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Every Flat Fender needs more space!

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So we decided we needed a little more room to carry all our camping gear. Nothing is done by halves at Wainui Willys Works so we are now into trailer production. As a few of us were keen on the idea, we're building 3 at present and will build a forth a little later on. The plan was based on a military M100 shape but re-scaled to be a little wider and a little shorter. First up we scratched out the frames and set up the suspension. We've all gone for different automotive springs (Mine are Nissan, the others are Jeep) that we're either cheap or already in stock. The advantage of automotive over trailer springs is the length meaning smoother riding trailers! We'll also be running shocks. One stack of trailer frames Three out of the four frames will be running Jeep hubs and stubs. This makes maintenance and carrying spares easy and is also cost effective with a lot of parts already on the shelf. Don had plates laser cut to match the axle and the stub. We then d