That's totally my style! I did that with a shed I turned into a woodworking/man cave. It's fun and requires a lot of time. Had a kid and promotion at work and now I have no freetime. Hopefully that changes in a few years.
That combo setup seems pretty ideal. I don't like the tent on the ground idea. Too many times in Oregon I'd wake up with the tent in a small lake. Although if you put a cot down or tie up a hammock that could work. Ive hammock camped a few times. It's pretty fun.Funny you should ask...
We are leaving Tuesday for a couple of weeks in Colorado and taking my 30 yo son and his wife with us. They are both 6 ft. tall and we will be towing an expedition trailer with a Roofnest RTT on it for them to sleep in. Both couples will have a queen size bed!
I have heard of many people with small kids either have them sleep on the couch and/or put an inflatable mattress in the “hallway” for the kids to sleep. Of course when they’re older they can just sleep outside in a tent. We did that with my younger sons and pitched the tent under the awning because it was raining but they stayed nice and dry...
Yep. It's really a downer for me. That's why I'm getting the gladiator and a camper. If I stay at home I go stir crazy. I'll just pack up and leave every weekend. I actually plan on doing this year round. Part of my hesitation with the pop ups is cold weather.
If your worried about cold weather I'd definitely find a hard sided camper for propaine heat. I'm stuck at work usually u days a week at the moment. One day that too would be my dream
Agreed. Being able to heat and cool it would be nice
That is a nice list!
Less is more, throw the bare minimum and go for a day or two. Then when you're there and think to yourself "I really wish I had X right now" write it down and bring it next time. Anything you didn't use, remove. Then do a longer trip and see what happens. After doing that 2 or 3 times, you'll have what you need and won't have what you don't.
It's fun to see how things change from USA to Australia. Just wanted to show a different camping trailer style coming out of Australia.
. The tailgate is a full kitchen box that pivots open with a slide out table and drop down prep area. The tent is heavy canvas (12oz) that erects in about 5-10 minutes for a massive height and living area with full queen bed that slides forward over the hitch and two king singles with bunk beds over them (that we put bags and such on) that clam shell open from the hard roof of the camper when closed. All and all it is a great family off road camper that will go anywhere a Jeep can drag it.
Wow that really blows up into a lot of sleeping space! See that is the what we are missing here in the US. I've been looking a lot and most of the options are for 2 people. Kids are just an afterthought. Like having to make the dining area into a bed for kids sort of thing. If want something that will sleep more, good luck, its going to cost you. Or that most hardshell rtt are for 2 people or if not, they are exceedingly expensive. I do like the patriot campers and the bruder ones especially, but I'm not taking out a second mortgage for one. I really like the vans, but again, they are marked up 40% here in the US vs Europe and thus cost as much as a house. I'm glad you found something like this that seems to have just about everything. Although I wonder if you've had any issues with the soft vs hard in Australia? Maybe dingo or roo attacks?It's fun to see how things change from USA to Australia. Just wanted to show a different camping trailer style coming out of Australia.
I grew up in California and tent camped growing up out of a Ford Bronco towing a WWII jeep trailer to haul all the gear! Did the backpacking phase as well!
Once I got over to Australia, we got our Jeep Cherokee (Liberty) and started to look for an seriously capable off-road camp trailer. One main consideration was having all beds for us and young children in the same plane (ie not putting the very young kids in an Annex or outside the same area we sleep in. This quickly dropped down the number of prospects, including knocking the Patriot Camper out of the mix. Patriot Campers are a sweet rig, but damned pricey new!
We settled on a CampRite trailer, used at a bit under half of it's new price - so roughly $20k. The trailer has fully independent suspension (duel coil springs and Rancho shocks on a D frame holding a 2T Toyota axel stub), weighs 0.8 ton and will carry 1.3 tons, full articulating poly block Treg hitch, LT275/70R16 AT tires, twin LPG tank storage and 4 jerry can holders. Length 4.3m, width 1.9m, and Height 1.65m (L -14.1', W - 6.23', H - 5.41') Electric 12" brakes, 140ah AMG battery, 120L water in two tanks, enough ground clearance that I slide my mower straight under it to store
