a good travel trailer for a timber faller

[056kid]

I'm looking for a light weight travel trailer that will accommodate the mobile timber faller. I will be towing with a v6 Tacoma with a 6 speed, 6500 tow limit. I don't want to go above 5000 fully loaded, really like 4500.# I figure you guys may be able to point me in the right direction. There are soo many different brands and each brand has soo many different models, all confusing. Thanks.

 

[Gologit]

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Ted...

This works pretty good behind the Tacoma. It tows easy and the GVW and hitch weight are well within the limits.

It's a 17 foot Casita and for a small trailer it's got everything you need. Good sized refrigerator, stove, shower, toilet, hot water heater, and quite a bit of storage space. Air conditoner, too. I wouldn't try to put more than two people at once in it for any length of time but for a single guy it would be just right.

They're a little spendy for a new one and good used ones are hard to find because so many people are looking for them. Casita has a website if you want to look at them.

And no...mine ain't for sale.

Slowp has an Alpine trailer...kinda looks like a little Chalet with the fold up pointy roof. It's pretty slick, too.

 

[forestryworks]

This works pretty good behind the Tacoma. It tows easy and the GVW and hitch weight are well within the limits.

It's a 17 foot Casita and for a small trailer it's got everything you need. Good sized refrigerator, stove, shower, toilet, hot water heater, and quite a bit of storage space. Air conditoner, too. I wouldn't try to put more than two people at once in it for any length of time but for a single guy it would be just right.

I remember waving that thing goodbye, not too long after someone performed a sleight of hand and paid for the breakfast check

 

[strangersfaces]

Nice trailer Bob!

I chose to go to an alternative style of trailer and had this one built just a few years back. 12' plus V-nose (so ~15' total), 7' wide with inboard wheels to allow easy access to 8' driveways/gates, all aluminum frame, dual 3,500lb axles, aluminum wheels, all LED exterior lighting, fluorescent interior lighting, plywood paneled interior, ramp, RV side door, 10' awning. aluminum wheels, spare wheel/tire and ceiling height enough that all 6'-4" of me can stand comfortably. I towed it cross-country with a Honda Element with 4250lbs on board with no issues..., tows great.

Currently in Los Angeles but will be in Port Orford, OR within two months (60 miles north of Brookings) as I'm moving back up north. I haven't decided whether to sell or not, but price would be near $7k.

The first pic is of a single axle version of my trailer. A landscaper saw mine near completion and had one of his own built so he could access driveways in Chicago.

 

[Humptulips]

I lived out of an 18 footer for a long time logging during most of the year and trapping in the winter. I would reccommend to buy used but not to old, like 3 or 4 years old. Save a lot in the purchase price.
Small is good but you want big enough to have a reasonably decent shower. no more then 20' I think. Beware trailers made with chip board!
Drying work clothes is a problem. I built a small but tall box and put my generator in the bottom, hung wet clothes in the top. Heat from the generator dried them pretty good.
Currently have a 24 footer and wish it was gone. I bought too big.

 

[Philbert]

I alway thought that the 'toy hauler' models looked attractive - living space inside with a full-sized rear door that lets you load gear/equipment if needed, or for occassional ldual duty use.

Philbert

 

[Gologit]

I remember waving that thing goodbye, not too long after someone performed a sleight of hand and paid for the breakfast check

You just think we paid for breakfast. Actually, we walked the check and told them that you were paying.

Be careful if you go back there.

 

[Metals406]

Patty's she dubbed "The Wing". It's small but plenty of room fer sleeping. The back opens up too. It's a neat outfit fer sure -- reminds me of the old school chuck wagons of yore.

It's also not so heavy that Brian and I couldn't lift it in the air to level it for Patty.

Now, Bob's sounds like a Skookum trailer -- with a shower and stuff.

 

[jrcat]

My girl and I just bought a 12' field and stream camper from her neighbor. It is old but in great shape. They are out there but pricey. I like strangersfaces idea....dual purpose.

 

[Metals406]

You just think we paid for breakfast. Actually, we walked the check and told them that you were paying.

Be careful if you go back there.

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[paccity]

my cargo and patty's teepee and bob's is behind them .

 

[paccity]

these are cool, are built for taking on not so good of roads. make them here in town.

 

[forestryworks]

You just think we paid for breakfast. Actually, we walked the check and told them that you were paying.

Be careful if you go back there.

Well, I suppose since not a one of them gals or guys there has said a word to me, they've just put it on California Bob's tab. Eaten there about a dozen times since you departed

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Classic!

 

[056kid]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Bob, that Casita you have is pretty much what I'm looking for. Maybe a smidge bigger but not much. I was looking at some made by forest river, some of the 18 foot models are appealing.

 

[slowp]

I sold The Wing. It would not do for you. It was a bed. Very comfy, but when the weather was bad you were stuck.

The Pointy Trailer? Nope. It wouldn't be good for your purpose. No inside shower, no real potty. It suits my purposes well but I wouldn't want to come home from working in the woods to it every night.

I vote for a fiberglass trailer. There are less joints to loosen up and leak if you haul them on bad roads.
The Casita has bigger tires than the Scamp. I looked at a Scamp and I think it would drag on the road up to my house!

Here is a forum you might want to peruse.
http://www.fiberglassrv.com/
And one that lists used ones for sale. http://www.fiberglass-rv-4sale.com/node

If those aren't legal to post, please delete this.

I lived year round in a 24 foot long Kit Companion. I had it parked. It was miserable in the winter. I was living in a cold part of our state, and frost would be on the walls. The fridge wouldn't work in the winter.
The floor was freezing and at ceiling level it was muggy and warm. I had to heat tape the heck out of the plumbing.

When I can't lift the roof up on my Pointy Trailer, I will maybe bite the bullet and go fiberglass.

 

[2dogs]

Ted this guy is an AS member. He has it dialed.

Camping Travel Trailer Conversion. Homemade Camp Trailers. Do it yourself Trailers. Cargo Conversions.

 

[slowp]

More plans and construction info here.

Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers &bull; Index page

 

[056kid]

FThanks ya,ll. Fiberglass is looking more & more appealing. Slowp, its funny you mentioned the condensation. I was always seeing these big gotty rvs and fifth wheels that where all fogged up in the morning, I don't want that!

 

[slowp]

FThanks ya,ll. Fiberglass is looking more & more appealing. Slowp, its funny you mentioned the condensation. I was always seeing these big gotty rvs and fifth wheels that where all fogged up in the morning, I don't want that!

Yes. I found out that the Pointy Trailer will rain inside when camped during extremely miserable weather by Astoria, OR. It doesn't leak but there is a metal strip on the inside at the peak where condensation can happen. That's the only time so far that I've had rain inside.

The fiberglass trailers are lined with "rat fur" and ensolite insulation which stops that, I think. But I still would expect the windows to fog up. You don't cook spaghetti in cold weather!

 

[056kid]

I LOVE spaghetti!