Looking to getting a Mini Camper. Yupe, I'm there.

LowKey
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Looking to getting a Mini Camper. Yupe, I'm there. Sept 22, 2015 18:37:46 GMT Gingerbread Man likes this

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Post by LowKey on Sept 22, 2015 18:37:46 GMT

Sept 22, 2015 18:19:13 GMT Gingerbread Man said:

Sept 22, 2015 17:37:39 GMT dannusmaximus said:

This is one of the reasons I'm suggesting the teardrop shape, it's a bit easier on the fuel consumption for the tow vehicle. There are other benefits to the shape, one of them being that if/when you take it down a trail the rounded profile tends to allow tree limbs to slide off the trailer rather than hang up and cause damage.
Right now it's getting on towards the end of camping season. This is good as it gives you two main options for a course of action; the DIY route or bargain shopping in the dead of winter when folks will be selling off their campers cheaply.

Of the two my suggestion is this: Draw up a floor-plan that you like, pick up an inexpensive double axle trailer kit, and go to town over the winter in your garage. You'll end up with a sturdier trailer, one that you know inside and out for maintenance and repair issues, with precisely the features that you want. And it will be fun.

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Looking to getting a Mini Camper. Yupe, I'm there. Sept 22, 2015 22:32:26 GMT Gingerbread Man likes this

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Post by red on Sept 22, 2015 22:32:26 GMT

GBM i had camper trailers for umm 8 years. Mine were set up in camp ground out here but, i did tow them to camp ground and stuff.If you would wait summer is coming and so is winter. Winter time at my camp ground everyone sold off there old trailers and stopped paying lot rent. Summer people got new trailers and sold there old ones. I started with a 19 footer slept 6 had a kitchen and stand up shower/ potty. Propane heat and roof ac unit, and a small fridge got it for a grand. Then moved up to a 47 foot park model thats bigger then you currently need. I also did repair on trailers , set up, ect ect for my neighbors and friends.

Moral of the story is wait till winter and summer when people sell off there old trailer. Search camp grounds for them selling off trailers of people that did not pay rent.

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Looking to getting a Mini Camper. Yupe, I'm there. Sept 23, 2015 5:49:09 GMT Gingerbread Man likes this

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Post by misterdark on Sept 23, 2015 5:49:09 GMT

Sept 22, 2015 10:13:46 GMT Gingerbread Man said:

20K, YIKES!

Saw a pop up on Craig's for $2450. Looked nice.

Saw a really nice A Frame style for $6K. Yeah. Craig's maybe the way to go here. Need to shop around.

I started to look at tents and a portable AC units but then it gets back to hours and hours of set up.

I'm just to strapped for time for all that set up/break down.

Well, as for a tent and a a/c unit, I can speak to that personally. We have a Coleman bigass tent, and set it up with 1 queen size airmatress for the kids, one camp chair, and one really comfy coleman cot and foam topper for the missus. I have never needed more than 30 minutes to get the tent set up. That is with 1 1/2 helpers involved.

In most weather, we ALL sleep in hammocks around the tent; it is only used for changing clothes, or if the weather gets real bad.

I also have a small offbrand portable air conditioner. We have used it a couple of times in hot weather to cool the tent. Aside from needing to dump the condensation tray about every 4 hours, it worked fantastic. Kept the tent at 70 even when the outside environment was 90+ and 90% humidity. All the females in the family stayed in the tent for pretty much the whole weekend, both times we brought the a/c.

TL/DR, a tent and 110v a/c unit can work, it is a slight hassle. But the total time to set up tent, air mattresses, cot, a/c unit, led rope lights, and bluetooth stereo playing happy music - less than 1 hour on average.

Last Edit: Sept 23, 2015 5:51:30 GMT by misterdark

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