g,lcamping wrote:
I'm not looking for anything real high or soft sided. I intend to pull it with a full size van that I may upgrade to 4X4. The closest I've found so far is a Rockwood mini lite 1909S. A slide isn't necessary but the smaller campers are narrow. I do want to stay shorter so that I can get it turned around at the end of the road. A lot of the camping will be in Colorado. Thanks for all the ideas so far.
You may want to look long and hard at the frame on a Rockwood Minilite before taking it on anything that is truly "Off road". A gravel road is one thing, a rutted logging drag is another. The Minilite will have a typical Lippert frame with minimal cross members, fabricated main rails, questionable welding,etc. When it comes to off roading I would be concerned about a couple of things. The frame rails themselves only have a 5-1/2" web and the trailers have low ground clearance, take a look at the height of the dump valve connections. Also Rockwood uses torsion axles. Dexter makes a 2-1/2" frame spacer kit for them, but do not recommend it be used on the 3" profile axles that Rockwood uses. My Rockwood Roo uses the same frame and suspension as the Minilite. Personally, despite owning one I would not recommend Rockwood or any other Forest River product in general.
