Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:21:45 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Trailer suggestion
In-Reply-To: <53ECCD1A.3050809@gmail.com>
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I have to say that the older trailers like the one Rocky linked, those
are often a lot better built than newer ones, and there really isn't
anything that makes "newer is better" sense when it comes to travel
trailers...There is, however, 'newer is more Cheezy" for sure... Trailers
have appliances, frames, some cabinets and a couple of wheel bearings to
look after....That stuff doesn't go bad with age if semi looked after...And
the Hipsters are now 'liking' them, the old ones, they call em "canned
hams" on the tw*tter and the fec*book...They're "in" right now, just like
Westies...
We have a 1970-isg 26' Argosy that we lived in for a few years as we
built our house...it has been stored. My S.O. decided she was tired of
living the whole winter in a camper so she bought a newer Layton 25 footer
down south, it was not very expensive, used and most important, it was
already there where we sometimes winter...So it has been staying there full
time, but we are in it for a couple of months each winter and it is pretty
poor quality..The wiring is weak, the paneling is cheap, the roof vents rot
off every couple of years, the thing is just poor quality...and Layton is
made by a big reputable company in Elkhart, Ind. along with most other
contemporary RVs...
Due to logistics with horse trailers and tools and the cost of fuel,
the Argosy is still stored here in the Northwest...and the Layton gets
dragged about 20 feet out of storage and put into service each Nov or
December...and I get to work on broken and breaking things during my
'vacation' time....It looks nice and modern, has an awning that is broken,
has steps that are broken, doors that fall off, cabinets that are extremely
un-workable, a porch light that won't work, on and on....I'd much rather
have that Argosy that looks so 'out dated' but it actually works....We
lived almost full time in that one with no problems like the new modern
trailer has...And it's 'retro-cool' now.....
But that would mean I would not have my Vanagon down south, cause it
won't tow a 26' trailer...and my other van would probably cost me $1000 in
fuel to tow the Argosy south...and $3-4hundred extra to come back north
with no tow...
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> A bit spendy for our budget. This might be closer to what we're looking
> for:
>
> <http://bend.craigslist.org/rvs/4617975851.html>
>
> No, not mine.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 08/12/2014 10:28 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>
>> Nice little camper trailer up for auction here
>>
>> http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21917/lot/200/
>>
>>
>> Very much in the Felder industries style, and I bet that rocky squirrel
>> would drool all over it. Would probably need a re powered vanagon to tow.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
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