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Machinery, Trailers, Toyhaulers and Motorhomes => Trailers, Toyhaulers and Motorhomes => Topic started by: Wyattboche on September 15, 2009, 06:16:16 PM
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I'm looking for a tent camper that has enough room to haul my buggy in front or behind the camper. Is there such a thing?
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like this?
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I have seen lots of off the wall trailers with a camper on them then the space to haul a quad or two. All made by one company or another.
Probelm is they are never cheap. You are paying for the novelty of it.
In my opinion you would be better off just measuring your buggy and a tent and getting flatbed big enough for both. Then when not being used for the buggy and what you could use it for other things too so it would be cheaper and more valuable as a double asset.
I also am not sure what you mean by Tent camper. One of those pop up jobs? That the canvas tents stick out the ends of? It would not be hard to simply buy a good used one and roll it up on the bigger trailer and secure it.
But the fancey custom trailers you buy ARE $$$$.
Personnaly I like a nice 4x4 flatbed big enough to haul the toy(s) and a camper behind it. Then if need be the 4x4 may be able to go rescue the toy.
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like this?
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ya thats it. you have a link? wonder if you could put the camper in front and have the buggy in the rear?
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ya thats it. you have a link? wonder if you could put the camper in front and have the buggy in the rear?
Wyatt
That type of pop up camper are a dime a dozen out there. Infact there is one for sale like that down at LS. Buy one like it take the running gear out from under it and mount it on a flat bed which any way you want. Front or back. Sell the running gear and buy a six pack with the profit.
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Hey fast, wonder if you could take a used camper and like you said throw it on a flat bed? What are they asking for something like the one pictured?
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In my opinion you would be better off just measuring your buggy and a tent and getting flatbed big enough for both. Then when not being used for the buggy and what you could use it for other things too so it would be cheaper and more valuable as a double asset.
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Hey fast, wonder if you could take a used camper and like you said throw it on a flat bed? What are they asking for something like the one pictured?
You can bet that the one in the picture is at least 8k to 12k. I have seen pop ups like it for 2k. Then find a good used 30 foot flat bed to bolt it on to. Get a shorter pop up and bolt in on sideways. Give you more room for a buggy with out so much of a long trailer.
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Will that great alot of tongue weight with the camper on the front? Thats probably why they have the camper on the back.
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Unless you had a fifth wheel (even then) you would need to weigh everything and balance it out.
If you look carefully at the pics of the camper trailer above you will see the axles are nearly under the camper and not in the middle.
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Hey fast, wonder if you could take a used camper and like you said throw it on a flat bed? What are they asking for something like the one pictured?
There's a guy at Ls that has done just that. Works damn well. removed the axles and tied it down.
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I've been trying to swindle the Nabe out of his...I put a couple of 1" ply wood on top of it and had Barb's buggy on top of it with no problems ::)
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Try looking at a Fleetwood Scorpion S1 like this http://www.rvweb.com/guides/manufacturers/fleetwood/models/2006_scorpion-1127324275889 (http://www.rvweb.com/guides/manufacturers/fleetwood/models/2006_scorpion-1127324275889)
Since Coleman bought out Fleetwood I'm not sure if their still producing these.
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Make your own I have see pop-up turn sideways on a flat bead I also seen one where they took a cab over camper and mounted on a flat bead so it has real sides on the camper then where it use to fit in the bed of truck the sides where closed in for storage
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Make your own I have see pop-up turn sideways on a flat bead I also seen one where they took a cab over camper and mounted on a flat bead so it has real sides on the camper then where it use to fit in the bed of truck the sides where closed in for storage
That's what the guy at LS did. Looks and functions pretty cool.
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There's a guy at Ls that has done just that. Works damn well. removed the axles and tied it down.
Thats it tied it down? He didn't bother making brackets to bolt the camper to the trailer? I was thinking of taking a 24' inclosed cargo trailer and making a wall in between the garage and the living quarters. make a false floor for the black,grey and water tanks. and run wires in for 110 outlets. Suppose by time you got doing that you could just as while of bought a toy hauler.
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Wait till tonite to see what that entails. I'll post a couple of pics tonite.
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i still got that high quality grote wiring, that would be perfect for that!!! its trailer wiring. got about 60ft of main harness, and 60ft or secondary harness. ;D
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I forgot about that. What was it again? I may be in need.What's the primary and what's secondary. I'm a bit lost on what you mean exactly.
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Wait till tonite to see what that entails. I'll post a couple of pics tomorrowtonite. :-[ :) :)
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A freind did that with a pop-up an put two quads on the back. EQ hitch and it was 1/2 towable.
