Departure angles make this build something that will be in all the next OVERLAND trailer probuilds... not to mention getting power to the axle.. The round camper is so RETRO... very cool..
Totally deserves some time in the public spotlight. While not essential, it would be super easy to electrify the rear axle. It would take some software trickery to get the proportional drive power to match what you want given trailer angles, tyre size or ratio differences etc, but absolutely doable. Could do it on an Arduino or something super cheap and simple. Surely someone on here can code it for him. I can't think of a way to power it from the Deathstar effectively and without making a cluster.
2 thoughts flew through my mind watching this: 1. Aaaahh! That's why his truck is so short in the back, so the mobile home doesn't hit... 😂 2. You could ad a hydraulic motor on that trailer axel, that could probably come in handy in some situations 👌 Awesome build! Cheers from Northern Sweden!
Lookin goood!!!! Now, some leather seating, disco lights, wet bar, round bed....woooo. I skipped my meds today. Anyway, loving it!!! Hey, Ethyl! Turning into a great crawler! Thanks guys and Peace Out!
Yea! A Shakedown Cruise! Riding in the mobilehome! My best friend had bought a house for $1, but it had to be moved. She walked along the road filming. Her husband was on top, tethered to the chimney, chopping branches and filming. I rode inside filming. We were all laughing SO hard, we all about wet our pants! From then on, we called her house "the mobilehome". ❤ RIP Liza ❤
Mike I was thinking, if the axle in the trailer had gears in it you could put a pulley on it and mount an alternator on the axle to keep your battery charged. Just like on the old racecars. It looks great and didn't get close to scraping.
You should totally put electric wheel hubs on your trailer for some pushing and braking assistance. It would be a nice complement to the rear steer on it!
Some moab rollers of sorts for the trailer would be mint! Maybe one big tube over a smaller tube kinda like a steam roller so its low profile and spans the whole leading edge?
A trailer break mounted on the pinion output of the campers diff might be a very good idea, a bit tricky to enginerd with good fine control and get safe if it's just a open diff though..
Beautiful! You need body protection(fer the paper thin aluminum)...recomend some diamond plate @ least for the lower front areas. draging, brush guard, boulder damage. jmo ;) fun project.
Mike this thing is actually super cool. Stoked for you dude. You're going to have a ton of fun in that mate! The additional wheels at the front is a great idea. You could even use some of those rollers that go on boat trailers and put them across the whole front on a single axle and not just the corners. I've seen bearing mounted ones and they are meant to take a lot of abuse!
Very cool love it. My Grandparents had a camper that style, when I was a kid in the 60s. They always took me and my brother camping growing up. Great memories. 😊
Nicely done! I'm pretty sure there will be a few new builds like this coming, it is way cool. I also love the "It's working!" Star Wars reference, so appropriate for the Death Star!
I think Mike's idea of putting the small tire on the front bottom corners of the trailer is a pretty good idea. Camera man down. Hope it did not hurt too much. It's doing pretty well now but I wonder how it will do once it is finished out on the inside and loaded out for a camping trip. It will weigh a bit more when it's finished and loaded with food and camping equipment.
Love to see this awesome idea come to life and see it in action, even if it was just a proof of concept test run! Camt wait to see the rest of the build and more runs across the rocks! Great job
Interesting shakedown, looks like your vision of this trail rig is fairly accurate! Congrats! Just narrowing down your clearances should be fun!! Thanx !
Hey Mike, what if you had a switch that read the vacuum on the engine and would apply electric motor power to the camper wheels when the engine was under load? SIX-wheel drive when needed, automatically! Then it could switch off when not under load. LOL, A steering wheel on the tong jack and some cleaver controls and it would be so cool to motor around in camp without the truck! 🤔 🙄 🤪
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I love it, when you take a piece of crap, and after weeks of work, you have a mobile piece of crap.
That is sooooo accurate!
Time to start polishing that turd!
While that's true, why prototype on expensive stuff? Concept proved. If he ever wants, he can yeet the shell for a spiffy one!
The DeathStar pulling Tatooine with Anakin in the background yelling "ITS' WORKING!"
Don't know what you're talking about.
@jefflilyea4669 it is a statement. If tou have watched the movies.tou can figure it out.
🤣😂🤣 It sure does look like Tatooine sometimes
"we're going to need every inch of it". Where have I heard that before!? 👀
That camper has better off-road capabilities than some 4WD vehicles!
Is that there what engineer types call Proof of Concept? Outstanding, Mike!
Departure angles make this build something that will be in all the next OVERLAND trailer probuilds... not to mention getting power to the axle..
The round camper is so RETRO... very cool..
