My 2014 overland Jinmy project is here!

Some thing like this for your tray back?



A roof top tent is the way to go... I wouldn't trust towing a trailer off road with a Jimny... I towed a empty sankey and the thing pushed me into the middle of the road when I tired to stop at the junction and I could reverse up a small incline on full lock...

Just my opinion

I don't want to sound rude, but a Sankey is a poor choice of trailer from the start, especially behind a Jimny. Half a ton when empty, high centre of gravity, old in-effective brakes and a pathetic payload. No braked trailer should push you on when you try to stop. If it does there is something wrong. Problems reversing points to a fault with the over-run brakes too.

A small, braked Ifor Williams GD trailer would go great behind a Jimny and be up to the job for overland use too.

I tow half a ton on and off-road with the Jimny and, other than the fact my trailer has no brakes I have no problems at all. Even reversing around corners, up hills, in mud etc.

I've had a roof tent on a Jimny .... Don't bother ! Wind resistance is unreal over 40 mph, cornering is like waiting for it to tip over ( had no ARB on at the time though) too much weight up top really, never used it, real shame.
Tbh wish I'd kept it and bought/made an off road trailer to mount it on.... But I have a brand new caravan and a new T5 transporter I kip in anyway.. Too many toys..

Off road Eriba looks awesome!

Gary

"I don't want to sound rude, but a Sankey is a poor choice of trailer from the start, especially behind a Jimny. Half a ton when empty, high centre of gravity, old in-effective brakes and a pathetic payload."

Not trying to cause an argument but you just described a old caravan right there...

A half tone when empty sankey weighs the same as a lightweight trailer carrying close to half a tonne...

What's the towing capacity of a Jimny by the way?

750kg's... Sankey means you can't put much in it lol

Gary

JerseyJimny wrote: "I don't want to sound rude, but a Sankey is a poor choice of trailer from the start, especially behind a Jimny. Half a ton when empty, high centre of gravity, old in-effective brakes and a pathetic payload."

Not trying to cause an argument but you just described a old caravan right there...

A half tone when empty sankey weighs the same as a lightweight trailer carrying close to half a tonne...

What's the towing capacity of a Jimny by the way?

I presumed you wanted to actually put stuff in the sankey, not just tow it around empty? The caravan weighs half a ton when it is full of useful stuff like beds, a kitchen and has windows and a roof. You can't sleep in a sankey, even when it's empty. Your Sankey going to be the best part of a ton by the time you stick a tent on top and fill it with the same stuff the caravan already has in it.

A well look after modern caravan that is designed to be towed behind lightweight cars will have far superior brakes to a neglected war relic.

Jimny towing capacity is 350kg (or 300kg?) unbraked, 1350kg braked.