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Post by RJ on Dec 28, 2014 20:57:44 GMT -8
How many of you cats take your old trailers to distant lands, err, states or even remote parts of your states to camp/vacation? Just curious if your sweet old jewells get any kind of serious miles put on them in the summer  |
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Post by vikx on Dec 28, 2014 22:53:33 GMT -8
I don't camp at all. Me and the cats stay home and fix 'em. LOL.
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Post by turbodaddy on Dec 29, 2014 5:32:04 GMT -8
We have always car/tent camped and gunkholed on boats.This trailer adventure started when my wife talked me into renting our house by the week in Summer. (Cape Cod) People pay big $...we can make more doing that than we can working! So last Spring my search began, looking at boring "modern" campers...and then I spotted our (potentially) lovely 1965 FAN.
Ours is SO CLOSE to ready for a shakedown trip(need a 7 way plug, brake controller and new tires). We had planned a long trip along the Gulf Coast this winter, but have decided on an even longer cross country trip next fall instead. We'll make several shorter trips over the summer. I'm like a little kid, so looking forward to the BIG trip. I like to just hang out in the camper in the driveway! I don't think traveling / living in this thing really qualifies as "camping"...it is so beautiful inside,comfortable and luxurious compared to a damp sleeping bag on an air mattress on the lumpy floor of a tent!
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Post by bigbill on Dec 29, 2014 5:33:38 GMT -8
Many of us take are trailers all over north America, and I would say the vast majority are at least pulled into multiple states. But as you read the board some are redone as guest houses or caves.
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Post by schweetcruisers on Dec 29, 2014 7:08:27 GMT -8
I did I 3000+ mile road trip last summer with our Shasta (Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas). We have also taken it all over the great state of Colorado.
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Post by pryorstemmed on Dec 29, 2014 10:53:28 GMT -8
We will take ours throughout Montana and Wyoming..... Up switchbacks and over mountain passes. It might be only two states, but they are big states with hundreds of miles between beautiful camping spots I have discovered on my many arrowhead hunting adventures! I cannot wait for spring and to take photos of the Cardinal parked at my favorite places |
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Post by mobiltec on Jan 24, 2015 19:56:17 GMT -8
Mine have been all over California and Nevada. I like using a trailer for the desert and tents for the mountains though. Done a few mountain trips with the trailers but mostly desert trips.
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Post by ladywendolyn on Jan 24, 2015 20:33:27 GMT -8
We like to travel in the USA, its cheaper even with our lower dollar value. So we often put on 10,000 -12,000 miles on a trip. That actually played into my decision to take my trailer right down to the frame.. I don't want it to fall apart down the road... or should I say on the road |
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 24, 2015 21:18:52 GMT -8
We do eight to nine Vintage Trailer trips per year. We usually travel 300 to 600 miles maximum per round trip, and stay 4-5 days average. We travel with four to six other "local neighbors" all with Restored Vintage Trailer's.
As our group has gotten larger, and we have gotten a little older, we have to schedule shorter distances between potty stops. We just say, it's to let the dogs walk, LOL.
We have found some great "restaurant dive's" to break up the distance of our trips. Nobody has gone hungry on one of our trips yet.
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Post by bigbill on Jan 25, 2015 3:33:29 GMT -8
John we have been doing a lot of group travel over the last 25 years and have made many fantastic memories, the only problem is now that many of the group are into their 80s or crowding them the group is getting smaller. Last year we traveled from Ohio to Florida by ourselves as no one else was up to the trip. We also like the short trips of 400 miles or less but even those are becoming harder to gather a group. One of the younger guy's (68) wife past away Thursday so most likely we have lost another from the group, I hope not but time will tell.
