Hello everyone.I used to own a 24'x 8.5' TH and sold it because it was to long and mainly wide to escape the camp grounds.I shouldn't have sold it so quickly, because I have not found a replacement yet. But I didn't realize finding a narrower TT or TH would be practically impossible. Shorter isn't the problem, it's the width.A jayco 16XRB is 7' wide, but I'm not looking for a hybrid because Ive read the doors can have de-lamination blistering issues. Ive also read "Eddie" made 7' wide TT's..What other TT and TH's are narrow enough not to need towing mirrors or are less than 7.5' wide?Thanks!

Winnebago Micro Minnie 2106 & 2108 are hard sided TTs that are 7 feet wide.

That’s why I bought again in 2015...when the Minnies were 7.5 feet wide.

You’re still searching for unobtanium?Thought you were buying a narrow cargo trailer and converting it?

Grit dog wrote:You’re still searching for unobtanium?Thought you were buying a narrow cargo trailer and converting it?Yep, pretty much. But a narrow track cargo TH might be more elusive than a narrow TT.When I learned the new no-bo TH is only 7.5' wide, I thought maybe manufactures might have realized some folks want a narrower package, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

Scamp, Casitas, and similar "egg trailers" are narrow...and indeed generally small in all dimensions. That, of course, does noticeably impact their interior room and tank sizes and storage space availability.

Short list of narrow track TT and TH's. | Good Sam Community

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afidel
Explorer II
Nov 04, 2019
Living lite 7x18FK, 7' wide and all aluminum or composite backed fiberglass.
rerod
Explorer
Nov 04, 2019
Grit dog wrote:
You’re hard to satisfy methinks.
What would you replace the luan with? 1/2” plywood? There’s a balance between quality, weight and functionality.
There are trailers out there that fit your wants unless you refuse to recognize them.

Had I read that KZ used azdel under their fiberglass, I would have kept reading because the rest of the TH is built with water resistant materials. What a way to spoil the party KZ..

And I'm not very motivated as I've already camped my little heart out years ago and I could take it or leave it.

I go through this once in a while Grit dog so cut me some slack. Or rather, hope someone is making a small toyhauler to my standards that I may have missed.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Nov 04, 2019
You’re hard to satisfy methinks.
What would you replace the luan with? 1/2” plywood? There’s a balance between quality, weight and functionality.
There are trailers out there that fit your wants unless you refuse to recognize them.
rerod
Explorer
Nov 04, 2019
I found a narrow KZ mini toyhauler. I was liking what I was reading even though it looks cheap until I read the word luan..
SoundGuy
Explorer
Nov 04, 2019
rerod wrote:
When I learned the new no-bo TH is only 7.5' wide, I thought maybe manufactures might have realized some folks want a narrower package, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

Not at all - Coachmen RV has offered and continues to offer several models that are 7.5' wide, including Apex and Apex Nano models, and now also offers 7' wide models in the Catalina Summit series.

Coachmen Travel Trailers
bikendan
Explorer
Nov 03, 2019
rerod wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
You’re still searching for unobtanium?
Thought you were buying a narrow cargo trailer and converting it?

Yep, pretty much. But a narrow track cargo TH might be more elusive than a narrow TT.

When I learned the new no-bo TH is only 7.5' wide, I thought maybe manufactures might have realized some folks want a narrower package, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

It is wishful thinking. There used to be a lot of 7.5' trailers, up to around 2007. But manufacturers stopped making them because the public preferred wider 8' trailers. Look how popular slideouts became.
There has been a movement with younger buyers, for a smaller and lighter TT, like the NoBo and Geo/E-pro trailers. But that comes with very little living space and is a small percentage of RV buyers.
If you start looking for used trailers 2007 and older, you'll probably find a lot more 7.5' wide TTs.
DrewE
Explorer II
Nov 03, 2019
Scamp, Casitas, and similar "egg trailers" are narrow...and indeed generally small in all dimensions. That, of course, does noticeably impact their interior room and tank sizes and storage space availability.
rerod
Explorer
Nov 03, 2019
Grit dog wrote:
You’re still searching for unobtanium?
Thought you were buying a narrow cargo trailer and converting it?

Yep, pretty much. But a narrow track cargo TH might be more elusive than a narrow TT.

When I learned the new no-bo TH is only 7.5' wide, I thought maybe manufactures might have realized some folks want a narrower package, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Nov 03, 2019
You’re still searching for unobtanium?
Thought you were buying a narrow cargo trailer and converting it?
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Nov 03, 2019
That’s why I bought again in 2015...when the Minnies were 7.5 feet wide.