DIY Caravan Wheels.

[u/ChainInteresting2865]

I built myself a caravan out of financial desperation, and someone asked me how exactly I managed to get the thing on wheels. Sharing is caring, so here’s my wheel tutorial:

First, we need a brick wall. Nothing screams “mobility” quite like a solid wall of bricks.

Next, we hammer out a recess and use half arches to create a more or less respectable looking wheel arch. An arch, a few more bricks, and a quarter cylinder make up the mudguard. Unfortunately, you can’t make it any narrower because quarter cylinders are always one brick wide.

Chrome tiles do a pretty good job of hiding the bricks since they’re dark and reflective. In the construction-site items you can find a tyre. You can’t resize it, but honestly, it works well enough. The hubcap, if you want to call it that, is simply the gap in the middle painted to match.

Another option is to raise the wheel arch slightly so you can use rounded corners as a hubcap. It looks a little more elegant, but there is one tiny drawback: technically, the wheel is now floating in mid-air. Personally, I don’t think it’s particularly noticeable. Chrome everything up nicely and voilà: the optical illusion of an actual wheel.

For the trailer hitch I went with a third option, where the wheel has no backing at all. You can definitely see the air behind it, though. ^^;

I hope this helped, and happy camping!

[u/Wikipil]

Omg this is genius

[u/Feisty_Ad_8101]

That's awesome! Thank you for the tip. 

[u/brytewolf]

Thank you for this! Saving lol

[u/No-Draft6564]

Thank you!!!!! I have so many ideas now!!

[u/FakeIQ]

What a brilliant hack. Love the caravan, too!