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Post by poncho62 on Jan 25, 2015 6:47:05 GMT -8
I don't camp at all. Me and the cats stay home and fix 'em. LOL. You dont use them at all?....For shame, for shame....... We take our dog all the time...She went on a cross Canada trip with us in our popup when she was 6 months old. travels real well, loves to go in the truck.....I am not sure how a cat would fare, but I am sure would get used to it.  edit....Just re-read original post...Thought it was about taking cats camping with you...when you said any of you cats......lol |
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Post by SusieQ on Jan 25, 2015 7:29:44 GMT -8
We traveled from VA to Idaho last summer, my son, my Yorkie, a kitten and I, camping in a teardrop. The kitten actually was doing well on a leash by the end of the trip. He's grown now; I'm not sure he will be so good on the leash but taking the animals is one reason we upgraded.
If I EVER get my Shasta completely finished, we will be taking extended long distance trips in it, too.
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Post by nccamper on Jan 25, 2015 7:55:04 GMT -8
Utah to NC.
I picked up our 62 Shasta out west, worked on it for a week getting it road ready, then camped home for a month. An excellent trip. The camper was worth buying just for the road trip.
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 25, 2015 11:45:49 GMT -8
John we have been doing a lot of group travel over the last 25 years and have made many fantastic memories, the only problem is now that many of the group are into their 80s or crowding them the group is getting smaller. Last year we traveled from Ohio to Florida by ourselves as no one else was up to the trip. We also like the short trips of 400 miles or less but even those are becoming harder to gather a group. One of the younger guy's (68) wife past away Thursday so most likely we have lost another from the group, I hope not but time will tell. Bill, I live (and restore my trailers) on a busy collector street. I get lots of "drive by" tire kickers that are interested in the vintage campers. I have made some observations about the demographics of the people that stop to talk and ask questions, as I feel they are really "the core of our hobby" today.
Most are Women, I would say more than 60%.
Most are interested in what I call small, to small/medium length trailers, 13' to 17' because they are not intimidated by towing a smaller trailer. They also like the idea of finding something small enough that they could tow it with an existing vehicle. They also have the space to park and store a small trailer.
They all have "A Camping Story" about family, or when their kids were little and they went camping.
They only know of two brands names of trailer's........Shasta, and Airstream, neither impress me.
Age.....They are all 50+, many are retired and want to do something before "their time comes" to slow down.
Price is usually not a consideration, as most drive up in a $60K to $80K import car or SUV.
It difficult to get any consumer sales movement going, but I see this hobby of restoring trailers growing by leaps and bounds.
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Post by SusieQ on Jan 25, 2015 18:21:50 GMT -8
As our group has gotten larger, and we have gotten a little older, we have to schedule shorter distances between potty stops. We just say, it's to let the dogs walk, LOL. We have found some great "restaurant dive's" to break up the distance of our trips. Nobody has gone hungry on one of our trips yet. John, keep taking those breaks and everyone else out there, no matter how old you are, do not drive long distances with sufficient breaks and I'm mean more than just getting out for gas, food and potty. Stop and get some exercise. Yes, this is personal with me and so I'm going to take this opportunity to jump on the bandwagon. Last year I posted about Deep Vein Thrombosis, (a blod clot that develops, usually in the leg, and can travel to the lungs) and the importance of taking breaks when traveling. It can be fatal. It may show symptoms first or it may not. If you have any leg cramps and/or swelling while traveling, go straight to the ER. Better safe than sorry. What I didn't post was why it so personal to me. It was one year ago this weekend that we buried my brother in an ice storm on the Gulf Coast. He was 55. He had taken a 23 hour trip, with two other adults to help drive. He stopped to see me on the way home and spent the night, about 6 hours into the trip home. Stopped again for a second night in GA and then drove last 6 hours home. For two weeks after the trip, he had cramps in his legs. He even commented to his wife that he hoped it wasn't DVT. But he wouldn't go to the Dr. He must have had swelling because, he bought really wide shoes. He commented the night before he died to someone at a song circle that he was getting short winded and had to get in shape before coming back my way to hike the AT in May. The next morning, he went out and fed the dogs, came in and sat down, passed out gasping for breath, and died. May came, and my brother was not here to hike the AT. Christmas and NY's came this year and his family visited without him. So, please, don't sit in a car for extended hours, and get checked out if you have ANY symptoms. It's actually more common than you might think. |
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