Totally deserves some time in the public spotlight. While not essential, it would be super easy to electrify the rear axle. It would take some software trickery to get the proportional drive power to match what you want given trailer angles, tyre size or ratio differences etc, but absolutely doable. Could do it on an Arduino or something super cheap and simple. Surely someone on here can code it for him. I can't think of a way to power it from the Deathstar effectively and without making a cluster.
Nice, 100% successful mission as far as i can tell. Great work!
Mike maybe electric brakes on the trailer, you and Shawn are great guys,
The little trailer that could! So awesome!
Mike's a genuis !! Can't wait to see this Overland setup hit Lockhart.
It's cool that you nerds got girls interested 😜
Mike can't wait til these outings can become not just day trips but overnighters...nice comfy bed and fire place etc...thats the life Mike. 👍
Where would you take that thing camping?
@@JohnShalamskas
Anywhere and everywhere, that’s where ❤🇷🇴
@@clivehorridge I guess what I really meant to say was, where are you ALLOWED to take that thing camping?
The rear steer is the bees freaking knees.
I'm impressed Sir! Good job.
2 thoughts flew through my mind watching this:
1. Aaaahh! That's why his truck is so short in the back, so the mobile home doesn't hit... 😂
2. You could ad a hydraulic motor on that trailer axel, that could probably come in handy in some situations 👌
Awesome build!
Cheers from Northern Sweden!
It would be cool to attach an electric motor to drive the trailer wheels when needed. Batteries could handle those short bursts.
And maybe use it for braking too?
Lookin goood!!!! Now, some leather seating, disco lights, wet bar, round bed....woooo. I skipped my meds today. Anyway, loving it!!! Hey, Ethyl! Turning into a great crawler! Thanks guys and Peace Out!
Great job Mike. That thing is a work of art in engineering
All I have to say is...FRICKIN AWESOME!!
Yea! A Shakedown Cruise!
Riding in the mobilehome! My best friend had bought a house for $1, but it had to be moved. She walked along the road filming. Her husband was on top, tethered to the chimney, chopping branches and filming. I rode inside filming.
We were all laughing SO hard, we all about wet our pants! From then on, we called her house "the mobilehome".
❤ RIP Liza ❤
That has been worth the wait to see it in action. Mike has a vision & sees it through. Nice job Mike
Saweet! 🤌🏽
Mike the mad scientist, if you ever in N Dakota I have a 1973 15 ft travel trailer camper with fridge and stove , table…. I’d love to give it to you
I know the Blazer is called the death star, but this setup is giving me more Spaceballs "Lonestar" vibes!
One of a kind camper👍👍👍
Mike I was thinking, if the axle in the trailer had gears in it you could put a pulley on it and mount an alternator on the axle to keep your battery charged. Just like on the old racecars. It looks great and didn't get close to scraping.
Ethyl is badass...
I wonder if Mike could rig up an electric motor and clutch to the camper to get the little extra push when he might need it 🤔
You should totally put electric wheel hubs on your trailer for some pushing and braking assistance. It would be a nice complement to the rear steer on it!
Mike electric disc brakes on the trailer!
I imagine it should help a lot going down hills
Some moab rollers of sorts for the trailer would be mint! Maybe one big tube over a smaller tube kinda like a steam roller so its low profile and spans the whole leading edge?
Pretty cool Mike! Maybe some rock sliders would help, esp when it has more weight in it. And trailer brakes too since it would be easy to add them.
I'm thinking you cornered the market on extreme offroad campers 👍
The offroad camper is a win!
Great job the camper performed! Can't wait to see your vision for the interior.
Got me some Mad Max thoughts watching this. Pretty impressive!
That was amazing
can't believe how your vision came to fortition great achievement
Great work 😎😎😎
Mike it's working now install a floor, start hot dog vending on the trail 😅
Hey Dirtbilly Deluxe! Now that Mike has discovered the glory of constructing with wood he's gonna become a WoodBilly! Ride ride ride!
Mike you are amazing you know you just started a trend everyone is going to be doing one now
That's insane, nice job. I love that it's called a Talisman, so mystical.
Mike was definitely the coolest guy in Moab today! Thanks
A trailer break mounted on the pinion output of the campers diff might be a very good idea, a bit tricky to enginerd with good fine control and get safe if it's just a open diff though..
That’s didn’t disappoint!!! Only thing I will say is you better pack well, and secure everything down!!! Haha 😂
I got dibs on riding in the trailer!🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂
Call that camper the Eagle 5 like in Spaceballs.
