Painful just to look at lol

It’s a Willie Nelson camper.
In 2011 the World Shooting & Recreational Complex n Sparta, IL hosted the U.S. Open Trapshooting Championships and the Country Throwdown, featuring Willie Nelson, on the same weekend. The WSRC has 1,000 campsites and it was just about full. A bunch of sites were occupied by concert goers in goose neck stock trailers outfitted with cots and furniture. And, the Willie Nelson camper was born!

I did get to see Willie. I was done shooting for the day and the folks next to me had an extra ticket.

It probably gets used hard, put up wet, and will still outlast most of the other trailers in the campground

BCSnob wrote:
It probably gets used hard, put up wet, and will still outlast most of the other trailers in the campground

A friend has a horse trailer rv thats never even had a dog or cat in it. Its a lot like a truck camper with the bed to the front or on your right as you enter. The bath is to the left with the toilet on one side and the shower on the other. There is a door to the cargo area in the center of the bathroom. The TIG welds are a work of art. Its all aluminum but built like a tank.

I’ve been in a few LQ horse trailers even ones with slide outs; the last one I toured had an onboard generator and 2 ac units one for the cargo area and one for the LQ. Our small livestock trailer is very well built; it was purchased for hauling sheep and gets used for hauling lots of other things.

With the complete lack of tire deflection on those pieces of wood/rocks, there has to be something else supporting it. There also has to be something other than a "picnic table and trees" to keep it from going into the creek, or it would've already rolled off those "blocks". Would've been nice of the OP to actually post a pic that gives the whole story, rather than just a single piece of the puzzle, allowing him and everyone else to feign outrage; "OMG!". But where's the fun in that, right?

4x4van wrote:
With the complete lack of tire deflection on those pieces of wood/rocks, there has to be something else supporting it. There also has to be something other than a "picnic table and trees" to keep it from going into the creek, or it would've already rolled off those "blocks". Would've been nice of the OP to actually post a pic that gives the whole story, rather than just a single piece of the puzzle, allowing him and everyone else to feign outrage; "OMG!". But where's the fun in that, right?

There is no automatic lift leveling system. It was sitting on what you are looking at in the pic. There was about a 6” diameter rock behind the rear tire on the other side. The landing gear leg on the far side was on dirt and the one on the side of the creative leveling was on a substantial wood pad. Its not terribly steep but im using wood chocks on both sides of my rig.

Thats the whole story. I didn’t go over on their side and do a full photo shoot and documentary interview. Lol

The rock over to the left was behind the left tire

azrving wrote:

4x4van wrote:
With the complete lack of tire deflection on those pieces of wood/rocks, there has to be something else supporting it. There also has to be something other than a "picnic table and trees" to keep it from going into the creek, or it would've already rolled off those "blocks". Would've been nice of the OP to actually post a pic that gives the whole story, rather than just a single piece of the puzzle, allowing him and everyone else to feign outrage; "OMG!". But where's the fun in that, right?

There is no automatic lift leveling system. It was sitting on what you are looking at in the pic. There was about a 6” diameter rock behind the rear tire on the other side. The landing gear leg on the far side was on dirt and the one on the side of the creative leveling was on a substantial wood pad. Its not terribly steep but im using wood chocks on both sides of my rig.

Thats the whole story. I didn’t go over on their side and do a full photo shoot and documentary interview. Lol

The rock over to the left was behind the left tire

No offense meant, sorry if that's how you took it. I was simply referring to the complete lack of tire deflection on those tiny surfaces. On your further description, I would guess that the landing gear legs on both sides (unmentioned and unseen in the original picture) were likely taking up most of the weight, along with the tongue jack or tow vehicle.:)

4x4van wrote:

azrving wrote:

4x4van wrote:
With the complete lack of tire deflection on those pieces of wood/rocks, there has to be something else supporting it. There also has to be something other than a "picnic table and trees" to keep it from going into the creek, or it would've already rolled off those "blocks". Would've been nice of the OP to actually post a pic that gives the whole story, rather than just a single piece of the puzzle, allowing him and everyone else to feign outrage; "OMG!". But where's the fun in that, right?

There is no automatic lift leveling system. It was sitting on what you are looking at in the pic. There was about a 6” diameter rock behind the rear tire on the other side. The landing gear leg on the far side was on dirt and the one on the side of the creative leveling was on a substantial wood pad. Its not terribly steep but im using wood chocks on both sides of my rig.

Thats the whole story. I didn’t go over on their side and do a full photo shoot and documentary interview. Lol

The rock over to the left was behind the left tire

No offense meant, sorry if that's how you took it. I was simply referring to the complete lack of tire deflection on those tiny surfaces. On your further description, I would guess that the landing gear legs on both sides (unmentioned and unseen in the original picture) were likely taking up most of the weight, along with the tongue jack or tow vehicle.:)

Oh ok, The full weight of the rigs is on those tires and blocks. Well, not all of the weight because some is on the front legs just like an FW RV. When I say landing gear I mean the front lift legs. I always say that tires are taken for granted and are an absolutely incredible product when we consider what they go through. Its just the sight of that incredible amount of pressure with that type of blocking. Maybe its no big deal or maybe it ends up being the tire that just wasn’t able to last as long as the others.

azrving wrote:

Oh ok, The full weight of the rigs is on those tires and blocks. Well, not all of the weight because some is on the front legs just like an FW RV. When I say landing gear I mean the front lift legs. I always say that tires are taken for granted and are an absolutely incredible product when we consider what they go through. Its just the sight of that incredible amount of pressure with that type of blocking. Maybe its no big deal or maybe it ends up being the tire that just wasn’t able to last as long as the others.

What indication do you have that the tires are loaded to over 30% of rating? Looks like about that percentage of normal footprint. Do you have any idea how often a fully loaded tire contacts like that on the highway?
And with 1 block ahead, the other behind center of axle, probably chocked pretty well. I would want 2X6, 2X8 or 2X10 but most use what they got.