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 #2It really does make camping possible for our family!

Man that's been kept good care of. Great TT!

Thanks Guys! I don't know anything about the history of this trailer. I kind of bought it in haste, and could have maybe done a better job looking it over. But its much better than sleeping in a tent!! And the price I paid was fair, considering the market for these things :EOne of the things I did overlook was the fact it was missing the back-rest for the sofa, which also doubles as half of my full size bed. I was able to find some cushions that kind of worked as replacements, but they were not very comfortable at all. The 30 year old foam was not going to cut it with my wifes bad back, and me trying to enjoy the wilderness with her :)So first thing first, was to build a new bed frame and order a new mattress. Before any of that, I had to do something about this "shelf" that seemed to only exist to bruise my wifes shins in the middle of the night.Before:After:After that, it was time to do something about the bench area. Both rear corners of the trailer suffer from rot. I originally cleaned out all the damaged wood and sprayed some expanding foam insulation into the corners to stop any drafts.And then I set forth laying out a basic frame,Once that was complete, I covered the frame with some sheets of plywood,And then layered that with some hard foam padding.I wanted a mattress that would fit the entire useable area in the back of the trailer. So I bought one that was slightly too large and then cut it down to size so it would fit.$12 harbor freight ceramic knife cut thru the memory foam & dense foam like it was butter!And now we have the most comfortable sleep you'll get at 4400ft in the forest!I also removed all the old curtain rods, and half-curtains (which are useless by the way!) and replaced them with something that will actually block the sunlight. The curtains used to be a set of full length curtains we had in the bedroom when we bought the house. I was able to cut them all to size and just quickly staple them into place. They do much better at blocking out the sun than those useless half curtains it used to have.I would have liked to have curtain rods and all that fancy stuff, but I only had a few days to get all of this work completed before a weekend camping trip. And the first trip with the new bed is Wife approved!!

Love the old sub 20ft trailers. Looks to be very nice. Great job and great find.

My 1984 Travel Lite 17 footer | Good Sam Community

TheSubaruJunkie
Explorer
Jul 15, 2018
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
Explorer III
Aug 25, 2017
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
Explorer
Aug 25, 2017
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
Explorer III
Aug 15, 2017
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
Explorer II
Aug 15, 2017
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
Explorer II
Aug 15, 2017
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
Explorer II
Aug 14, 2017
You sure do get to camp in some nice looking spots! consider getting a cover for your spare.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Aug 13, 2017
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
Explorer
Aug 12, 2017
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
Explorer II
Aug 09, 2017
A good Rv is the one that you like and that gets used. It does not matter how humble it is.