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jonathan posted:FYI retro styled trailers are a thing now. Think "pro touring" for trailers I've always liked small campers but dislike the idea of spending ridiculous money on one which is why I ended up with a '71. I ended up paying the difference in moldy upholstery, rotten walls and leaky plumbing. It's been tremendous fun to work on, though. Sandbagger SA fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Aug 5, 2015 |
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Dealer here can't keep Shasta Airflytes in stock.
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jonathan posted:In America that one is likely $55k to $75k. The nicest one I have been in is a Jayco Seismic. What the gently caress is wrong with people? It seems these, like luxury boats and aircraft, are designed by some of the most conservative backwards blind people you're ever likely to meet. Who sees a small space and thinks that dark woodgrain with pseudo antique moldings is going to make anything feel larger. Where's the light colours, light woodgrain, minimal design? If I had the money for one of these I'd almost want to get an empty shell and deck it out from there but it would still have that overall cheap looking exterior where you can tell price rather than performance or suitability of use was the driving force behind the specification. Give me a nicely done teardrop anyday.
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Sandbagger SA posted:It's definitely not very large but it's surprisingly roomy if you're not I'm 6' 6" tall, that bed looks cramped.
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Aargh posted:What the gently caress is wrong with people? It seems these, like luxury boats and aircraft, are designed by some of the most conservative backwards blind people you're ever likely to meet. Who sees a small space and thinks that dark woodgrain with pseudo antique moldings is going to make anything feel larger. Where's the light colours, light woodgrain, minimal design? It's because the largest market are Olds.
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Aargh posted:What the gently caress is wrong with people? It seems these, like luxury boats and aircraft, are designed by some of the most conservative backwards blind people you're ever likely to meet. Who sees a small space and thinks that dark woodgrain with pseudo antique moldings is going to make anything feel larger. Where's the light colours, light woodgrain, minimal design? Gonna refer you to my previous post: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3635328#post429964149
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Aargh posted:What the gently caress is wrong with people? It seems these, like luxury boats and aircraft, are designed by some of the most conservative backwards blind people you're ever likely to meet. Who sees a small space and thinks that dark woodgrain with pseudo antique moldings is going to make anything feel larger. Where's the light colours, light woodgrain, minimal design? I don't know what any of this means. The materials are chosen because there are weight limits. The colours are chosen because who cares. Looks fine to me.
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Aargh posted:What the gently caress is wrong with people? It seems these, like luxury boats and aircraft, are designed by some of the most conservative backwards blind people you're ever likely to meet. Who sees a small space and thinks that dark woodgrain with pseudo antique moldings is going to make anything feel larger. Where's the light colours, light woodgrain, minimal design? Shampoo posted:It's because the largest market are Olds. This I know what you mean though, I daydream about doing something like this but on a smaller scale:  https://hofarc.com/portfolio/ Or one of these:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH5h0qU4EQ4
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iForge posted:I'm 6' 6" tall, that bed looks cramped. I'm 6 even and it's fine for me. I'd imagine you'd probably not be the most comfortable but it's what you give up for not needing two foot wide trailer mirrors. For those interested, that is a normal twin sized mattress. If you can fit on a twin sized mattress, you're good to go. Sandbagger SA fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Aug 6, 2015 |
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Aargh posted:What the gently caress is wrong with people? It seems these, like luxury boats and aircraft, are designed by some of the most conservative backwards blind people you're ever likely to meet. Who sees a small space and thinks that dark woodgrain with pseudo antique moldings is going to make anything feel larger. Where's the light colours, light woodgrain, minimal design? I think this too. I was watching a video by the Wynns and apparently, it comes down to limited choices and government regulations. Everything has to be durable and fireproof. RV companies may only have 2 styles of cabinet doors to work with for example. If light wood isn't requested frequently, it's not going to be one of those 2 choices. I follow Laura Sauve on Youtube. She did a nice redo of her RV and is available for design consultations.
