My 1984 Travel Lite 17 footer

[TheSubaruJunkie]

Hello Everybody! I wanted to share my 17ft camp trailer I got for my family & I to use. I picked it up last year and have had to do a little work on it. But it serves us well and our family loves it!

Here's some exterior photos:







A couple shots of the interior when I first got it:








It pulls really well behind my Toyota Sequoia. Straight as an arrow and the truck can barely tell its there.


Here we are enjoying it on its very first family trip to Lake Tahoe.


And another site not far from Tahoe for trip #2


It really does make camping possible for our family!

[TheSubaruJunkie]

Well everybody. Time to end this thread.

I have sold this 17ft Trailer (and even sold the Sequoia)....

....But I replaced them both 🙂



You can read more at the new thread here: https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29692985/gotomsg/29692998/p/1.cfm#29692998

[JIMNLIN]

Neat package.
We just came off a 2750 mile trip on I-80....I-70....I-40 in the mountain states and many roads between them. I've never seen so many small tear drop and single axle TTs as the OP has especially in the mountains. They exceeded other by far.
Those 6:50-13 Goodyears were most likely a passenger tire (P tire today) which was common back then for small trailers.

[TheSubaruJunkie]

Yeah I inspected my bumper and its pretty secure. Its welded to the frame, not bolted. None of the welds are damaged or cracked and we dont suffer from rust here in Northern California. I did lean against the bike rack and it forces the suspension on the trailer to compress.... so im confident it can handle a couple aluminum mountain bikes. But I appreciate the concern 🙂

[noteven]

Tvov wrote:
Yes, as CavemanCharlie posted, be careful with the bumper mounted bikes. Do a search on these forums and you will find information on strengthening bumpers.

Tinfoil as a frame and bumper material hadn't been discovered by the accounting department at the OEM s in 1984 had it?

[ppine]

The best trailers are the ones that get used. The great thing about an older TT is you can modify it all you want without hurting it. Hope you and your family continue to have enthusiasm for it.

[Tvov]

Yes, as CavemanCharlie posted, be careful with the bumper mounted bikes. Do a search on these forums and you will find information on strengthening bumpers.

[2012Coleman]

You sure do get to camp in some nice looking spots! consider getting a cover for your spare.

[CavemanCharlie]

Be a little careful with those bikes mounted on the bumper. The weight of the bikes back there as you bounce down the road will sometimes cause the bumper to break off of the TT. Because they are way on the back you never even know that they are gone. Best to strengthen the bumper and it's attaching points before you lose them.

Nice photo's, glad you and the family are having fun.

[TheSubaruJunkie]

Thank you everybody for the comments. The trailer has been helping make memories for our family. Our last camping trip was near a lake with a very nice paved bike path. So I set off on craigslist to find some bikes for the wife & I. Our two boys already have bikes, and our youngest is still on training wheels. I found the perfect bikes for us but needed to find a way to carry the bikes on the trailer. So I went back to craigslist and found the perfect solution, and whats better is it was only $20!!



The bike rack is made to fit on a RV bumper which is identical to the bumper on our trailer. The original owner lost half the hardware that holds the bikes to the rack, and the padding on the rack was completely worn out. So i came up with a new solution 🙂



A cut up pool noodle zip tied to the frame should do the trick. And i have some extra long hobby grade velcro straps that will secure the bikes to the frame. The bikes need to be wedged into place over the pool noodles so they are not likely to fall off easily. The entire setup worked great.

Here's a shot on our drive to camp:


And a few pics of our camp site:






I think we got the largest camp site at the entire campground. It backed up to the forest so we had plenty of room for the kids to run around and play.




This is what its all about:


And a good night picture 🙂

[ppine]

A good Rv is the one that you like and that gets used. It does not matter how humble it is.

[ams1130]

Am terribly jealous of you, having kids that age! They grow up so quickly. Enjoy the times you'll spend in your great RV.

[westend]

Forgot to mention, nice work on the mods and.......the #1 thing to do to keep your new trailer in shape is to climb on the roof and seal everything tight. After messing around with different sealers, I tried out Eternabond tapes that were recommended by other Forum members. It is the real deal, tape everything once and forget about sealing anymore.

[w8lpn]

Very nice TT you got there. Reminds me of my 82 scotty. Heck I love the older models. Get em a lower price put some work into them and have a great time.

[travelnutz]

Yes, back then they actually used real lumber in the RV's and if repairs are needed 20, 30, or even 40 years later, there's room in the walls, floor and ceiling/roof to replace with the same actual size lumber and you can actually get to the area inside and then there's petroleum based products now like Thompsons Waterproofing to make the new lumber last even longer than the OEM lumber used. True sealing of an RV far beyond OEM is really quite simple and cheap to do and what a difference!