To boldy go where no camper has gone before...

[JaredWPhillips]

THIS is insane.

[UTCoyote]

Agree.

My TT has a spring over and tall tires, pretty decent ground clearance - I call The Sheep Wagon because it sits so high it looks like one. I haven't had it very long, pretty new to TT's, but we have been taking it boondocking on long dirt roads in the Uintas and in the mountains of southern Utah. But I'm sure a steady diet of the kind of rough stuff, frame dragging, deep water crossings etc. featured in that video would have my TT in pieces quickly.

I'm not aware of a U.S. maker of similar. I think the market for such would be microscopic here. Just from the people I know who gravitate towards the two activities, it seems like RV'ers and back country overland adventurers are two very different breeds.

I'd probably be one who would really, really want one, and would actually really use it as intended, but who would NOT be able to afford it. As it is, I have a TT that I take my family camping in (and camping for us means generally avoiding anything that resembles a campground, but with a TT also avoiding anything truly remote...). And I also have a well kitted out Jeep that I take into the most remote vehicle accessible locations available in the contiguous 48 - without the family.

If I had one of these TT's, I might be able to do both at the same time. How cool would it be to setup in one of these at The Dollhouse in The Maze district of Canyonlands, for example? I think my family would LOVE it! I really don't think I could afford one though...

- Coyote

[Eurocamper]

It doesn't look like just a regular trailer with a spring-over-axle swap to me. It seems a whole lot more rugged than anything I've seen around here. Kedron Caravan

Is anybody in the U.S. making a similar travel trailer?

[JaredWPhillips]

RoyB wrote:
I will most likely retrofit some of these down under tactics to my Starcraft 14RT Off-Road Trailer. My trailer with the 12-foot box including the 5-foot front deck will do just fine. I would love to retrofit the deck area much like this Aussie unit shown here.

Certainly makes for a nice well equipped WAR WAGON...

My 14RT setup will go anywhere my 4X4 truck will go today up in the mtns along the forest trails here on the East side of the US. One of my favorite spots in along the VA/WVA wooded state line outside of Harrisonburg VA near a place called FLAGPOLE KNOB.



Roy Ken

That's a nice rig.

[zman-az]

Trailer is nothing special other than the tires and a axel under spring swap. Looks like they made the tow vehicle and trailer tires the same size so they can share spares, Good idea. Any vehicle can do that trip, just need to set it up right. That Toyota had lockers in it so that makes a huge difference. No lockers and it would not have done most of that rough stuff.

[4aSong]

Look at the tow vehicle, and we all talk about Chevy, Ford and Dodge. Toyota deserves a bit of credit here.

[pnichols]

What's insane is TOWING a TT into those kind of places.

What's with this towing stuff, anyway?

IMHO, this is a far superior way to get there - way more weight on the drive axles for vastly improved traction - among the many other advantages :C :

http://www.sportsmobile.com/ultimate.html

[RoyB]

I will most likely retrofit some of these down under tactics to my Starcraft 14RT Off-Road Trailer. My trailer with the 12-foot box including the 5-foot front deck will do just fine. I would love to retrofit the deck area much like this Aussie unit shown here.

Certainly makes for a nice well equipped WAR WAGON...

My 14RT setup will go anywhere my 4X4 truck will go today up in the mtns along the forest trails here on the East side of the US. One of my favorite spots in along the VA/WVA wooded state line outside of Harrisonburg VA near a place called FLAGPOLE KNOB.



Roy Ken

[ScottG]

The Australian guys dragging a TT through the woods again.

[Eurocamper]

I want me one of those trailers!

[robsouth]

Interesting...again.