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blazinzuk

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Not for me. For my Mom and Dad.

It needs to be small as my they will likely not buy anything too big to tow with. So think 3500 lbs.

It must have a queen size bed at least. A full bathroom. Kitchen and seating stuff is almost a whatever kind of thing.

My Mom is very uncomfortable sleeping anywhere but her own bed.

We have also talked about converting a small cargo trailer.

I don't even know where to start. If it's a cargo trailer conversion, I'll be doing all the work with my Dad
 
Budget? A lot of the new light weight trailers come in under the 3500 lb mark.
 
Definitely look at the lightweight/featherweight stuff as they tow nice for people just looking for a highway hauler rv. I've had several Forest River trailers but they were all toy haulers. Lots of the new stuff is pretty cheaply built. I like the trailers from the late 90s to the early 2000s as they seem to be built a bit sturdier. My current one is a Tahoe 33 ft toy hauler. You pretty much just got to talk to a lot of people with a similar trailer and see what they like and dislike about theirs. Then start looking at trailers and look for water damage or damage under and on the outside from an idiot running it over and into immovable objects.
 
The trend is light weight these days...but at a cost.

Truckman4life said:
Lots of the new stuff is pretty cheaply built.
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Emphasis on that. Frame cracking is a huge deal these days on the affordable series of camper/toyhauler trailers. There's a company called Lippert Chassis that supplies 90% of the market today...and their designs and quality assurance are both garbage.

I just welded up a buddy's new-to-him toyhauler - it's a 27-footer with a friggin' 4" C-channel frame from Lippert :eek: . I had to turn down my welder pretty low because the web on that channel is like 1/8" thick. Ridiculous - and I put equal blame between the company selling the rig and their chassis supplier.

You can find some great deals on an older-yet-restored travel trailer if you're patient and have cash in hand.
 
Good to know. This has evolved somewhat. Now I might be going in on a trailer with them. Less than 7500 bucks likely but it isn't gonna happen soon. Like this winter or next fall. Next fall is most likely.

So still don't want something big cause it's gonna be the suburban hauling it around. Or my brothers 2011 half ton Dodge.

But unless I find the deal of the century nothing will happen for 6 months or so.

My Mom and Dad like this idea because I keep it here. Do the mantainance all they have to do is help with parts.
 
Hey I'm getting older I can squeeze in when needed. But yah they aren't big.

Ideally a big bathroom would be good. Not for me but like I said I intend on having my mom and dad use this as often as possible and my mom is not big at all but she has problems with her feet. So I imagine I would have to do some fixing up in any of the bathrooms to accommodate my mom
 
In all reality, this is something that we will spend money on that would be better spent elsewhere.

BUT it's also a way for my Mom and Dad to get out a little more. I have been trying to talk them into something like this for a while but they don't wanna spend the money, this eases the money part of things, and allows them to look at used cause they know I can fix it.

I'm really gonna have to buckle down this coming year, got a couple of things to save up for
 
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