Need help finding a TC with a slide out - on a tight budget

wintersun wrote:
Your friend should be looking at a $5,000 travel trailer.

Thanx for all the suggestions so far! Unfortunately, a TT is not an option. He tows a small trailer with quads or small single-axle boat trailer, hence the need for the TC.

As the OP - I was hoping also for suggestions of specific names/models to do searches on, whether they are in business or out of business. The one I recently saw was a SummerWind, they went under in '04.

I know he's looking for a needle in a haystack with this price range, but we're also in no big rush either.

Check out CL again. Just seen a AF with slide for $6900 iirc.

wintersun wrote:
Your friend should be looking at a $5,000 travel trailer. For a slide-out camper he will need to spend $20,000. And forget about a dry bath (which is possible with the travel trailer.

Check rvtrader.com with your friend so he can learn what is available and what it will cost.

X2

Your friend should be looking at a $5,000 travel trailer. For a slide-out camper he will need to spend $20,000. And forget about a dry bath (which is possible with the travel trailer.

Check rvtrader.com with your friend so he can learn what is available and what it will cost.

I have been searching the Seatac craigslist since I sold the AF.
I've seen a couple old AF campers that need work for around that price.
With a $5k budget I'd want a solid camper not a slide out "project" though.
There are a couple nice. Northland campers out there right now for $10k ish. That's the best deals I've seen recently.
Fwiw searching "camper" and by owner only brings up mostly truck campers.
Otherwise search the few brand names that make slide out TCs Lance, AF, Chalet, host, eagle cap, northland.
And don't forget to hit the other local CL sites Portland and the smaller locales in WA and OR.

I've had excellent luck using "truck" and "camper" as search terms. Yes, you get anything and everything else that contain those terms, but the two together shorten the list dramatically.

If you search every day you only need to weed through a few new entries, and it only takes a couple of minutes.

Sure, you might miss a few when people use terms like "TC" or "slide-in" or don't use the term "camper," or misspell something, but it's impossible to get them all. You're depending on people to act logically and follow the rules, and it just isn't going to happen.

If a slide is a requirement, adding that search term will shorten the list even further. The beauty of that is "slide" is just about impossible to misspell and there really isn't any other way to describe that feature.

IMHO, a slide unit under $5K is going to be a tough one even in the Pacific NW where TCs supposedly grow on trees.

5 grand could get a Lance, but it won't have a slide. Since your friend will be looking at older campers, I would say that condition would be more important than brand. This summer I bought a 2001 Forest River in that price range that was in beautiful condition, very well made, and very well equipped, but no slide. I decided I wanted a slide and had to go to the 10k range for my 2000 AF 1150.

When I was looking in the lower price range I found that Caribou campers kept coming up with nice floor plans and in good condition.

Slide in camper will also narrow the results...

JJ

Adventurer had a manual slide model for a while...that may be an option?

I think they would be better off with a open nonslide camper if you are trying to save money. The problem is the older slide models had quite a few problems. For more open floor plans take a look at S&S and Northern Lites.