as many times as you need to do so with the same truck/trailer within a 24 hour period and the cost is like 2 dollars USD for each time. This would allow you to get a much more accurate weight of the trailer by weighing with and without the trailer connected. As you mentioned, you had to consider tongue weight in your estimate.. To figure true tongue weight you can use a bathroom scale. On yours you would actually use 2 or 3 (or more) bathroom scales with a board across them and the tongue sitting in the middle of the board. You would zero the scales or subtract the weight they total up and then weigh it. The total of all scales would be your tongue weight. You could also weigh the truck while making sure that your rear tires are on a seperate section of the cat scate and record you axle weights. Then re-weigh the whole thing and subtract your previous rear tire weight from the current weight.. You may have access to a gross weight scale that would weigh the whole thing. You could weigh the truck and then pull forward or backward far enough to get an axle off the scale to get axle weights. You can follow up with the trailer for its weight or a tounge weight if you measure properly. I am a recently retired truck driver and the company driver trainer. I made sure all my guys knew how to do this. The main thing I wanted you to know is that you can re-weigh for almost nothing within 24 hours of a first weigh. By the weigh, at least here in the US the first thing they ask is "FIrst weigh or re-weigh?" because we weigh in pounds. Question, why do you call it the Chuck Box?

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Excellent information. Thanks for sharing, I did not know you can reweight for a cheaper price in 24 hours. The Chuck Box is a play on words or whatever you may call it. The trailer build was part of my final thesis project for my masters of architecture. The thesis is called "The Architectural Chuck Box". In short, I was inspired by the functions and form of an actual camp kitchen chuck box. Thanks for watching!

Good update "dad", and no matter how big a trailer you have, you will always have in the back of your mind, should have gone bigger, but it is for camping not living. Looking forward to when you store opens.

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for following along!! Now I have to learn all the Dad jokes...

Kewl vid, Joel. Answered a few of my Qs, too. Since you have the trailer axle weight of 1440 lbs, all you need to do is stick a scale under the hitch ball coupler. It's probably around 200 lbs, I'm guessing, maybe more since you have your battery and electronics up front along with that ply cabinetry. I'm still working on my trailer... I'm gonna start dragging it around soon as I get the heater installed, then finish the rest as I go. I'm tired of heading out into the desert without it! lol

@JoelTremblayCA

7 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great project. Thanks for watching!

Great video Joel, I have a 6x12 ctc it weighs in at 3088 pounds trailer before conversion was 1300 pounds so I added 1788 pounds I have a tongue weight of 400 pounds well within the 10-15% range but I do use a weight dist hitch as I have a 350 pound tongue weight limit on my sienna minivan.

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I can definitely appreciate all the time it goes into figuring this out to ensure that you have a safe and secure load. Happy travels.

Not bad for the weight I had mention 1400 pounds miscalculation of a couple of hundred pounds. nice video and congrats on the new family member .

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

You were close!! Thanks for watching

I would not significantly modify your current trailer, just start making a plan for the "next" trailer. Obviously you will be limited by the Tacoma, but I would recommend a dual axle for the next one. My understanding is that if you keep feeding those little ones, they keep getting bigger.

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

He's definitely growing like a weed! Thanks for watching. Cheers!

Dang bro you loaded that thing lol. Using frp etc is crucial for this stuff 700 lbs of materials is allot dude. Imean id put my motorcycle in there wood etc etc you would def be way heavy.

@JoelTremblayCA

7 ай бұрын

Trailer is still incredibly light when you compare to anything else out there. Thanks for watching!

Can you post a video installing your off grid system like step by step

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Already exists! Check out my channel and follow along the entire build playlist. Step by step of the electrical off grid system is there. Thanks for watching

Do you have a link for that upgraded fuel tank?

@JoelTremblayCA

7 ай бұрын

Here's the link! www.heatso.com/plastic-fuel-tank-10-liters-capacity-blue/ Thanks for watching

Where did you find the UV rated tank?

@JoelTremblayCA

7 ай бұрын

From a website called heatso www.heatso.com/?mtm_campaign=HEATSO-BRAND-US-CA&mtm_kwd=heatso&mtm_source=google&mtm_medium=cpc&mtm_content=457554455977&mtm_group=Heatso&mtm_placement=&gclid=CjwKCAjwkNOpBhBEEiwAb3MvvSpG9arEx1sUXbxtfR0QS0U40XbiuS9S_FBD5d3MZeHZ-9JWzFiI7xoC8koQAvD_BwE

You will have no problem fitting the baby into the trailer once you understand that you are volunteering to sleeping in the truck!😃

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Hahah yeah I think that's the unavoidable outcome, and I'm ok with that! Thanks for watching

Oh he as a baby subscribe everybody hurry lol 🤣

You should have weighed truck and trailer then dropped trailer reweighed truck, That would give you your trailer weight

You lost me at 12,000 for something barely bigger than a sheet of plywood.

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

We'll If you took a look at the price budget breakdown, you'd have a better appreciation for the cost of things. This was built when a sheet of plywood retailed over $100... Thanks for watching!

@NoZenith

10 ай бұрын

Also the fact he could turn around and fix the holes in the floor and sell it for around half that after all the usage he's gotten out of it... these hold their value for years for as a camper although perhaps better finished wouldn't hold up very well and wouldn't hold its resale value at all but would cost you twice this price for a similar-size

I guess mud grip tires means overland. More a camper with big tires.

@JoelTremblayCA

11 ай бұрын

I suggest you watch some of my newer videos. Cheers

Congratulations on the new addition to the family. Great video.

@JoelTremblayCA

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!