Mtpisgah
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- First Name
- Paul
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- Nov 15, 2020
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- Location
- Upstate SC
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- 2021 JTM, 2018 JLR
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- Engineer
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I have an RSI canopy/topper on order for my Mojave that we are going to set up to allow us to sleep in the bed. We will probably get the DAC tent extender to give us a little more space and so we do not have to open the rear hatch to get in and out. We used to camp two to three times a month and hope to get back to that this year and are hoping this helps with the convenience of it vs. setting up a tent Most of it will be heading to a campground and hauling the mountain bikes with us, but hitting gravel or more serious dirt in the Jeep will be scheduled when possible.
But I have started thinking I would rather have a canopy camper or off road trailer to make camping even more convenient; it would be better access in and out and would give us more storage room. The concern I have about a canopy camper, like the Alu-Cab, is that it will always be on the truck and this is my daily driver. Worse gas mileage and potentially affecting the handling. But I can still wheel with it.
So that brought me to thinking about an off-road trailer, likely a teardrop style, not one with a RTT. My concerns is not being able to take it on all trails during a trip and having to leave it somewhere (other than a campsite) and go back for it later. We are going to CO this summer and I can drive Black Bear with a canopy or canopy camper, but not a trailer. Most of my local trails would probably not be an issue with a trailer, and that is going to happen a lot more often than going to CO, but still a concern.
So, do any of you have a trailer and do you wheel with it or leave at a gas station or somewhere near the trailhead? Assuming you are wheeling with it, how much does it limit what you are doing? Do you ever wish you had a canopy camper or RTT instead?
For those of you with a canopy camper or RTT, do you ever wish you had a trailer or a smaller setup like just a canopy/topper?
I am not particularly interested in a RTT. I have considered a trailer with a RTT mounted as low as possble to shorten the ladder height, but at 50 my wife and I do not want to be climbing up and down a wee ladder at 2am to wee.
Bonus points to anyone in the southeast since those are the trials I will be on the most.
...this is what my wife wants
But I have started thinking I would rather have a canopy camper or off road trailer to make camping even more convenient; it would be better access in and out and would give us more storage room. The concern I have about a canopy camper, like the Alu-Cab, is that it will always be on the truck and this is my daily driver. Worse gas mileage and potentially affecting the handling. But I can still wheel with it.
So that brought me to thinking about an off-road trailer, likely a teardrop style, not one with a RTT. My concerns is not being able to take it on all trails during a trip and having to leave it somewhere (other than a campsite) and go back for it later. We are going to CO this summer and I can drive Black Bear with a canopy or canopy camper, but not a trailer. Most of my local trails would probably not be an issue with a trailer, and that is going to happen a lot more often than going to CO, but still a concern.
So, do any of you have a trailer and do you wheel with it or leave at a gas station or somewhere near the trailhead? Assuming you are wheeling with it, how much does it limit what you are doing? Do you ever wish you had a canopy camper or RTT instead?
For those of you with a canopy camper or RTT, do you ever wish you had a trailer or a smaller setup like just a canopy/topper?
I am not particularly interested in a RTT. I have considered a trailer with a RTT mounted as low as possble to shorten the ladder height, but at 50 my wife and I do not want to be climbing up and down a wee ladder at 2am to wee.
Bonus points to anyone in the southeast since those are the trials I will be on the most.
...this is what my wife wants
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