One thing that I learned with the Pioneer, was that making and breaking camp on a daily basis can get tedious, and it's not always possible to find a decent campsite for a group of overlanders to erect all of their tents.  A rooftop tent was definitely in my future, I just wasn't for sure how to go about it.

The Lakota is in many ways going to be at the opposite end of the spectrum of an overland trailer build for me.  The reason being that the Pioneer was an experiment on using an overland trailer with a Jeep for long distances over technical terrain; therefore the design and build was rather minimal and economical.  The Lakota is to be much more complex, use high quality materials throughout, and be fitted with much more equipment.  In order to finalize the design...

The "Lakota" is the second overland trailer that I have undertaken.  The first trailer project, the "Pioneer" was an experimental build that taught me volumes on what to do, not do, and what I wanted in my next trailer.  I was extremely happy with how the Pioneer turned out, and likely should have left well enough alone.  However...