I'm building a light weight foamie hybrid with a fiberglass skin. Since the trailer will be so light I am thinking of making the cabin detachable so I can use the trailer for utility purposes too. What do you think would be the minimum method to attach the cabin to the frame without risking the two parts coming apart during travel?
I am building the trailer atop a harbor freight folding trailer. I'm thinking of using the 8 bolted on parts that are used for attaching a 2x4 frame along the outside of the trailer as mounting points. The plan is to attach some short 2x4 pieces to those mounting points and then run some carriage bolts through the sides of the trailer near the base. This would give me 8 mounting points. 2 points on each side.
The front and back would also have the benefit of the 2x4s preventing the cabin from sliding forward or backward. The mounting points on the side I will likely need to use some angle brackets to complete the mounting since the cabin is 3 inches wider than the frame so it wouldn't have quite as much movement impeding ability as the 2x4s on the front and back.
What say you? Would this be plenty of mounting goodness, or should I also run some carriage bolts through the floor throughout the frame? I'm trying to avoid this as it would obviously leave bolts in my floor and would be more difficult to mount and unmount.