Stealth "Caravan"

[SteveW]

A couple of years ago I was looking at some caravans at the NEC bike show.
I liked the idea, they were small basic caravans with a ramp and space for your bike.
A couple of bunk beds, a bog and a basic kitchen.
They were about 10K.....not cheap.
In my idle moments I've been looking on eBay at horse trailers. I think you can get a pretty decent horse trailer for around 2K, I reckon I could make a decent basic Stealth caravan out of one, with the capacity to carry a bike.
Has anyone done anything similar?
In the past I've kitted out a couple of vans with bunkbeds etc as Stealth campers....to lug a bike about.
What do you lot think?

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[markyt]

I think its a good idea i've been thinking of the same thing but the small trailers you can sometimes pick up for a couple of hundred quid. Store your bike, includes a ramp and separate access door with a window with room for a bed and stove ive just got to persuade my missus to lose a bit of space on the drive. Im thinking the two horse twin axle trailers not the big ones.

[Philiptigerrice]

I nicked my old Dads little caravan and bunked down in it on a mates farm two nights a week when I had to do an on-call at the hospital I as working at (I lived too far away).

When I moved on from that job - a farmer bought the caravan, and used the chassis to build some animal shifting thingy.


Might you get hold of a caravan - and create a second door at the back of it - to 'slide' the bike in - would that be cheaper?

[Tonibe63]

Horse size trailers are bloomin expensive, better off buying a cheap caravan and cutting the back end around for bike access (a mate did just that for his enduro weekends).

[Mike54]

Are you back yet steve? If so I think I'm going to have to sit you down and have a serious word :laugh:

[SteveW]

Don't fancy cutting the back out of a caravan....sounds like you'd goose it's rigidity and have to really beef it up to support a hinged ramp.
A decent twin horse trailer is already made to carry a couple of hefty 17 hands horses, with a strong full width ramp.
It's just the internals that need sorting.....nothing structural would need doing, just basic bunkbeds which I could fabricate out of angle iron and a chemical toilet and a double burner (both of which I've already got) plus a bit of electrical work.
I've been looking at horse trailers on eBay and there's a dealer in Huddersfield 2-3K gets you a nice fresh twin axle job.
It's just an idea I'm kicking about.

[SteveW]

Are you back yet steve? If so I think I'm going to have to sit you down and have a serious word :laugh:

Yep I'm back......after long days in the saddle day-dreaming bullshit ideas :laugh:

[Hoggyf]

How long will it take to get rid of the stink or horse piss though ? :sick:
What about a box trailer as a basis?

[Peirre]

A few years ago I was over in Florida for bike week, and there was a vendors stand for winnibagos and box trailers. But what caught my eye was a couple of trailers similar to those in the pics, where the inside was kitted out as a basic camper, but it was possible to winch the floor up around half way up the wall, taking the table, chairs, bed etc with it leaving a space below for hauling bikes

[herman]

Steve not to piss on your dream but you cannot buy a decent large horse trailer for 2k. Buy a new Ifor 511 through the business or the bigger hunter box and convert that. After you are done with it either sell as is which is a bit of a niche market or it will sell stupid quick to the equine fraternity stripped out as it will be immaculate. ( buy through the business as a plant trailer allegedly, :whistle: )