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looking for TT manufacture recomendation for dry camping

g_lcamping
Explorer
Explorer
Hello campers and happy new year! My wife and I are looking to purchase a new TT. We currently have a 27',4X4 motor home that works great but, 8mpg, no mobility once camped and very slow rough ride on the dirt roads.

We have a specific way we like to camp and most campers will not work well. We pretty much only dry camp in national or state forests for a few days in a row. It will probably never be used in a camp ground with connections. We like to go to the end of the dirt road and explore from there. Here are some of the qualities I'm looking for. I'd like to keep the overall length below 21'. This is so I can get it turned around at the end of the road:) It needs to sit high, have good amounts of storage and water holding capacity. It only needs to sleep two. We need air conditioning and a generator. I would probably install solar panels and extra battery.

Thank you all for your help,

Gary
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rexlion
Explorer
Explorer
But the shortest Black Rock TT is about 23' overall, isn't it? And the 17k Nash is 22'4". The OP wants something shorter.
Mike G.
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. --Frederick Douglass
photo: Yosemite Valley view from Taft Point

ScottG
Nomad
Nomad
Northwood products are supposedly off-road and 4 season rated. Built better than most.

Waunacamper
Explorer
Explorer
X2: Black Rock series from Outdoors RV. Well worth the distance to get it, make it an adventure and camp your way home.
2017 ORV Timber Ridge 27BHS
2015 Ram 2500 (6.4/4.10)

profdant139
Explorer II
Explorer II
I'd recommend the small Fun Finder (see photo below), but they no longer make it!

Small is great for remote camping --- check out our blog to see what kind of trouble we can get into (and out of). 😉

Whatever you get, save some money for an axle flip, some upgraded shocks, and some bigger tires -- very handy in rough and muddy conditions.
2012 Fun Finder X-139 "Boondock Style" (axle-flipped and extra insulation)
2013 Toyota Tacoma Off-Road (semi-beefy tires and components)
Our trips -- pix and text
About our trailer
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single list."

TurnThePage
Explorer
Explorer
coolmom42 wrote:
Oliver RV. Made in Hohenwald, TN


Totally agree. But they're not cheap.

https://olivertraveltrailers.com/travel-trailers/legacy-elite/
2015 Ram 1500
2022 Grand Design Imagine XLS 22RBE

BizmarksMom
Explorer
Explorer
Dirtpig wrote:
Nash 17k
Ditto.
2019 F350 towing a Nash 22H

rexlion
Explorer
Explorer
Lance 1475 is another that might work.
Mike G.
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. --Frederick Douglass
photo: Yosemite Valley view from Taft Point

coolmom42
Explorer II
Explorer II
Oliver RV. Made in Hohenwald, TN
Single empty-nester in Middle TN, sometimes with a friend or grandchild on board

path1
Explorer
Explorer
Rethink...
We have small m/h and also have 30 trailer.
Some of our best out of the way, end of logging road type places we no longer fit. First time you have to back down a long narrow logging road, you'll be missing the small m/h.
Was going to sell m/h But it came in to handy,
2003 Majestic 23P... Northwest travel machine
2013 Arctic Fox 25W... Wife "doll house" for longer snowbird trips
2001 "The Mighty Dodge"... tow vehicle for "doll house"

GordonThree
Explorer
Explorer
I have done plenty of dry camping down dirt roads with my KZ. It's nothing fancy, but doesn't have a price tag that rivals luxury automobiles either.

Did a suspension mod on it last year and picked up 4-5 inches of ground clearance.

Saving a lot of $ on trailer let me spend it on batteries, inverter, generator and other stuff to make it a self sufficient camping unit.
2013 KZ Sportsmen Classic 200, 20 ft TT
2020 RAM 1500, 5.7 4x4, 8 speed

Dirtpig
Explorer
Explorer
Nash 17k
2015 Nash 25C bumper pull /w 300watts solar my install
My Truck & RV youtube channel
2005 F-350 Diesel 4x4 CC SB SRW
2001 Honda XR400: many mods
12ft Lund WC boat & 9.9 Yamaha 4 stroke on custom loader.

kerrlakeRoo
Explorer
Explorer
The Black Rock series from Outdoors RV, But,,,,, The nearest dealers are in Colorado.