for your hard core outback hard to reach places

pnichols wrote:

bka0721 wrote:
Glad I had the experience, but I am that more anxious to get back out in the desert where there aren't any generators and Motorhomes in any direction I would look.

Your kind of desert camping is very rare indeed, so far, from what we've seen!

There were very, very few loners actually out with their rigs in the desert somewhere camping by themselves. This mode of camping did not seem to be done much at all. I guess folks just plain don't want to get dust or scratches on their rigs - or are afraid of being out in the desert alone?

Yes, you just might be right.

My recent stop in Quartzsite, and first, was certainly an education. I have never witnessed such clusters of Motorhomes together. I am sure it is fun for those groups, to have it like that. I can see how that could work, for some. But, for me, not my cup of tea.

Maybe the reason you haven't seen remote campers, such as myself, is we go to areas you might not be traveling. Northwest Texas and southern New Mexico has been some of places of choice, for the last two winters. Not a lot of towns, people or campers. My take is that many would rather not get that far from replenishing their stores, fuel and or water. Good planning and implementation allows that not to be a concern, for campers like me.

I think you are pretty on point, about your comment on the scratches and being uneasy at camping on their own. My visit to Quartzsite was a surprise in how many people were out cleaning off their Motorhomes and dark colored, run around vehicles. I just couldn't picture many of them traveling a half a day or two, down dirt and gravel roads. It is always a choice.

But, you might try visiting the truck camper forum, you might find more RV people more like my style of camping, than you thought were around.

b

MrWizard wrote:
it snows in OZ.. i didn't know that !

When we were in phx a few years ago it snowed, everyone came running out of the golf shop whining about how bad the round would be now. LOL

it snows in OZ.. i didn't know that !

wow. Now thats roughing it.

Love the lab, it looks just like mine. :D

There are over 100 Builders of these CamperTrailers in Australia and they go where a conventional TC cannot go as well as Desert Terrain

A Tvan Crossover Caravan

We have something a little similar though much lighter.





I built her a few years ago and we use it for back country travel. It's under 700 lbs dry and up to 1100 lbs loaded, depending on how long we will be out. She has electric brakes, 20 gallons of on board on demand water, hot water heater, 12v deep cycle battery, and LED flood lights for setting up camp after dark. The DW did not like the idea of climbing up and down a ladder, so no roof top tent. Instead we have 8x10 tent with very comfy cots.

bka0721 wrote:
Glad I had the experience, but I am that more anxious to get back out in the desert where there aren't any generators and Motorhomes in any direction I would look.

Your kind of desert camping is very rare indeed, so far, from what we've seen!

After leaving Quartzsite last week, we went rockhounding in some desert areas East and West of Quartzsite. We saw almost no one actually camping in RVs of any type in the out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere spots where we took our small Class C looking for rocks. Most folks camped elsewhere in either commercial RV campgrounds, or in what I call "RV clusters" out in the desert ... and then would drive all over the desert in TOW vehicles, or ATVs, or side-by-side UTVs.

There were very, very few loners actually out with their rigs in the desert somewhere camping by themselves. This mode of camping did not seem to be done much at all. I guess folks just plain don't want to get dust or scratches on their rigs - or are afraid of being out in the desert alone?

By the way ... we saw that expedition trailer display at Quartzsite and their setup(s) on display seemed to resemble very closely the type of trailer-type camping rigs used extensively in Australia. Personally, I'd much rather be camping/exploring out in the middle of nowhere in an ultra-rugged large-tired 4X4 ton Ford/Chevy/Dodge pickup frame with a very comfortable and very compact Tiger RV built unto it ... to go anywhere with nothing to unpack or setup when ready to call it a day in any kind of weather.

MrWizard wrote:
Expedition Power Trailer

I spoke with the young man, Chris Collings, in the photo with the white baseball cap on, and what impressed me with both of the young men with these vehicles, is that they use them! There are lots of marks, dents and scrapes on these two campers. In addition to these campers, Chris is using the background TT for his off road use. The camper with the Full tent wrap, has articulated suspension (no axle) to allow better off the road use. Chris went on to share that there was a lot of thought put into the different uses, included in these trailers. What he did say was that the typical customer is custom optioning their trailers and they are willing to go to the effort to get this done, for their customers.

The contact info is;

Riding Bear

As for the Quartzsite, I was pretty disappointed by the show. What I mean by this, is that there is a lot more, for me, at the Sportsman Expos at different shows around the country. Plus, there are a whole lot of people and RVs around here. I have also noticed a handful of Truck Campers. The predominate camper, would be the Motorhome, followed by a Travel Trailer and then 5th Wheel.

Glad I had the experience, but I am that more anxious to get back out in the desert where there aren't any generators and Motorhomes in any direction I would look.

b

Pretty cool. I could tow that behind the Jeep. :)

Well I think you could set up the first one in just a few minutes
Just raise the solar panel and flip open the penthouse tent