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I might just buy an old school bus and turn it into a buggy hauler. I here you can license the bus as a RV. wonder if thats true? Wonder if I could make a double decker for the buggys in the back?
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Lots of people have done it. Don't know about the double decking thing tho.
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I know you can rv most anything in Michigan. Your state may vary.
I see double decker trailers all the time. There are a few at Silver lake that they load a buggy on the to[p then winches actually pull the top up and it locks in place. Then a buggy goes below. There are four or five that have made these.
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I did see one that had been shortened by cutting out the mid section of the body,leaving the frame stock length, and reattaching the rear body section to the front that looked pretty good with about a 14' flatbed area behind it.
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Just courous? Thought maybe could make front part camper. And take the back windows out and fill them in with sheet metal and make inclosed buggy camper. then again if I can find a 20' trailer and put a pop up camper on it. Just looking for options.
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those toy hauler pop ups or SO MUCH OF A WASTE OF MONEY. 1 most of the time the trailer does not have enough for much more then a quad or maybe two never a decent sized buggy. i will look for pics of my old conversion but we had i think an 8ft wide by 20ft we had a old Colman pop up i believe it was around 1986. the trailer had side walls around 1 and a half feet of the bottom of the trailer. we took the Coleman took the axle off sawed everything flat and picked it up spun it and welded it onto the trailer. it was amazing. for 1500$ we had something you could not buy for under 14000. its pretty redneck but it worked. the door opened on the flat bed and the beds when the pulled out opened up on the sides of the trailer. the 1.5ft gap under the trailer was good because we stored all the riding gear bags suitcases everything under front 5ft of the trailer and that left 15ft for toys. when it rained we had an ez up that we set up over the trailer. was really nice.
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DS and I both did enclosed trailer route. 24 ft is a bare min in my book. I have 36 ft and wish I had gone longer! 40 would have done 2 rails with living quarters. I left the whole trialer open. So I could use all the floor space going down the road. I can haul 2 rails. But no room for a shower and craper.
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I have 43 feet inside the trailer and it's a tight fit.for all my crap. No such thing as too much room. Might be too much trailer for the tow vehicle though! LOL!!!!
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Just for visual...http://southjersey.craigslist.org/tls/2043993085.html (http://southjersey.craigslist.org/tls/2043993085.html)
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2: 5: :c
That fooker must be a REAL DREAM to pull down the hyway with that ungodly weight bias
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Yup!Prolly why they put the pop out on the back of the store bought ones.
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wyatte just buy a diesel pusher motor coach and an enclosed and be done with it! ;D ;D
I don't think the pop up idea is too bad but I wouldn't buy a store bought one. after those pop ups get a few years old they lose 70% of there value round here! you can buy 8 year old ones cheap and a flat bed isn't that bad either.
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This one is pretty slick, but only for a mini buggy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9tL641A_o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9tL641A_o)
LMAO LMAO rofl rofl LMAO LMAO
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wyatt just buy a diesel pusher motor coach and an enclosed and be done with it! ;D ;D
I bought a 7'x16' enclosed v-front trailer, rear ramp door with both axle brakes, 12-volt lights for $4,000. Brand new 2010 trailer. I'm getting to the point of installing the floor tie downs and the side wall die downs. I will get pics once daylight out. The trailer pulls like a dream with the v-front. IMHO that is the only way to go. Just bought an equalizer distribution hitch that I need to setup for long hauls. And boy does that thing make a difference(I tried out a friends before buying mine).http://www.reese-hitches.com/products/Weight_Distribution_Hitchwith_Trunnion_Bars,7903 (http://www.reese-hitches.com/products/Weight_Distribution_Hitchwith_Trunnion_Bars,7903)
I was thinking of 8'x20' but all I need to haul is my atv's and snowmobile. Thanks to Doug Heim's friend(Luke) for buying the buggy so I could get the trailer.
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Well here are the pics. Somehow snow got into the trailer ???
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I wouldn't plan on using it for a camper anytime soon until you find that leaky seal. rofl
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If that is brand new I would be taking that thing to the dealer to find the leak! Looks to me like the door was open or out of plane!
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That's why it was so cheap rofl
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holy crap! did you leave the ramp gate down and stand there with the snow blower pointed inside?! rofl better shovel it out or take it back before you have mold!!!!!!!!!
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Well the fooker that bowered it last didn't latch the door, the side door. So when we got our 50 mph winds. Well you see what happened.