Old school and older school

[RedRaider44]

Had fun camping with my family this weekend....my wife and I in our old school 2004 Jayco Jayflight and my girls and their spouses in my older school 1971 Appleby tent trailer I inherited from my grandfather and dad. Good to see the fourth generation of my family making memories with the little Apple...I hope they can enjoy it as much as I did when I was younger.

[BarneyS]

Here's a picture of our 14 year old trailer that is still serving us well. Picture is on our return from our winter stay in Texas this year. It will continue to serve as a "summer place" in the future in a beautiful campground in the woods in northern Michigan for many more years. 🙂
Barney

[Jebby14]

wish they still made the apache canvassless pop ups. anyone remember those?

[wra]

My first RV (in the early 70's) was an Appleby. I sure wish I still had it. (I upgraded from a tent.) It was easy to pull and maneuver. It has lots of screen, so it stayed cool (enough) even in the desert. For stormy weather, there was zipper canvas to cover the screens. I built a center table, and side shelves with fold down doors. It was large enough for caned goods, a Coleman stove and the such. The top of the shelves doubled as bench seats for the table. That left about a three foot "spot" for getting in and out. The front had a canopy. I used a pump sink. I wired the trailer to the car's battery to run a 5" B&W TV, and a clamp on fan. The TV did not take much power, and would last the evening and not run the battery down. A Colman gasoline lantern provided the light and heat. A great set up. It seemed bigger inside than you would expect. I went all over the States with it. Back then it was ok to camp at the rest areas, and I took advantage of that opportunity. I remember one trip across the states and back cost about $300 in gas and camp fees.

[SidecarFlip]

The picture of the Appleby reminded me of my first RV, a Cox tent camper. No toilet or black tank, pump sink and a coleman heater for cool mornings. had a lot of fun with it. Then I moved up to a Serro Scotty pull behind. Wish I still had both.

Life was simnpler then.

[SidecarFlip]

colliehauler wrote:
To me old school is when campers didn't have bathrooms or holding tanks. LOL

Some still don't.

[colliehauler]

To me old school is when campers didn't have bathrooms or holding tanks. And most importantly A/C. LOL

[DutchmenSport]

At Whitewater State Park (Indiana) this week end, a fellow pulled in to fill his water, which was right at the edge of our campsite. He had a 2004 Dutchmen Sport Lite LE, that was almost identical to our first travel trailer. Apart from being just dirty and a bit green with moss (quite obvious from sitting), it was in good shape. He just bought it from a friend and this was his first outing with it.

2004 doesn't seem to be "that old" to me, but that was 14 years ago. Wow ... have I aged that much!

Anyway, in 1971 I was in the 10th grade in High School. Now... THAT was a long time ago! It's great to know, that if taken care of with a little love and attention, these RV will last a long time. I am glad your family is still enjoy the old tent camper! That's just fabulous!

[mat60]

Old school and great time I bet.

[gbopp]

Old school is cool. :C

[maddog348]

BRAVO !!!

[Atlee]

Sounds like a great weekend. Proves that with the proper maintenance, any trailer can last a pretty long time.