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Gil Member


Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 3765 | TRs
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I used our 1999 Toyota Sienna when I toured the western national parks in Jan.-Feb. 2015. With all the back seats out except one, it's very comfortable and roomy enough for two sets of ski gear, snowshoes, backpacking gear etc. Would have been even more roomy if I had used a pod. But got 25mpg highway instead. And believe me, refrigeration was not a problem.
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DIYSteve seeking hygge


Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12656 | TRs Location: here now
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Riverside Laker wrote: |
I wasn’t clear, and meant the inside corner. Bottom of overhang to wall behind cab. |
See my prior comment re inability to open rear doors. We gotta loop going on here. |
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mike Member


Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 6070 | TRs Location: SJIsl
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DIYSteve seeking hygge


Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12656 | TRs Location: here now
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"Starting at $45,900"
Casita and Scamp trailers start at 1/3 of that |
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trestle Member


Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 1976 | TRs Location: the Oly Pen
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Introducing the Leentu
Pricey for a pop-up but ULW.
-------------- "Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode |
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timberghost Member


Joined: 06 Dec 2011 Posts: 339 | TRs
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Just make sure the van you get doesn't get mistaken for a transient vehicle parking out in the woods.  |
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RandyHiker Snarky Member


Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 6698 | TRs Location: Bellevue at the moment.
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timberghost wrote: |
Just make sure the van you get doesn't get mistaken for a transient vehicle parking out in the woods.  |
There are more and more people are living long term in vehicles. In Seattle this ranges from Corollas to fairly large RVs. Many of them are employed, but priced out of Seattle's crazy real estate market. Some of the larger RVs parked along the ship canal in Ballard have large generators strapped to the roof to provide lots of AC power.
For those looking for a good place to camp:
https://freecampsites.net/
Is great resource-- I just returned from 4 weeks of #VanLife in the SW and paid for a campsite or motel room for just 4 nights. |
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DIYSteve seeking hygge


Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12656 | TRs Location: here now
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trestle wrote: |
Introducing the Leentu
Pricey for a pop-up but ULW. |
Looks more similar to any of the various >$2,000 tents-on-pickup (e.g., Flip-Pac, RIP) than a pop-up camper. |
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RumiDude Marmota olympus


Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 2753 | TRs Location: Port Angeles
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My wife and I are looking at one of these for ourselves. We wouldn't need a truck or big vehicle to tow it, so that is a plus.
Rumi <~~~~~have trailer, will travel
-------------- "This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all." |
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Riverside Laker Member


Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 2484 | TRs
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We looked at a Four Wheel Camper "Swift" (5' model for midsize truck) model in Issaquah today. There's a local dealer in the area now. Very nice! |
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DIYSteve seeking hygge


Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12656 | TRs Location: here now
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Riverside Laker wrote: |
There's a local dealer in the area now. |
Didn't know that. FWC is expanding dealers in a big way. FWC was recently purchased by a hedge fund. Not sure what that means.
Swift is for 5' small truck (e.g., Taco) bed? Can you fit a Fleet with the tailgate down? The extra foot of length is nice and Fleet has 3 floor plans. |
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Riverside Laker Member


Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 2484 | TRs
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Yeah, Fleet is the way to go, and a truck with 6’ bed. Thanks for all the advise They have other models to crawl in, enough to get a good idea about floor plans. |
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destina Member


Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 4 | TRs
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wow, good setting. I am in Japan now and hired campers here, but not much roomy though. |
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Slugman Slower than ever


Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 16132 | TRs
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I just drove my camper van up FS 59 to the Glacier View trailhead. Nasty road, but so worth it for the view of Rainier.
-------------- "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more..." Childe Harold |
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!


Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 9150 | TRs Location: Don't move here
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DIYSteve wrote: |
Casita and Scamp trailers start at 1/3 of that |
Casita has quit making their 13 footer so their other models start near $20,000 new. There are Escape trailers made just across the border that are comparable in price what with the "Canadian Discount" and they will work more with customers to customize their fiberglass trailers. I do not know if a tariff will be put on them. There isn't a shortage of work for any of the two main fiberglass trailer builders here. All have waiting lists.
I just returned from a buggy stay at Bonaparte Lake.
-------------- 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––animals and aliens are great possibilities |
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