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12-13-2010, 04:04 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1973 Compact Jr and 1980 Bigfoot 17 ft
Posts: 1,339
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Would you try this?
Not me. This is a YouTube video of extreme off-roading with a trailer.
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1980 Bigfoot 17' & former owner of 1973 Compact Jr
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12-13-2010, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Cyndi
Trailer: 2010 Scamp 5th Wheel/2019 Toyota Tundra
Iowa
Posts: 1,105
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I would definately throw in a couple of come-alongs and some long cable.
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12-13-2010, 04:41 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler 1984
Posts: 2,938
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May I borrow your trailer for a couple of hours?
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12-13-2010, 05:14 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Cyndi
Trailer: 2010 Scamp 5th Wheel/2019 Toyota Tundra
Iowa
Posts: 1,105
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Well, it's getting the skid plates put on at the moment. Actually the poor thing is sitting in Wisconsin going "I was being built in a nice warm shop this time last year."
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12-13-2010, 07:01 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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No, 'ell NO. I'd rather go in on a dirt bike, take pictures, come back to my trailer and sit around the campfire rather than needing to work on my rig because I shook the poor thing to death. YMMV
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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12-13-2010, 08:19 PM
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Member
Name: Tom
Trailer: Scamp 16'
North Dakota
Posts: 61
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I'm with Donna on this one.
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2008 Scamp 16'
2005 Chevrolet Extended Cab Silverado
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12-13-2010, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 2012 Escape 19
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,020
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Extreme silliness, if you ask me. A great way to wreck good equipment. Definitely not to be attempted without at least one reserve vehicle (which they did have) to bail out the main rig.
Looking at how they bottomed the tongue out several times reminded me of the time when, as a teenager, I got a big John Deere 4230 tractor stuck by pulling a disk straight across a small ditch. The rear tires were at the bottom and the disk tongue was hung up on the top. Dad had to dig with a shovel to get the hitch pin pulled out, pull the tractor out & around, yank the disk backward with a chain, and then we hooked up again. I was so embarrassed. There's no way I'd take chances like those with my travel trailer.
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12-13-2010, 08:28 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Cyndi
Trailer: 2010 Scamp 5th Wheel/2019 Toyota Tundra
Iowa
Posts: 1,105
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That's a Man Camper. Everything inside is probably bolted down especially the door to the frig where the beer is. Did you see the outboard on the hitch? And it is obvious who the sponsor is.
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12-13-2010, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2010 17 ft Escape B ('Cafe Egg')
Posts: 191
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I agree also with Donna... NOT my Cafe Egg and me, nono!!!
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12-13-2010, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Cyndi
Trailer: 2010 Scamp 5th Wheel/2019 Toyota Tundra
Iowa
Posts: 1,105
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Michael:
Didn't you put the tires down? Did all the fall work and hauling with a 8600. All the ditches would change from Spring to Fall. Had to watch not to bury the snouts on the corn head.
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12-13-2010, 08:47 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1996 Casita Freedom Deluxe 17 ft
Posts: 454
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I admit to taking my little trailer down some dirt roads where I probably shouldn't have taken it but at least I turned around. I assume that the Australian equivalent of Good Sam emergency road service costs more than $80 and uses helicopters.
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12-14-2010, 12:08 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 84 Burro 13 ft
Posts: 134
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Why is it that every time I buy a used car, these guys had it first.
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12-14-2010, 10:08 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 Bigfoot 17 ft ('Beastie')
Posts: 564
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Plenty of ways to have fun without destroying equipment! I'm not impressed with the Land Cruiser, a lot of wheel spinning. Might be a good idea to sound the water before driving in and stalling. I agree that someone else is probably footing the bill. I like the Goodyear Wranglers on the trailer ;-)
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12-14-2010, 11:26 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1983 13 ft Scamp
Posts: 3,082
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Common sense - Some people have it, some don't.
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12-14-2010, 11:43 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Borden and Carole
Trailer: 1978 Earlton Ontario boler
Ontario
Posts: 1,506
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Kevin K is right: Common Sense
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12-14-2010, 12:20 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Sold Bigfoot. Shopping for Arctic Fox 22G
Missouri
Posts: 701
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I couldn’t tell if they had the axels “flipped” or not. I did notice a couple of things that are good ideas. There are nerf bars or skid bars along the lower edges of the trailer in front of the axels. Also there is a skid plate under the spare tires at the rear.
The purpose of this was probably not a camping trip. It was to make the film. The photography is professional. If you notice the camera was always in an ideal position ahead of time to capture the most dramatic angle. You can bet they knew how deep the water was before they drove into it. It is a fun film anyway.
By the way I don’t believe this guy would be impressed by the Land Cruiser.
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12-14-2010, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: U-Haul VT16
Posts: 987
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That thud around 4:30 to 4:40 sounds ominous!
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12-14-2010, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 2012 Escape 19
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,020
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyndi B.
Michael:
Didn't you put the tires down? Did all the fall work and hauling with a 8600. All the ditches would change from Spring to Fall. Had to watch not to bury the snouts on the corn head.
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Oh yeah, I tried raising the disk (put the tires down) but it wasn't enough to get the tongue off the ground. The JD's rear tires weren't on the ground enough to get traction, down in that swale.
I did take my previous Rockwood TT up a rocky, rutted trail once, looking for a quiet campsiteoff the main highway a ways south of Telluride. When I realized how bad it was (and there was no turning around till I got to the top of a hill) I was sorry I'd done it... and I still had to go back down the hill the next day. It's a wonder I didn't tear something out. I told myself, never again!
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