Jan-22-2016 06:45 AM
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Jun-26-2016 08:36 PM
LenSatic wrote:That right there, is completely awesome! 😛
Jun-26-2016 02:31 PM
themoreweexplore wrote:gmw photos wrote:
Be careful with that idea. Really do some serious homework on the idea, because A/S are built with a rather light main frame, because the riveted skin becomes part of the structure itself. It's possible to damage the body structure if you flex the main frame too much.
Would rollers put more stress on the trailer than drag bars? I figured the less it's dragging the best, but I suppose wheels may encourage it to lift up rather than dig down.
I do wish the airstream frames were beefier like the old Avions.
Feb-20-2016 10:45 AM
Feb-19-2016 07:01 AM
themoreweexplore wrote:gmw photos wrote:
Be careful with that idea. Really do some serious homework on the idea, because A/S are built with a rather light main frame, because the riveted skin becomes part of the structure itself. It's possible to damage the body structure if you flex the main frame too much.
Would rollers put more stress on the trailer than drag bars? I figured the less it's dragging the best, but I suppose wheels may encourage it to lift up rather than dig down.
I do wish the airstream frames were beefier like the old Avions.
Feb-19-2016 06:49 AM
canoe on top wrote:
How long is your van? I have a Ram CTD quadcab that I fear is just too long for Elephant Hill or the Maze. Clearance, because of the wheelbase, would be a potential problem as well. It's stock height. I have been to the Dollhouse a couple of times, years ago in the Jimmy. Also, Beef Basin. Last time I went over Elephant Hill, (in jeep), there was a pretty stock looking Suburban at the Confluence Overlook. Still, I have real doubts about taking my truck in there. I've been there enough times I can live without it but, curiosity can be a dangerous thing.
Feb-19-2016 06:47 AM
gmw photos wrote:
Be careful with that idea. Really do some serious homework on the idea, because A/S are built with a rather light main frame, because the riveted skin becomes part of the structure itself. It's possible to damage the body structure if you flex the main frame too much.
Feb-18-2016 12:10 PM
themoreweexplore wrote:
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It's got little drag bars in the back, but I may contemplate putting rollers on it.
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Feb-18-2016 11:56 AM
Feb-15-2016 06:36 AM
canoe on top wrote:
I think you've come to realize that anything big enough to full time in comfortably is not going to be an off road trailer. I realize that, "big enough to live in comfortably" is subjective. The 22GQ was 24 ft. That's a lot of overhang for off road but works pretty well for, "off the pavement". Living in Utah, you know that even your van is too big for a lot of serious, "off roading". There again, that is a subjective term. I had a pop up camper built on a '76 GMC Jimmy years ago that was very good off road but, I wouldn't want to try to live in it. It went over Elephant Hill in Canyonlands a number of times.
Feb-15-2016 06:34 AM
CavemanCharlie wrote:
I'm jealous.
Keep a eye in the air pressure in that tire that got the deer hair stuck in the bead. It may develop a slow leak.
Feb-15-2016 06:33 AM
profdant139 wrote:
Great video, and a beautiful trailer -- well done! My only suggestion would be to flip the axles in the not too distant future, so that you can take the trailer on bumpy forest roads (slowly).
profdant139 wrote:
The only other problem with an Airstream is that the skin is so lovely that it is a shame to scratch it up by towing it on narrow roads through dense brush. But that is just going to happen, and you will have to get used to it. That is the price of back-country camping.
profdant139 wrote:
Also, with that curved roof, where are you going to put the solar array?
profdant139 wrote:
Brilliant decision to buy a used trailer -- I am sure you got it at a huge discount, Airstreams deteriorate much more slowly than most trailers, and all of the "new trailer" bugs have already been worked out.
Feb-14-2016 08:13 PM
Feb-14-2016 03:42 PM