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Pyrites Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Posts: 1884 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
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Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:00 pm
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I like my little Hi-Lo. But Airatreams from their first decade of manufacture are still on the road.
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
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Schroder Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 6722 | TRs | Pics Location: on the beach |
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Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:11 pm
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I finally made a purchase of one last fall. We rented one of these to try it out:
It's an old trailer built by U-Haul very similar to small Scamps and Casitas. It was too cramped for me - the bed was impossibly short and I had to crouch over considerably inside. We pondered a Happier Camper for a while but it was expensive for what you get and, though it would solve the short bed problem, the headroom was still an issue.
We also pondered a new T@B but the bed was also too small. Really nice interior, though, with all the bells and whistles. Reasonably priced and not too heavy.
I ended up with a barely used A-Liner Classic:
With the off-road package it's only 1600 lbs and has generous clearance. I can stand up in it and it has a queen bed.
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AlpineRose Member
Joined: 08 May 2012 Posts: 1953 | TRs | Pics
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Schroder's former orange trailer wins the cuteness prize (sorry, tw). I've noted many of the smaller trailers don't even make 6 feet in interior height. So that's an important consideration if you're taller. And yeah, those beds. Tiny trailers with tiny beds. There's a reason why a lot of the marketing materials for the small trailers picture young couples who look like they're still in the early stages of lust (...er, love).
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16093 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
The Orange one looks like a Boler, a Canadian Classic. They were originally made by a company that made fiberglass septic tanks. Very cute but to bad if you are over 5'.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11279 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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treeswarper
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Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:36 am
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U Hauls are rare and coveted.
My trailer has a "trolley car" roof that allows tall people to stand up and walk down the center until they hit their head on the air conditioner or top of bathroom or main door. I have hit my head many times while exiting the trailer and I am short. Fortunately, the top of the doorway is padded a bit. The padding is a standard feature.
I think most Casitas have air conditioners because they must be brought back from the bowels of Texas. It comes in handy for the dog if I go kayaking and it is hot at Banks Lake and the AC also works as a heater. Plug in power is needed for either.
I had to carry a stool to reach the fan controls or open the ceiling vent in my A-frame trailer. I did not like that.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human末animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human末animals and aliens are great possibilities
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11279 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:42 pm
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I think this is the coolest trailer ever! Meet George Jetson--His boy Elroy and so forth. Only it wouldn't need tires if in the cartoon.
Coolest Trailer Ever
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human末animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human末animals and aliens are great possibilities
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El Matador Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 198 | TRs | Pics Location: Portland, OR |
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AlpineRose Member
Joined: 08 May 2012 Posts: 1953 | TRs | Pics
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omg, what an amazing website. Who knew there were so many tiny trailers. They don't all qualify as cute - although that TC Teardrop does. Some of them look like Mr. MacGyver helped with the design. It seems small trailers are quite a cottage industry.
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Schenk Off Leash Man
Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 2372 | TRs | Pics Location: Traveling, with the bear, to the other side of the Mountain |
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Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:01 pm
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AlpineRose wrote: | It seems small trailers are quite a cottage industry. |
Intentional or not, that is pretty good!
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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AlpineRose Member
Joined: 08 May 2012 Posts: 1953 | TRs | Pics
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Ha, totally unintentional. I had to think about what you meant for a couple of seconds. Good one, Schenk.
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11279 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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treeswarper
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Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:21 pm
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And there are plans and kits and even a kit from a boat kit company so you can build your own. Some people have built small travel trailers out of foam panels. They call them foamies.
Lots of ideas and good imaginations at work out dere.
I think I have what I need though.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human末animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human末animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Schroder Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 6722 | TRs | Pics Location: on the beach |
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:03 am
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Here's another one from Australia:
($68,000 in the U.S.)
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trestle Member
Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 2093 | TRs | Pics Location: the Oly Pen |
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:47 pm
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Does the Barbie doll come with the GI Joe camper?
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
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AlpineRose Member
Joined: 08 May 2012 Posts: 1953 | TRs | Pics
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If I buy one, will I look like that?
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DigitalJanitor Dirt hippie
Joined: 20 May 2012 Posts: 792 | TRs | Pics
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AlpineRose wrote: | If I buy one, will I look like that? |
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