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:This Nice. There's some nice global expedition vehicles out there too so its not all bad.
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I guess I'm just out of the loop. I've always liked the look of dark stained hardwoods. The Irish pub type look, dark paneling etc. There is a cozy warmth to it. With bright white, its looks like an office building lunch room. Clinical. The bright colours look good in a condo, but to me, it takes away a certain rustic cabin mood I want while I'm relaxing near a lake.
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jonathan posted:There is a cozy warmth to it. With bright white, its looks like an office building lunch room. Clinical. The bright colours look good in a condo, but to me, it takes away a certain rustic cabin mood I want while I'm relaxing near a lake. That's why you accessorise, maybe a nice throw draped across the couch, a bright simplistic artwork on the wall (yellows really brighten a space) or maybe some flowers. /interior design chat.
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That hofarc stuff is gorgeous. So clean and bright. 
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Aargh posted:That's why you accessorise, maybe a nice throw draped across the couch, a bright simplistic artwork on the wall (yellows really brighten a space) or maybe some flowers. I am perfectly happy with how many of the modern ones come. Here are a couple examples of what I am looking at (except lol this first one is 37' total length!) http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?requestSource=b&adId=1085955966 I wish they could build some sort of telescoping deck so I could shorten it up when not hauling toys. Here's another one but I kind of don't want a 5th wheel, even if they do tow nicer. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-travel-trail...gationFlag=true
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I went with a pale mint green paint for the interior because it's both light enough to maximize reflected light and more interesting than plain white paint. Also the paint was free.
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Someone offered to trade my Jeep for a '68 airstream. From: Carlos Phone: Have a 1968 airstream. 26' New tires/axles/water heater/brakes/upholstery/new shocks/water pump rebuilt/cork floors/ aluminum tanks/furnace just serviced. Very nice trailer Sleeps 4 Used once in two years. My Jeep is worth around 15k CDN. Thoughts ?
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I really want to do a school bus conversion, but I'm stymied by the fact that I'll probably never actually go anywhere with it.
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You'll never truly know how many Burning Mans you'll never drive your camperbus to unless you have a camper bus that you can not drive to Burning Man.
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  I parted ways with a little bit of money. Flat 6 diesel, 15 speed, proper tandems with proper drive. Midship mounted engine. Sup Fuckers. CSB is back.
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What was it used for before?
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Nov 15, 2015 01:30
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It was custom built for paramount pictures to haul grip equipment.
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"Grip Equipment" was basically your nickname in high school so this should be fun.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:"Grip Equipment" was basically your nickname in high school so this should be fun. Whole lotta beer can storage in that. What's the conversion plan? Looks like a rad bus there csb. Slung Blade fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Nov 15, 2015 |
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cursedshitbox posted:
It looks like a bus hosed a horse trailer. I like it. Saw that gallery you posted with the interior shots and it looks like pretty much a clean slate to do what-the-gently caress-ever with. Would be one hell of a toy hauler/mobile workshop.
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cause of the pintle hitch and gladhands, I'm going to tow the workshop behind it No genset is planned, solar and lithium batteries, it'll be self contained as well. bedroom in the back, bathroom and kitchen on the curbside. forward area open for dirtbike stowage/living quarters. Once a trailer is brought into the picture, it'll just become a living area. Seat Safety Switch posted:"Grip Equipment" was basically your nickname in high school so this should be fun. hahahaha 
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Since it's now spring and will be camping season soon let's lazarus this thread. Have a line on a 2007 Trailcruiser 23QB as a trailer for the wife and I as a first (likely only) trailer. Fibreglass, queen bed, ac, 2x30lb tanks, seems to be decent if not fancy floorplan for not having a slide. Thoughts on trailcruisers? Anything obvious to look for in a 9 year old RV? Tow vehicle would be a 2015 Tacoma 4x4 4.0L V6 and trailer package. slidebite fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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See if it has a modern switch mode 12v supply/breaker panel - the giveaways are that the new switchers look basically like giant PC power supplies, sometimes without cases; the old linear ones invariably will have a big heavy transformer about the size of a sixpack. Strong recommend to update the panel; I ripped out our old poo poo and replaced with a 60 amp Progressive Dynamics charger/fuse block/120v breaker panel and i have not thought about it once over the past 20 months of 24/7 living except for when we run two heaters on one circuit and pop the breaker.
