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SidecarFlip
Oct 20, 2017Explorer III
It seems the current trend on this site a ,least is buying the biggest and heaviest unit a person can and then modding the suspension to carry it.
All well and good if you pavement camp or camp in a campground.
neither of us do, so, weight and physical size play an important role in camper choice. I want to be as narrow as possible to negotiate tight unimproved roads and seasonal accesses in forested areas and I want to be as low as possible to clear overhead branches.
Believe me, I have some scratches on the sides of my unit, even being as careful as I can and driving in 4L and creeping. It can get really tight at times.
Along that vein, I'd opt out of any external graphics on the unit. The vinyl stick on graphics don't do well with errant branches and brush. I may remove all of mine just because of that issue.
Things to consider.
All well and good if you pavement camp or camp in a campground.
neither of us do, so, weight and physical size play an important role in camper choice. I want to be as narrow as possible to negotiate tight unimproved roads and seasonal accesses in forested areas and I want to be as low as possible to clear overhead branches.
Believe me, I have some scratches on the sides of my unit, even being as careful as I can and driving in 4L and creeping. It can get really tight at times.
Along that vein, I'd opt out of any external graphics on the unit. The vinyl stick on graphics don't do well with errant branches and brush. I may remove all of mine just because of that issue.
Things to consider.
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