ToyRyd's M416 Build

ToyRyd04’s M416 Trailer Build

After months of reading and learning, then searching, I finally stumbled on one for sale at Ebay. Only problem was…it was in Ohio, a few states away.

So the journey began as I brought my friend Kyle with me since I would need a hand loading and he had a trailer to haul the M416 in.
On our way back from the weekend road trip in the December snow.

Once I got the M416 back home and power washed most of the road salt and dirt off.





After looking over everything I figured it would just be easier and cheaper to rent a sandblaster and take the M416 down to bare metal. This took no time at all, I rented the compressor for 2 hours and bought (8) 100LB bags of black beauty sand blasting material.





Living in Maryland has a big downfall…..Rust, so a special zinc primer was sprayed to coat and prevent everything from rusting from now on.


A few weeks went by just having the trailer sit as it was. All the while I was deciding where to go from there and what was next to save up for and buy.
Next thing was the wheels to match the tow vehicle.


After weighing the options for either keeping the axle and getting hub spaces/adapters or ditching it and going with a custom built Dexter axle, I placed an order.
After 3 weeks it was dropped off and ready to replace the old factory axle.
The new axle specs:
Hub to hub – 57.0”
Spring Center – 39.25”
Capacity – 3500 lbs
Bolt pattern 6 on 5 ½ (Toyota)
Electric Brakes – 10 x 2 ¼
Manual Parking Brake – Integrated
Maintenance – E-Z Lube
Mounting – Spring over axle

Once the axle came in, that got the ball rolling again on the M416.
Out with the old axle and in with the new Dexter spring over.



Mounted the wheels with the old 33” MTZ rollers for now and started on the back panel replacement.









Also replaced the small landing foot with a fold up hydraulic side crank jack that still utilizes the factory swing up position.

Then again the project slowed down for another few weeks because the next few items were very expensive.
Tepui Autana Roof Top Tent w/ Annex



Another order came in that weekend as well, All the LED lights, trailer brake controller, 7pin wiring, and other electrical accessories. Thank you Etrailer.com
So began cutting the oval holes for all the lights.
Test fitting.


Went and picked up the Harbor Freight tongue box. This thing really does fit the M416 perfectly.



Another view of the Brake, turn, and reverse lights

Upgraded to 35” X-terrains and trimmed the fenders at the ends to fit them.

Then started building the lid.








Working on spacing out the 4 hinges for the lid.

Took a quick break and welded in a supporting cross member for the rear stabilizers.

 

Back to the Lid.

Started on the sheet metal to skin the lid.

Quick peek of what the design looks like.


Working on welding the top and side sections.






What it looks like from the top.

Painted the lid, mounted the hinges, latches, roof rack, lid handles, and tent.




Opening the RTT and Annex for the first time.


Setup in the backyard to get an idea of how it will layout.

The following week I towed it along on a shakedown camping run. Few adjustments were made but everything working as it should.




Now that everything is setup up to work as it should. It’s time for paint and bed liner.




After paint.





This brings it up to date for the most part. Also have a friend who is just starting out on a M416, Dylan, is working on restoring it over the fall/winter this year. This gives you an idea of the size of the trailer over stock form.


Inside the tongue box.




Then a few pics of the matching rock lights and markers.


Tacoma and M416 at night.

 

And one more.

 

Picked up some matching 37" IROKs.

 

@cynicalrider pretty sure you asked about this awhile back.

 

subbed !

 

37" Iroks



Fender chop, cut off a few mounts to widen the fenders.




Clean the RTT and cleaned some of the mold starting - highly recommend following Tepui's cleaning instructions, they really work well.





Re-waterproofed the tent since the cleaner takes off the factory coating.

(5) cans of this stuff did the whole tent and rainfly.



Sleeved the overhang with more aluminum poles (Ace Hardware)

 

dude this trailer is so sick you did an amazing job from what is was to were its at.

 

Thanks @SlipperyTaco , stay tuned, there are a few more mods coming up for this. It has come a long way from when I picked it up.

 

Sub'd Your trailer looks great!
I recently picked up a Bantam t3c (civilian version of the m100) that I plan to build similar to yours.

 

Thanks for the compliment, I'll warn ya, its very easy to get addicted to modifying these type of trailers. Great platforms to build off of.

 

Tepui Autana - Shasta Mod (Storage)

Ever since I had put in my new sleeping bag (queen size -20° rated, duck cloth) it has been a challenge to zipper close the Autana tent.

With the wear and tear over the past few months it has stretched the cover and now the zipper is above the floor line causing leaks, and mildew after sitting without noticing.

After some research, CVT's tents are the same comparable size but 3" taller due to their 2pc slide ladder while Tepui uses the telescoping and therefore flatter design.

Here are few pics of before and after.

Tepui zipped on too tight.



Zipper at max and above floor.



New CVT Mt. Shasta cover and zipper.



New cover mounted.



New zipper below the floor, thus preventing leaks.



Top view of the cover, still has about an 1.5" more room without being pulled tight.



Rocking the new sticker.

 

Next on the list is a camp shower, shower/bathroom enclosure, and portable toilet.

 

Maybe I missed it somewhere, but where did you get the rear stabilizer legs?

 

The stabilizer legs are BAL C-Series Jacks, 31" model and Jack foot pads. Can be found on multiple sites like this one, www.adventurerv.net/bal-cseries-jack-p-4264.html

 

Happy Birthday

 

Thanks Jerry !

 

In prep for the Gulches trip for a few days, I picked up this Ozark Trail 2 room shower/privacy shelter.



1st room / bathroom/changing room




Shower room




What's a shower enclosure without a shower? Picked up a Zodi Extreme after alot of good reviews.

 

sub'd for ideas on building mine. this thing is nice.