Date:         Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:56:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Here's an interesting one.. RE: Ask Yourself Folks,
              What Would a Good Running One cost?
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  I like the pop-top style...we have had numerous types of camper with this
feature.  Each has it's own unique character...Right now we have a couple
of pickups with pop-top campers, one simple, one a bit more complex...  The
major drawback to the softsided pop ups, in our style camping, is from
noisy neighbors...I must have sensitive hearing but it just bugs me no end,
when I'm camping, to have someone's music or generator going all day and
all night nearby...With a hard-sided rig, like perhaps a high top vanagon,
you can at least minimize that noise-intrusion..Not so with a canvas sided
pop up.
 My issue with an Adventure/style hightop is that we live where it's very
very windy for most of the year...Being hit by swirling 50-60 mph gusts all
the time is demanding in my low roof tin top...having an even higher
profile vehicle around here would be tedious, on a day to day basis.

  That CH top looks interesting in that, and I haven't seen one in real
life yet, it looks rather simple and quick to deploy during the day, then
at night when you lie down you can close it up to get some rest.  I like
'simple'...less to break.

   We also have an Alaskan Camper...a telescoping hard-sided one that is
really excellent for our extensive use,  but Dang!...diesel is really
expensive!  Driving a big 4X4 3/4 ton diesel truck to just camp...not so
attractive any longer...We save that camper now for times when we're towing
something and need the power..


On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Dan Lamb <vanagongramps@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mine has a queen width bed on the bottom which is just right for two
> people and the dog- no cabinets came with this one at all.  The upstairs
> has a 2 piece pad for two more people. I like this top because it is very
> light weight and easy to deploy.  You can't put a rack on the top so I put
> one over the top when I need to carry extra long or heavy items like my
> porta-bote. Haven't had it up in high winds.  I try to stay home if its a
> dark and stormy night. It fits perfectly with my philosophy of LWLB: light
> weight low bucks traveling/camping. Keeps me from wishing I had a v6 motor
> and 20 inch rotors to stop it all:).
>
>
>
> Dan Lamb
>
> On Jul 14, 2013, at 7:19 AM, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote:
>
> > And they only sleep two right?
> > Jeff
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On 2013-07-14, at 8:10 AM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> In a way. But when you get rid of the "hinged" lid and and go to the top
> >> being unattached to anywhere on the body except by springs and feeble
> >> sliding bars, things get a lot less stable and a lot more complicated
> >> mechanically.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 5:31 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
> wrote
> >>
> >>> My question would be WHY? That's going backwards, IMHO, I've always
> >>> thought the straight up pop tops were a much better idea! Jeff Stewart
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> Country Homes. The current vendor converted mechanism to work slanted
> >>>> Westy style rather straight up.
> >>>
> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3Dt3XmsfY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4-3Dt3XmsfY
> >>>> BenT
> >>>> sent from my electronic leash
> >>>> On Jul 13, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>>>> Does anyone know what kind of top that is, and where I might find
> >>>>> some more
> >>>>> information on them? That is interesting..
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/3933579922.html
> >>>
>