1:52 Thats what she said
Watch out for those wheel clearances but aside from that what a proof of concept. Congratulations on a job well done
Mike, you just invented a new form of rock crawling, "Rock Trailering"
Brilliant Mike, just F**kin Brilliant.
cant wait to see first camping trip👍
Wow.. best is yet to come, nice work Mike 👍😎✊
My first thought... what in the hillbilly hell? lol i love it
When you were building the trailer I thought the tongue length looked a little short. Seeing it out on the trail, you mailed it! Nice job.
That rear steer is sick boys...well done
Very cool build
Amazing design. I love it! 👍
Beautiful! You need body protection(fer the paper thin aluminum)...recomend some diamond plate @ least for the lower front areas. draging, brush guard, boulder damage. jmo ;) fun project.
Mike this thing is actually super cool. Stoked for you dude. You're going to have a ton of fun in that mate! The additional wheels at the front is a great idea. You could even use some of those rollers that go on boat trailers and put them across the whole front on a single axle and not just the corners. I've seen bearing mounted ones and they are meant to take a lot of abuse!
That camper looks perfect! It'll be interesting to see how it handles as it puts on weight. But awesome job!
Fantastic Mike!!
The caravan is frickin awesome Mike. Your design, skill and hard graft has paid off. Awesome 👌👍
all the best of luck to you Mike, I had my doubts, it was a wait and see, amen
Blessings to you and yours, it applies to Diane to.
That trailer is AMAZING!!!
It worked out perfectly..looked like tire inside trailer was really close to cross support...proud of you Mike
Very cool love it. My Grandparents had a camper that style, when I was a kid in the 60s. They always took me and my brother camping growing up. Great memories. 😊
I dont see Mike putting anything but paper plates and plastic cups in it, that thing has zero suspension. But that thing is awesome!!
Nicely done! I'm pretty sure there will be a few new builds like this coming, it is way cool. I also love the "It's working!" Star Wars reference, so appropriate for the Death Star!
I think Mike's idea of putting the small tire on the front bottom corners of the trailer is a pretty good idea. Camera man down. Hope it did not hurt too much. It's doing pretty well now but I wonder how it will do once it is finished out on the inside and loaded out for a camping trip. It will weigh a bit more when it's finished and loaded with food and camping equipment.
great job mike that thing handled the trails fanatic.👍👍👏👏
I hope the shitter doesn’t overflow on those steep angles👍🏻 Great build love it👍🏻
Finally the trailer! Cool , your hard work and brilliant concepts, paid off 😎 Nice idea with the small tire Mike.
Absolutely Crazy Mike
Great Job with the camper
Works just as you envisioned it
Love to see this awesome idea come to life and see it in action, even if it was just a proof of concept test run!
Camt wait to see the rest of the build and more runs across the rocks!
Great job
Mike that trailer did an awesome job in the rocks. Gotta get the insides done now for sure!
The bed looks comfy too! Interior tick!
Interesting shakedown, looks like your vision of this trail rig is fairly accurate! Congrats! Just narrowing down your clearances should be fun!! Thanx !
Hey Mike, what if you had a switch that read the vacuum on the engine and would apply electric motor power to the camper wheels when the engine was under load? SIX-wheel drive when needed, automatically! Then it could switch off when not under load. LOL, A steering wheel on the tong jack and some cleaver controls and it would be so cool to motor around in camp without the truck! 🤔 🙄 🤪
I love the trailer steer, that's awesome. That's one of a kind for sure.
Mike buggy is a longer rear steer. Yeah.
How much fun was that! That went up and down like best built buggy! Congratulations, Mike! You did it!
Cool rig!
I sit at a desk all day and my hands are soft, so I really enjoy seeing a different world and how things work. You all seem like geniuses to me.
It is so strange to see a camper on that kind of terain. GREAT job GUYS!! I really enjoy watching your videos!
Good tire size on trailer. Rolls obstacles quite well. 🍻
That's so weird but cool at the same time.
So cool ! Well done !
That thing in combo with the thing dragging it just looks unbearably cute!
Awesome Mike.
Excellent shake down run. She performed as intended. I must say though you took the idea of an air mattress way too literally.
Impressive
That was a great video. Guys
appreciate it
things doing good out there didn't hit the back. It was close,
but looks like it's working well.
All units Irene. I say again Irene… Rad seeing the camp work so well. Nice job Mike!
Sweet Jesus! Great job Mike! Victory!!!
The three lug tug ? Enjoy your videos !
That's the coolest thing I've seen in a while, awesome job mike.
Hey if I were you, I would install that rear steer on your Jeep.
Can’t wait to see the test run!
So far, it’s amazing! Great job, Mike!! 👍🏼
That works so well. Can't wait til it's finished.