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Perfect Hunting Trailer Design

Perfect Hunting Trailer Design

Hunting trailer design introduction

What is the perfect hunting trailer design? Remember it comes down to; your purpose of use. Because our core purpose is to ensure you make your clear about your requirements and it’s reliable and easy to bush repair.

Because lets face it, we’re out in the bush, 1,000km from the major cities and you probably don’t want to run into trouble. The local mechanics don’t have every single part on the shelf (an unrealistic expectation). We just want to be able to have a good time and get home, without spending a million bucks on repairs.

So this article is a follow on from GVM and GCM, keeping your hunting vehicle legal and safe, whilst transporting everything you need.

Hog dogs and quads hunting trailer
Hogs Dogs and Quads trailer

Hunting trailer topics

So these are the topics we are covering for a hunting trailer design:

  1. Load limit
  2. Axles
  3. Deck material, length and width
  4. Springs
  5. Brakes
  6. Couplings
  7. Trailer type
  8. Wheels
  9. Finish and accessories

Hunting trailer design summary

It’s very easy to let people talk you into over-engineering things, especially if you haven’t had much experience with something. Go to your local service station that does trailer hire and you’ll see they are all the same simple design.

Like anything, maintenance is your friend. Some pre-trip checks can save you a lot of heart ache. But given the goal is reliability, ease of repair and suitability for use. For my hunting needs the perfect hunting trailer would have:

  1. 2,000kg load limit
  2. Aluminum deck, 4,900mm x 1,900mm
  3. Tandem axles
  4. Roller rocker springs
  5. Mechanical disc brakes
  6. Over-ride 50mm ball coupling
  7. Flatbed trailer
  8. Falcon rims with light truck tyres
  9. Powder coated, fuel container rack, under tray tool boxes
photo of a perfect trailer hunting design on the highway suitable for hunting
Ripper of a trailer spotted on Brisbane high way, dual axle, aluminum bed and off-road tyres

Make your trailer to suit your needs and use this as a guide to assist your designs.

Hunting trailer links

I haven’t provided information on steel dimensions or draw-bar lengths as there are to many variables. Please speak to a professional in regards to this.

To see why I decided on the above items read the below posts:

A reasonable plan that could be used for a hunting trailer design can be found on www.trailersauce.co.nz Check out the plans for the Flatdeck trailer.

Kits start from the $1000 mark including all the trailer fittings but not the steel for the chassis or decking. Here are a couple of links to some retailers kits (I’m not affiliated with these companies):
http://www.huntsmanproducts.com.au/
http://www.marshall-eng.com.au/
http://trailerspareparts.net.au/

Please if you disagree with any of my findings, leave a comment and explain why, I’d love to hear your reasons!

Hunting trailer topics