cheri
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Post by cheri on Oct 17, 2014 9:50:13 GMT -8
Ok,
I get a chuckle out of the "cutters club", but I think the domes sticking out the front are cool. At least they add space to the camper if only for a child. The really useless idea is the trunk back.
I bought my Vanbrook Trunkback because it was different, and I was clueless. It hit me when I had the back end taken apart that this design really gives you less space, not more. I realized that if the back end was shaped like other trailers, I could actually have a full size bed in the rear.
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Post by edog1973 on Oct 17, 2014 12:02:04 GMT -8
I could not agree more with you cheri. I love the unique style of the dome on the front of a trailer.
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Post by cheri on Oct 17, 2014 12:24:11 GMT -8
edog1973, You actually do agree with me.  I said I think the dome is cool.. It is the trunkback that I think is cute, but useless idea. |
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Post by vintagebruce on Oct 17, 2014 13:04:27 GMT -8
The Cutters Club, while possibly a bit tongue in cheek, imo, is a group of people who, can not possibly believe that the design is aerodynamic. I'm not an engineer, but I do not believe that a front dome trails as smoothly as no dome or a rear dome. I followed a blog of a person who had an astrodome restored...great detailed blog...painful amount of time taken by the "professional" restorer to deliver the finished product. Blogger was thrilled with the finished product. Within 45 days the honeymoon was over and the astrodome was being advertised for sale. Owner alluded to what seemed to be a less than anticipated ease in towing the finished camper. Maybe it was the tow vehicle, maybe it was the snout protruding from the top front. It is what it is. Aesthetics certainly have veracity when a person chooses their camper. As I have said before and will repeat here...imho...domes on the front "break wind"...domes on the rear surprisingly don't "break wind". I was raised and taught it is not polite to "break wind" in public, coming or going.
The trunk back, I believe, refers to the lower rear extension on some campers which mimics the trunk of a car. I was under the impression they open outward across the back and are external storage spaces. Not sure why a trunk would necessarily prohibit a full sized bed across the back of a camper, since I have never actually inspected one in person. I would think if the overall design was made to have a full sized bed in the back, the camper would be long enough to accommodate that, and then the trunk addition would simply increase the overall length. I never saw a canned ham on the shelves in the grocery that had a dome or trunk...if it has a dome or a trunk it isn't a canned ham. It's a dome or a trunk back. Different categories as in different strokes for different folks. As for domes accommodating little kids...my motto...The kids can sleep in a tent...dingos or no dingos.
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Post by nickp178 on Oct 18, 2014 6:33:59 GMT -8
My Swiss Colony has the best of both worlds, dome and trunk!
I actually find the trunk very handy, I keep my jacks, tools, folding chairs, spare tire and such back there.
The only downside of the dome for us is that the camper can really only be pulled with a pick up truck, since the overhang is roughly the same length as the tongue, and is too close to the back window of an SUV or van.
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Post by vikx on Oct 20, 2014 22:53:18 GMT -8
SNIP
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I said I think the dome is cool..
