Offroad Travel Trailers in the US?
My favorite type of camping is in the middle of nowhere, away from everyone else. This often means travel over hundreds of miles off road. I'm not talking a dirt road you could take a prius on, but a ...
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Great video, and a beautiful trailer -- well done! My only suggestion would be to flip the axles in the not too distant future, so that you can take the trailer on bumpy forest roads (slowly). Because it is a 30 footer, you will find that there are some ditches that could cause the back end to hit -- maybe add some roller wheels on the back?
The only other problem with an Airstream is that the skin is so lovely that it is a shame to scratch it up by towing it on narrow roads through dense brush. But that is just going to happen, and you will have to get used to it. That is the price of back-country camping.
Also, with that curved roof, where are you going to put the solar array?
Brilliant decision to buy a used trailer -- I am sure you got it at a huge discount, Airstreams deteriorate much more slowly than most trailers, and all of the "new trailer" bugs have already been worked out.
The only other problem with an Airstream is that the skin is so lovely that it is a shame to scratch it up by towing it on narrow roads through dense brush. But that is just going to happen, and you will have to get used to it. That is the price of back-country camping.
Also, with that curved roof, where are you going to put the solar array?
Brilliant decision to buy a used trailer -- I am sure you got it at a huge discount, Airstreams deteriorate much more slowly than most trailers, and all of the "new trailer" bugs have already been worked out.
