jdizzle
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Post by jdizzle on Jan 18, 2014 19:03:27 GMT -8
Hi all! I have been searching all over for a community of people that also have vintage trailers, and it looks like I have found it! So just as an introduction, my name is Jesse and my wife is Cassi. We just purchased (today!) a 1971 Shasta Compact, which I will get pictures up as soon as I have some daylight! We feel so lucky to have found this beauty, because it is in such great shape! I did want to ask one question to start out, which I am guessing I should post elsewhere, but does anyone know what the weight capacity is of the bunk in the compact?
Thanks all, and nice to meet you!
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Post by pirateslife on Jan 18, 2014 19:18:42 GMT -8
If I'm not mistaking I seen where it was 125 pounds. And welcome....I'm working on my first vintage now, a 1970 compact.
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Post by bigbill on Jan 18, 2014 20:48:39 GMT -8
Welcome to our group. I don't know the exact weight for your trailer bunk but the most I have ever seen on a folding bunk is 150lb, and I believe that pole bunks are less. I am certain that someone will chime in with the correct capacity shortly.
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Post by schweetcruisers on Jan 18, 2014 20:51:04 GMT -8
Hey from one Coloradan to another...welcome!
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Post by jannica on Jan 19, 2014 6:12:23 GMT -8
(wlcm)Welcome to the group! I'm also new and am the proud owner of a 1961 Shasta Compact. I don't know about you, but I'd be afraid to sleep in the bunk. haha
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Post by vikx on Jan 19, 2014 21:45:28 GMT -8
I wouldn't want much more than 125 pounds ABOVE me in the night.... LOL.
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Post by Ten on Jan 20, 2014 11:53:33 GMT -8
My guess would be that when the kids are out of their diapers, they are out of their bunk too....no falling on ME in the wee hours.... The folding bunk in the later 60's and early 70's were pretty well-made as far as structural. The whole largest question, from what I have seen of them, is what kind of shape is the wall framing in? If there is a great deal of "travel" in the walls (outward movement), then the likelyhood of the bunk "falling off" the rails above the windows increases exponentially with the hour of the A. M. (I would really say 125 # is a pretty safe range though.) Welcome to the madness er, addiction....ummm... FUN!
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jdizzle
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Post by jdizzle on Jan 20, 2014 14:58:13 GMT -8
Well thank you for the information. The reason I was wondering is we don't have a reason to use it now, but we want to keep the Shasta as long as possible, and that might mean later on when we do decide to start a family!
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Post by Ten on Jan 21, 2014 6:20:37 GMT -8
Although the Compact is not conducive to starting a BIG family, by the time a little one would out-grow the bunk, they would be inclined to want to try sleeping out in the tent, under the awning, etc...I'm also not sure I would want a two-year-old trying to climb out in the middle of the night either...so maybe the optimum age for using the bunk really is about 35. Besides all of that, by the time your family would outgrow using the Compact, you well could have three or four more campers in the stable, ready for whatever comes along!
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Post by jdizzle on Jan 21, 2014 16:01:08 GMT -8
HAH thanks, but I don't think my neighbors would really like us having more than one camper sitting around, otherwise we would have a yard full of them! We might have to move to the country and buy some land just to house all that!
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