One of the things I absolutely love about the overlanding industry is all the innovation from companies from around this great nation of ours. Teardrop trailers are a great example of this. You can get big teardrops, small teardrops, off-road teardrops, and teardrops meant for cruising on asphalt. Teardrops can be luxurious or bare bones, cheap or expensive, and classic shaped or squared off, too.
And that’s just scratching the surface!
Today, you can even buy plans to DIY a teardrop trailer in your garage yourself. If you’re handy and enjoy DIY projects like I do, this is the perfect option for setting yourself up with a quality trailer while minimizing your monetary output. Or, you could watch a DIY trailer get built, enter to win it, and if you’re the lucky winner, walk away with a turnkey teardrop trailer for your overlanding adventures. Nice!
The company behind this DIY teardrop trailer giveaway is Wander Tears. If you’ve kicked around 4WDTalk for long, you might remember that Wander Tears’ Vaga teardrop was on my list of the best teardrop trailers of 2024 (and 2023, for that matter). This company, which is veteran-owned and based in South Carolina, is all about you, and it shows in their trailer designs and the quality of their turnkey units.
But more than that, the Wander Tears team wants you to have the ability to build your own trailer without all the fuss and muss of sifting through advice in online forums (where there’s more arguments and debates than there is helpful information). The point is that they’ve done all the prep work for you and compiled detailed build plans for their Rambler model so you can hit the road and have an enjoyable overlanding experience without shelling out a ton of money. In fact, the Rambler can be built in your garage for less than $5,000!
Now, back to the giveaway…
To show how easy it is to DIY your own trailer, the DIY teardrop kings from Wander Tears are building a Rambler from the ground up on YouTube. You can see every step of the process on their channel (I’ve included the first three videos in the six-part series throughout this article as well). As you’ll see in the videos, the Rambler is a simple but functional squaretop teardrop trailer that’s fully capable of traveling on- or off-road.
So, what do you need to do to win this trailer? It’s simple:
- Head over to the giveaway page.
- Fill out the form and submit it.
That’s it! Just like building the Rambler, entering this giveaway is simple and straightforward. But hurry! As of this writing on January 22, 2025, there are only two weeks left to enter.
One of the complaints of getting into overlanding is how expensive it can be. But this Wander Tears build and giveaway prove that that’s not always the case. So, join the party, enter the giveaway, and see if you can get a quality trailer for your future adventures without paying a dime. Plus, you can learn valuable skills along the way if you watch the build videos. It’s a win-win!
Note: Thee actual Rambler trailer may vary from image shown at the beginning of this article.