Has any body ever seen or done an old camp trailer conversion into a toy hauler? I see old camp trailers for cheap if not free that work or might need some upolstrey work. I can't see spending a fortune to buy a toy hauler. I would only use it maybe 3 times a year. Why not just cut the back off of an old camp trailer and put a fold down ramp on it?:idea:

look at the frame of those cheap trailers and the construction of the walls and try to figure out how it would really hold up to having a wall cut out.....

Nothing is impossable though................. :)

Ive done such a conversion myself. Seemed like a great idea at the time.
I bought a 34 ft 5th wheel travel trailer that had been hit on the ass end. I then cut the damaged rear end off ( about 24" total).
Then I looked and shopped around and bought an entire rear door with frame etc of a rv dealer for a toyhauler ( the kind with the springs on the outside )
I used a bunch of 1 1/2 square tubing and it went fairly easy. The hardest part was relocating the furnace and sink further forward so there would be more room in the rear of the unit.
I soon realized the flaw in my plan when I loaded a jeep in the back and the whole rear ( behind the axles) section of the frame started to bend.
After that even with generous extra bracing is was still real weak.
I was gonna just set the unit on top of a gooseneck but the cost of the " extra" trailer didnt make sence. I sold it to a buddy ( for less than the cost of the parts i had allready purchased) who only hauls quads and after about 2 years it started to just fall apart.

During construction i should have known better. The walls and roof of these travel trailers are just 2 x 2 wood with thin sheeting to cover. The floor was 1/2 or 5/8 plywood. And the real problem is the frame itself. If you look there is only 2 small channels front to back and s shaped bent sheetmetal maybe 1/8" acting as the crossmembers.

So the moral is YES its possible ,but from my experience not at all practical.

The rig I use now I built Using a 28' Haulmark thrifty hauler.
Once I added a Home Depot shower and did a little framing inside now has sink, hot water , toilet, 100 gal fresh water, 40 gal black and grey tank and on and on.
Not nearly as nice inside as a real travel trailer but works really well and is gonna hold up good as its allready rated and built for more weight than i ever haul inside it.

I use one regularly. I put a 3" channel framing on top of the original frame and haul about 6000 lbs on it. My longest trip so far was over 5 hours each way and it did fine. I have ramps, but I don't used them to load or unload. It's more fun without the ramps.

http://www.mustangfarm.com/78bronco/go.jpg

He wants to convert to a toyhauler not a flatbed.

Thanks everybody. I am not all that handy at pluming in new sinks, showers, etc., so it will have to wait.