My new camper design to pull behind Spyder

[dondje]

Looks like a fun project, I may build a Pico Lite this winter if I have time. If you go with a aluminium frame make sure you have the tongue strong enough. We have a aluminium frame for our dog trailer and the tongue started to crack after about 10,000 miles and it only weighs 250 lbs.
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I know this is old, but someone revived it.

Could the cracking be caused from being connected to a hitch that is non-sprung. Leaves the tongue to do a lot of hard bouncing.

Regards,

Don

 

[Eckhard]

Joel:

A company called SafariCondo makes a car sized version of the a folding trailer called the ALTO you might get some pointers from. It is a inverted from your design in so much that the inner portion goes up and down. I like your version more.

 

[UtahPete]

Joel:

A company called SafariCondo makes a car sized version of the a folding trailer called the ALTO you might get some pointers from. It is a inverted from your design in so much that the inner portion goes up and down. I like your version more.

At 1800# it would have to be scaled down 5:1 to pull with the Spyder https://safaricondo.com/en/caravanes-alto/