LiFePo4 / Lithium Battery upgrade and solar modification: I knew that the factory roof top solar and deep cycle battery would not be sufficient for off grid camping. The trailer has been upgraded to a 200ah LiFePO4 battery along with a new MPPT controller for the rooftop solar and a new MPPT controller for [...]
Welcome to the family. Times change and needs change. We still LOVE our 2019 Off Grid Expedition 2.0 trailer but need a different setup for a few other ways we camp in life. We recently purchased a 2022 Wolf Pup 14CCBL edition trailer. Light enough to tow behind the 4Runner and gives us the [...]
Here's a quick list of all the trailers we have owned and the pros and cons for each from our current trailer to our first trailer. Off Grid Expedition 2.0 Squaredrop Trailer We love our Off Grid trailer! It is a culmination of years of camping and overlanding to find the [...]
FYI - We sold this trailer a couple of years ago. VRV is no longer in business. We cannot provide any additional advice on this trailer. Thanks! Here's an update with photos showing all the things we have done to our VRV Flyer trailer. If by chance you haven't read our intro article about [...]
FYI - We sold this trailer a couple of years ago. VRV is no longer in business. We cannot provide any additional advice on this trailer. Thanks! For several reasons, we decided to sell our Turtleback Expedition trailer and try something new. Turtleback makes great trailers. The kitchen and water set up in the [...]
I had the opportunity to do a nice upgrade to our off road trailer. I was able to sell my old TJM Yulara RTT to a neighbor so that meant and upgrade was in order. While it is the slow season for camping I have a few trips planned this winter season. I went to [...]
Part 3 - The Home Stretch. The trailer was about ready to be skinned, doors, installed, kitchen installed, and testing on some local trails prior to the full big trip to Utah. The testing never happened. We ending up finishing my trailer at 9pm the day prior to heading to Utah for the border [...]
If you missed it part 1 is here. With Phase 1 of the Phase 1 build complete it was time to work on the interior structure of the trailer. The plan has to have storage in the front and storage along the top of the inside of the trailer. Somewhere early in the process I [...]
Before I even go into the details, brilliant ideas, dumb ideas, triumphs, mistakes and an occasional chair throwing there are 3 key ingredients to building a DIY trailer. You have to be crazy enough to do it You need to have friends with skill sets that far exceed your own Your friends have to be [...]
