those African camping trailers...

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Russ Clagett:


Why Terry....is yours for sale...?

HECK NO....I'm willing this to my grandson if I have one.  Or, give it to Cade Cabrera if I don't.

This thing is way too much fun!!!

[LC]

Cool thread! I was traveling to Ohio to bow hunt last fall and saw a Sylvan trailer! Looked pretty neat, just another option. I'm presently really considered what 4 dogs recommended. But at the same I'm REALLY curious to see what Zipper has in the works! Reread Zippers post "There will be NO tent material in this camper"! I'm mostly interested in the last two options! Why? Because I always have to laugh at the pictures of camping tents in adds! Heck in the weather they show most tents in  I'd prefer to sleep outside. LOL When it gets nasty outside and it always seems to happen on my camping trips, I don't like folding down wet nylon, canvas etc on top of all my mattresses camping gear to head home or waiting till the wind blown rain or snow dies down to cook dinner. Just my thoughts.
MY ideal set up right now in my mind would be enclosed cargo trailer converted to a camper built by me to my specs. Basically just sleeping quarters with storage.  BUT WITH a sil nylon floorless enclosure addition on the rear WITH A WOOD BURNER! Some place to get totally out of the wind and  weather to dry clothes, cook, but not intended to burn all night! For me that would be the perfect compact camper. Just think you come in from a long days hunt covered in snow or wet from rain wearing your boots into floorless enclosure. Fire up the wood burner. Dry clothes out while your cooking dinner the whole time heating up your "bunk house" (enclosed trailer)! Actually I do this now with my current tent setup (no trailer) but that's another story. But I'm really curious to see what Zipper has in the works!

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Yes...on my Safari...everything goes on top.  

I should day...everything extra....tents, rain fly, and 25 foot canopy with poles, stakes, and ropes all fold up inside cargo rack when folded over for travel.

See the boat pic...all canvas is under the safari rack....not on top under the boat.

Its amazing how many folks will stop and look, take pics, or get out and ask for a 'tour' if you camp in a public place.

[LC]

           
Thought I had a better picture of my tarp wall tent on photo bucket but I guess this is as good as it gets. If you look you can see chimney extending from the top. It's floorless and I have a tent cot in back end. It gets too DANG hot if your not careful in their with just squaw wood. Lots of great times with this simple tarp tent even just last year. It's totally made from tarps and misc stuff you can buy at Lowes for about $50 not including the wood burner. Can you imagine this tarp tent made out of sly nylon mated up to the back of a enclosed cargo trailer bunk house? Think Kifari mated to a cargo trailer. Love my current tent setup  but I would also love to trailer to some setups!
Once again guilty as charged in this picture the  weather is great and I'd just as soon slept in my tent hammock. But I use to have some pics of normal for me foul weather, meaning snow, rain, sleet pics and the tarp tent has worked awesome!
Hint  to Zipper think about incorporating a wood burner in a closed sil nlyon addition and you can retire from bow building! Just saying! You just have to build me the test pro type to field test! By the way bow in pic is from a homemade bow copied off a original Bob Thompson Zipper but slightly changed. But I've never ever sold a single bow and never will sell one.

[Kelly]

What is sil nylon?

Some cool setups. Already have a 6 x 10 cargo trailer so figuring on using that for my needs. Back issues in my case require more support/cmomfort.

[Kelly]

What is sil nylon?

Some cool setups. Already have a 6 x 10 cargo trailer so figuring on using that for my needs. Back issues in my case require more support/comfort.

[ChuckC]

It is nylon fabric (like rip stop) that has a rubbery silicon layer on it to waterproof it.
ChuckC

[Kelly]

How does this hold up to a heat source like a wood stove, or that tarp, LC?

[CRS]

Originally posted by 4dogs:
Buy an enclosed cargo trailer and build it to suit.

This is going to be my plan.  Went from tent, to cargo trailer, to toy hauler.  I am going to go back to a cargo trailer if I cannot find an appropriate toy hauler.

I will modify as needed.  Propane lines are easy to run.  A single light/battery and portable water tanks.

It sure is nice to have hard sides when that pe sky white stuff shows up.

[LC]

Kelly it works great. Commercial tents made with sil nylon use a sew in roof jack. On my tarp tent I used one of those high temp flexible cookie sheet liners. I used thin aluminum flat strips to sandwich it to the tarp cutting out the tarp and leaving the high temp flexible liner as it's replacement. I pop pivoted the aluminum strips to make like a flat window frame. The very top is bent at a 45 to hang over my top conduit tent rafter. I just cut a hole big enough the stove pipe slides through. It works great. I've had the stove pipe cherry red many times with zero problems.  

My original intent was to position my tarp tent so my 3 season tent would be opened into the tarp tents rear wall. However in the design stages my old age and sleeping on the ground stage decided a tent cot would fit along the back wall just fine. I love this setup and put it up by myself and hunt several days a year in it. But lately I think a cargo trailer with a wood heated "tarp" addition would be the berries!

It's great to have a place out of the weather to cook, dry clothes all the while warming up the sleeping quarters so you have a nice warm bag to crawl into! I don't burn the fire all night to be honest it's a battle not to over fire it and get it to dang HOT inside there. It warms it up within minutes in the morning and I can stand up and get dressed with, you guessed it warm dry clothes!

[Kevin Hansen]

Originally posted by CRS:

This is going to be my plan.  Went from tent, to cargo trailer, to toy hauler.  I am going to go back to a cargo trailer if I cannot find an appropriate toy hauler.
I will modify as needed.  Propane lines are easy to run.  A single light/battery and portable water tanks.
It sure is nice to have hard sides when that pe sky white stuff shows up. [/QB][/QUOTE]
CRS, I would like to see pics of your finished product and hear a critical review of what you like about your project and what you would do differently.
Thanks,
Kevin

[PowDuck]

Just saw this video on Facebook. I hope this link works. Pretty dag gum cool. I think it's the one Terry has.

 

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[Bowitis]

I went to the RV show in Denver yesterday.  These are bare bones but easier on the budget.

.http://www.jumpingjacktrailers.com/