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When did they start changing over? Is it a pretty straight forward retrofit if it doesn't?
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Advent of switching power supplies was some time in the past five to ten years, that's why I say check first as even I couldn't say for sure what you have given the era. My '89 was a no-brainer Swap is simple, hook up your 12v line to the battery, all the 12v circuits to the fuse panel, then the 120 circuits to the breaker panel - mine came with a 4-bay breaker panel so we used 8 mini breakers, then done. BIggest annoyance is dealing with all the stiff copper 120 wiring.
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I'm going to buy a 5th wheel hitch. What do I need to know about mounting rails ?
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I think they're pretty much all the same and you will probably get a deal on a set with the hitch, if the aren't included.
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Reason I ask, I'm seeing lots of good condition hitches for sale on Kijiji but none of them come with rails. So are the rails unique to the brand or is there a standard ? Do different rails match different trucks or are they all the same and you just drill and bolt ? This is going on a 2011 Ram 2500 long box crew
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I'd call a hitch place and ask them, they ought to know better than most of us. I wish I could answer your question.
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If it is one of the major hitch manufacturers they will almost always work with a universal hitch rail kit. If you find one you like you can cross reference it before you buy.
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I'm trying to figure out how to get the largest-area camper I can, but keep it below 1500 pounds, so I can tow it with a compact car. The best option I've seen so far is the Trailmanor, this model has a dry weight of 2050 pounds and is a hard-wall pop-up so it should be even easier to tow since the aerodynamics are good: http://trailmanor.com/wordpress/2417-sport-series/ It's still 500 pounds too heavy though. I'm trying to figure out how practical it would be to reduce the weight further. You can see here is has a steel chassis, so I could save a few hundred pounds by removing it and replacing it with aluminum: http://trailmanor.com/wordpress/superior-construction/ Besides that it would come down to alloy wheels instead of steel, aluminum or fiberglass propane tanks, and replacing appliances (swap fridge for mini-fridge, etc) and other deletions. Failing that, the only other option I can see is these modular "Teal Tailfeather" panels: http://www.tealinternational.com/TailFeather/ You bring your own trailer bed, then put those panels together on top of it like Legos. They're claiming the weight for a 5x10 trailer is just 1,100 pounds including the trailer. But, they seem to be on some kind of hiatus and there's no links to buy the panels. That while they're amazingly utilitarian, like me, they're also super fugly, like me. They're not as much space as the Trailmanor, though the insulation looks spectacular. Anyone else have any ideas? Zero VGS fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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Zero VGS posted:I'm trying to figure out how to get the largest-area camper I can, but keep it below 1500 pounds, so I can tow it with a compact car. There was a canadian compay called boler who made little trailers in the 70s that were supposed to be around 1000lbs. You'd be looking at about 5 grand for a trailer that needs a reno, but you could go nuts all over the inside with lighter materials. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-travel-trailer-camper/calgary/beautiful-13-boler-completely-remodeled/1168904765?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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This thread sparked a long dormant question for me - when looking at trailers that could be towed with a small car Uhaul's had what seemed to be ridiculously high empty weights. Even this tiny "sport" trailer is listed at 535 lbs. Like I understand that these things are steel beams and wood (and in the sport thing's case, fiberglass) but that still seems crazily heavy. Are these weights accurate, or is Uhaul backwards on this?
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Uhaul vehicles and trailers are lowest-bidder dogshit garbage. I wouldn't be surprised if they were made out of pot metal sand-cast in some guy's back yard. They're not paying for the gas to move it, why should they make it light? There's a reason that 55mph sign shows up in your mirrors
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