I love it, when you take a piece of crap, and after weeks of work, you have a mobile piece of crap.

That camper has better off-road capabilities than some 4WD vehicles!

The DeathStar pulling Tatooine with Anakin in the background yelling "ITS' WORKING!"

"we're going to need every inch of it". Where have I heard that before!? 👀

The rear steer is the bees freaking knees.

Is that there what engineer types call Proof of Concept? Outstanding, Mike!

Mike's a genuis !! Can't wait to see this Overland setup hit Lockhart.

Ethyl is badass...

Mike maybe electric brakes on the trailer, you and Shawn are great guys,

Yea! A Shakedown Cruise! Riding in the mobilehome! My best friend had bought a house for $1, but it had to be moved. She walked along the road filming. Her husband was on top, tethered to the chimney, chopping branches and filming. I rode inside filming. We were all laughing SO hard, we all about wet our pants! From then on, we called her house "the mobilehome". ❤ RIP Liza ❤

Hey Dirtbilly Deluxe! Now that Mike has discovered the glory of constructing with wood he's gonna become a WoodBilly! Ride ride ride!

Mike I was thinking, if the axle in the trailer had gears in it you could put a pulley on it and mount an alternator on the axle to keep your battery charged. Just like on the old racecars. It looks great and didn't get close to scraping.

Departure angles make this build something that will be in all the next OVERLAND trailer probuilds... not to mention getting power to the axle.. The round camper is so RETRO... very cool..

Nice, 100% successful mission as far as i can tell. Great work!

Mike can't wait til these outings can become not just day trips but overnighters...nice comfy bed and fire place etc...thats the life Mike. 👍

Lookin goood!!!! Now, some leather seating, disco lights, wet bar, round bed....woooo. I skipped my meds today. Anyway, loving it!!! Hey, Ethyl! Turning into a great crawler! Thanks guys and Peace Out!

2 thoughts flew through my mind watching this: 1. Aaaahh! That's why his truck is so short in the back, so the mobile home doesn't hit... 😂 2. You could ad a hydraulic motor on that trailer axel, that could probably come in handy in some situations 👌 Awesome build! Cheers from Northern Sweden!

I know the Blazer is called the death star, but this setup is giving me more Spaceballs "Lonestar" vibes!

Mike the mad scientist, if you ever in N Dakota I have a 1973 15 ft travel trailer camper with fridge and stove , table…. I’d love to give it to you

The little trailer that could! So awesome!

You should totally put electric wheel hubs on your trailer for some pushing and braking assistance. It would be a nice complement to the rear steer on it!

Great job Mike. That thing is a work of art in engineering

That has been worth the wait to see it in action. Mike has a vision & sees it through. Nice job Mike

My first thought... what in the hillbilly hell? lol i love it

All I have to say is...FRICKIN AWESOME!!

Some moab rollers of sorts for the trailer would be mint! Maybe one big tube over a smaller tube kinda like a steam roller so its low profile and spans the whole leading edge?

One of a kind camper👍👍👍

Pretty cool Mike! Maybe some rock sliders would help, esp when it has more weight in it. And trailer brakes too since it would be easy to add them.

Great job the camper performed! Can't wait to see your vision for the interior.

That’s didn’t disappoint!!! Only thing I will say is you better pack well, and secure everything down!!! Haha 😂

Got me some Mad Max thoughts watching this. Pretty impressive!

I think Mike's idea of putting the small tire on the front bottom corners of the trailer is a pretty good idea. Camera man down. Hope it did not hurt too much. It's doing pretty well now but I wonder how it will do once it is finished out on the inside and loaded out for a camping trip. It will weigh a bit more when it's finished and loaded with food and camping equipment.

The offroad camper is a win!

I dont see Mike putting anything but paper plates and plastic cups in it, that thing has zero suspension. But that thing is awesome!!

Hey Mike, what if you had a switch that read the vacuum on the engine and would apply electric motor power to the camper wheels when the engine was under load? SIX-wheel drive when needed, automatically! Then it could switch off when not under load. LOL, A steering wheel on the tong jack and some cleaver controls and it would be so cool to motor around in camp without the truck! 🤔 🙄 🤪

That rear steer is sick boys...well done

Watch out for those wheel clearances but aside from that what a proof of concept. Congratulations on a job well done

I guess that was not a bad idea after all . Good job Mike .

When you add the interior, everything must be contained. Nothing like throwing away your broken food containers. There is a reason that it is illegal to ride in travel trailers. They are not structurally sound when rolling over. They tend to fold up and kill the occupants. Add a roll cage to that thing if you intend to ride in it, please. I pulled a pop up camper with my Jeep on many trails (50 years ago). Tore the hell out of the inside first time. Had to replace the wood floor with sheet metal etc. to keep the mud and dirt out. All the labels on my food cans came off because they got encased in mud. I had surprise meals for several weeks.

Mike this thing is actually super cool. Stoked for you dude. You're going to have a ton of fun in that mate! The additional wheels at the front is a great idea. You could even use some of those rollers that go on boat trailers and put them across the whole front on a single axle and not just the corners. I've seen bearing mounted ones and they are meant to take a lot of abuse!

When you were building the trailer I thought the tongue length looked a little short. Seeing it out on the trail, you mailed it! Nice job.

Interesting shakedown, looks like your vision of this trail rig is fairly accurate! Congrats! Just narrowing down your clearances should be fun!! Thanx !

