[treeswarper]

For guilt free RVing. Good for a base camp, I guess. http://www.homegrowntrailers.com/

[RichP]

Interesting.

[Snowbrushy]

What do they cost? I bought a cheap beater that needs interior work. I bought this one last week for $1,500. 1986 with a 4-banger R-22 Toyota motor with 60,000 on it. It's from the Yakima Reservation. The authorities said that I should have a RV to do FS campground hosting in Idaho because of the big bears there. I prefer sustainable tent camping.

[treeswarper]

Then you must use a hemp cloth tent? Or a canvas tent? How about LNT, Leave No Tent? My plastic airstream is probably pretty non-sustainable. I'm not sure if fiberglass can be composted. Maybe it can be recycled? Plastic airstreams cost less than the sustainable trailer--a lot less.

Fiberglass trailers are supposed to have a long life.

[Snowbrushy]

[Badger]

Ironically I was just going to start a thread asking if anyone owns an RV and what the pluses and minuses are for owning one. Maybe I should start a new thread. Looking at buying some land and figured this would be a quick way to have 'housing' on it while I build. That or put up a kit log cabin. Thoughts?

[Snowbrushy]

[treeswarper]

[Snowbrushy]

[treeswarper]

Here is my memory of Methow winters spent in the 1970 something Kit Companion. I had it in an RV park and plugged in. Luckily those two winters were relatively mild for the Methow. I don't think it got below zero until I finally found a house to rent. The big shock was when I left in November for a week and came back. The trailer stank. I found that the fridge did not work when temps got in the 20s. I ended up keeping food in a cooler outside, and renting a meat locker in Twisp for frozen stuff. The fridge started back up when spring temps arrived. The furnace did not work. I ran two space heaters, one in the bathroom and one in the front of the trailer. Feet would be cold, head would be hot, there would be frost on the walls in the morning. I plugged up half the windows and the roof vent with fiberglass batting. This trailer had no exhaust fan so no spaghetti or anything needing to simmer or boil was cooked in the winter. Oh, I had skirting around it and heat tape on the water hose. Summer wasn't bad. The trailer had AC.

[RichP]

[Backpacker Joe]

I like the concept, but I'm never going to spend money on an RV that has WOOD and other products that easily break down. Here is an example of a product that will almost never break down. Livin Lite RV

[Bedivere]

[treeswarper]

The Casitas are heavier than other Fiberglass trailers. I would not go beyond the 13 footer if using a 4 cylinder. I pull my 17 footer with a 6 cylinder Ranger. I definitely feel it back there, but it does OK. We figure it weighs around 3000 pounds with stuff in it. I like the narrowness of it, it seems decadent to have, and the fiberglass trailers don't have as many joints to leak. The resale value is outrageous! Used fiberglass trailers are hard to find and seem to be priced high.

[Brucester]

Nothing more sustainable or green than a tent towed behind a pair of legs....In a backpack. 'Jus sayin'. Camper? All I need is a 6x2 foot place in my car.....