My Aliner Experience
I have been lurking here since January researching Aliners and other Aframe campers. I know that others lurk here attempting to learn about these unique campers and would like to share our recent expe...
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Lowsuv wrote:
to the OP , thank you for your experiences .
i had no idea that the aliner was so confining.
the obvious advantage of the aliner to me is that you can get buy with a minimal tow rig .
what is your tow vehicle, please ?
is that same tv adequate for your new trailer ?
Our tow vehicle is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 6 cylinder 3.7L engine with the factory tow package (includes a transmission fluid cooler). The Aliner had a dry weight of 2020 lbs and our new Idea i15Q's dry weight is 2585. We do not carry any water and only a few lawn chairs, hoses, food for 2-3 days, minimal clothes so I estimate that we carry a few hundred pounds extra. The tow capacity rating for the Jeep is 3500 lbs and we have had no trouble pulling both the Aliner and the Idea.
Our reasons for initially selecting the Aliner were ease of towing (low wind resistance and good visibility), simplicity of systems (easy to fix ourselves and lack of complexity/things to go wrong), and ease of storage. We discovered that sometimes simplicity just makes things more complicated!