You might not need the wheel/tire corner sliders, that trailer is already taking 5’ ledges like a boss!

Mike was definitely the coolest guy in Moab today! Thanks

That's insane, nice job. I love that it's called a Talisman, so mystical.

That was a great video. Guys appreciate it things doing good out there didn't hit the back. It was close, but looks like it's working well.

Nicely done! I'm pretty sure there will be a few new builds like this coming, it is way cool. I also love the "It's working!" Star Wars reference, so appropriate for the Death Star!

That camper looks perfect! It'll be interesting to see how it handles as it puts on weight. But awesome job!

No. You're going to take a ride on the wild side.

I sit at a desk all day and my hands are soft, so I really enjoy seeing a different world and how things work. You all seem like geniuses to me.

Call that camper the Eagle 5 like in Spaceballs.

Excellent Mike and thanks for your recording efforts Justin,, another great team effort 🇦🇺

It worked out perfectly..looked like tire inside trailer was really close to cross support...proud of you Mike

to quote Anakin Skywalker ' it's working ' .... and working well

A trailer break mounted on the pinion output of the campers diff might be a very good idea, a bit tricky to enginerd with good fine control and get safe if it's just a open diff though..

I'm impressed Sir! Good job.

Now watch The Long Long Trailer @1953 starring Lucy & Desi. All it needs is a few pieces of aluminum sheet metal pop riveted on the holes, and then a comfy interior. Ikea makes some super light bed frames for cheap. Throw a piece of foam on it, and you have a bed that weighs about 10 pounds. Weld up an ice chest holder, cut a hole in a 5 gallon bucket's lid for a bathroom, and you are just about done.

Brilliant Mike, just F**kin Brilliant.

That’s great. You need to add solar panels to keep the batteries charged.

Damn good job Mike. Your dream come campers coming along Nate.👍🏼🤟🏽🤙🏽😊😎🙋🏽‍♂️✌🏽🌲

"This is going to be entertaining." And it was.

Wow.. best is yet to come, nice work Mike 👍😎✊

The caravan is frickin awesome Mike. Your design, skill and hard graft has paid off. Awesome 👌👍

I hope the shitter doesn’t overflow on those steep angles👍🏻 Great build love it👍🏻

It would be cool to attach an electric motor to drive the trailer wheels when needed. Batteries could handle those short bursts.

Sweet Jesus! Great job Mike! Victory!!!

The camper is going to be so cool when it's livable. Not that it isn't cool as is.

All units Irene. I say again Irene… Rad seeing the camp work so well. Nice job Mike!

Looks like your steering van works well, nice weather and a few mate's, looks like a great day wheeling, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones

Love to see this awesome idea come to life and see it in action, even if it was just a proof of concept test run! Camt wait to see the rest of the build and more runs across the rocks! Great job

Finally the trailer! Cool , your hard work and brilliant concepts, paid off 😎 Nice idea with the small tire Mike.

great job mike that thing handled the trails fanatic.👍👍👏👏

...way better than I could have imagined! Rocking it!

That thing in combo with the thing dragging it just looks unbearably cute!

Love it I have an idea for breaks on the trailer . put a center yoke break on it with electric trailer controls and just lock the hubs when ya get to your dig . I.d.k is super cool cool great concept

Mike you are amazing you know you just started a trend everyone is going to be doing one now

I'm a bit late to this party... (Internet was down) but DAMN dude! You had a crazy vision and you're making it a reality! Well done man!

Mike that trailer did an awesome job in the rocks. Gotta get the insides done now for sure!

I love the trailer steer, that's awesome. That's one of a kind for sure.

this is super cool but i cant help but think some form of suspension or at least damping on the trailer axle would be nice on rough roads

That's like the coolest trailer fur off road I have ever seen that is very awesome can't wait to see it finished the rear steering on that thing is awesome man

That's the coolest thing I've seen in a while, awesome job mike.

If the trailer rocking don't come a knocking 🇺🇸🇺🇸 . Great time as always

Glad you got to trail test the camper after soo much hard work. Looks great and did well, like your idea about the small wheels on each side just in case.. it'll be heavier when finished, any thoughts on adding breaks to it. Someone should sponsor you on batteries and solar panels.

Mike just started a new overlanding trailer mod!!! Great job Mike it looks awesome on the trail!!

That's so weird but cool at the same time.

Mike!!! You have just landed on the moon! And now a trend to follow I’m certain Awesome brother

Awesome! Definitely a great idea testing it before doing the inside!

That thing is so wild. Seeing the Blazer and the camper crossing some of those trails is awesome.

That is DE-LUXE baby!!

Great job! 😊❤

Mike electric disc brakes on the trailer! I imagine it should help a lot going down hills

This is one of the coolest 😎 creations I've S 👀 N ..really like this !!!

Stunt cameraman's safety bubble required for Justin. Stat!

That's one more cool camper.

I think Mickey's Hot Tub with a camper trailer is a thing.

So glad to see this work very well on the tough trails 🤗

I call success ! Don't you like it when a plan comes toghter ! I wonder how it will do when fully loaded ? Thanks for sharing !

Good job Mike. Rory was home waiting for the call i bet lol.

I wonder if Mike could rig up an electric motor and clutch to the camper to get the little extra push when he might need it 🤔