Weight of bed ends
A number of years ago, I was active on the tent camping forum, here.
We had to give up camping because my wife has some medical issues and setting up camp was getting to be a bit much. I was never a minimalist camper. I loved my toys. :)
We've rented cabins in some of the areas we like to go to, but it's not the same and we miss the state and national park campgrounds. We're thinking about getting a trailer.
We both agree we don't want to have to drive a truck or a very large SUV. We're looking at new cars and it looks like our towing limit will be around 3500 lbs or so. We've ruled out pop-ups because the set-up is somewhat involved. We did have one many years ago. I've researched regular trailers a bit and anything in that weight range is very, very small.
However, it looks like there may be a few nice hybrids that fit in that category. I do have one concern, though, about lowering and raising the bed ends. From what I understand, this works best as a two person job. I'm confident my wife can handle the inside part, my question is about the outside part. I'm 68 and in good health. However, I don't expect to get much younger, as time goes by. Just how heavy are those beds and are they difficult to raise and lower. I remember the bed ends on that very ancient pop-up were supported by large galvanized pipes and were quite heavy. Someday lifting that that much weight well over my head could become an issue.
I would appreciate any advice anyone can offer.
We had to give up camping because my wife has some medical issues and setting up camp was getting to be a bit much. I was never a minimalist camper. I loved my toys. :)
We've rented cabins in some of the areas we like to go to, but it's not the same and we miss the state and national park campgrounds. We're thinking about getting a trailer.
We both agree we don't want to have to drive a truck or a very large SUV. We're looking at new cars and it looks like our towing limit will be around 3500 lbs or so. We've ruled out pop-ups because the set-up is somewhat involved. We did have one many years ago. I've researched regular trailers a bit and anything in that weight range is very, very small.
However, it looks like there may be a few nice hybrids that fit in that category. I do have one concern, though, about lowering and raising the bed ends. From what I understand, this works best as a two person job. I'm confident my wife can handle the inside part, my question is about the outside part. I'm 68 and in good health. However, I don't expect to get much younger, as time goes by. Just how heavy are those beds and are they difficult to raise and lower. I remember the bed ends on that very ancient pop-up were supported by large galvanized pipes and were quite heavy. Someday lifting that that much weight well over my head could become an issue.
I would appreciate any advice anyone can offer.
