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Who has the money or the space for every variation of the functional fifth wheel trailer so many of us use for work and recreation? Should I get a flatbed so I can work and just pile stuff on top? Maybe a tent, too? Should I get a camper trailer so I can go camping and RVing with the fam on the weekend? Where will I park these? What if I got two types?
Modular construction is an answer many people are looking to for homes as well as, now, trailers. There are quite a few plans and options out there, but we thought we’d share one of the most accessible ones we found, which is the TrailTop landscape Trailer with Removable Camper. Basically, as you can see in the pictures on this page (they all expand), it’s a flatbed landscape trailer with a solid back, but you can place a wood nearly-rectangular camper on it, and there you go, you can take it camping. The design is simple enough that you could make a DIY camper or do repairs/changes to it at home.
This first one is a 5×8 trailer, so it’s large enough carry a sleep-in camper. I’ve drawn this as a “barn door” style, but a teardrop shape could be done as well. The camper box would slide off so the trailer could still be used for other cargo when it wasn’t being used as a camper:
A smaller landscape trailer, like a 4×6, wouldn’t be large enough for a sleep-in camper box, but you could do a cargo box/chuck wagon/tent platform. This one would also come off when the trailer was needed for landscape purposes.
And there’s an example of using the TrailTop 90-degree corners and straight rails to make a hard cover for a trailer, and with the plywood in place, as well as the all-important Trailtop corners, which can also be used for square air vents. Note that these things were originally shared a few years ago by Jeff Schwerb. You’ve probably seen them around, as they are everywhere on the internet now, but that’s where they started.
