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Old 08-24-2011, 06:04 PM   #1
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Trillium Rant: It's Not A Boler!!

This may not be just my Trillium owner's rant but might be shared by anyone who owns a glass egg that's not a....well you know the one.

Here's how the conversation goes most every time someone engages me: "Nice Boler!". "Thanks, it's a Trillium". "Neat, I always wanted a Boler!". "Ya, they're nice, I like my Trillium, it's fun." "So how long you had the Boler?" "Uh, about a year - it's a Trillium". "My friend has a Boler too!"...and on it goes.

My neighbour is threatening to paint "Don's Boler" on the back of my Trill, just to watch my reaction.

Like the Bolers, but love the Trilliums!

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Old 08-24-2011, 06:17 PM   #2
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OH, how I can relate! I have an Oliver and always am asked how long I've had my Casita (even though "Oliver" is plastered on the side...they must figure that's me)

I've learned not to fret about it anymore and am simply happy to be counted amongst the throngs of all FGRV owners!
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Old 08-24-2011, 06:40 PM   #3
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Smile and just say "yeah, ain't it neat! On the other hand, no one will ever mistake my Scamp for an Escape
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Old 08-24-2011, 07:23 PM   #4
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"Oh look, a Tril"l.
"No, it's a Boler".

This works both ways.
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Old 08-24-2011, 08:59 PM   #5
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The Ventura doesn't get confused with anything just gets the " what the heck is that?" or " did you turn a truck camper into a trailer?" hahaha!
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Old 08-24-2011, 09:10 PM   #6
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This may not be just my Trillium owner's rant but might be shared by anyone who owns a glass egg that's not a....well you know the one.

Here's how the conversation goes most every time someone engages me: "Nice Boler!". "Thanks, it's a Trillium". "Neat, I always wanted a Boler!". "Ya, they're nice, I like my Trillium, it's fun." "So how long you had the Boler?" "Uh, about a year - it's a Trillium". "My friend has a Boler too!"...and on it goes.

My neighbour is threatening to paint "Don's Boler" on the back of my Trill, just to watch my reaction.

Like the Bolers, but love the Trilliums!

Don
So do you have any pictures of your Uhaul?
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Old 08-24-2011, 09:25 PM   #7
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Get a Bigfoot 5th wheel, no one even notices it's fiberglass. I guess it's so close to "normal sized" it never draws attention.
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Old 08-24-2011, 10:16 PM   #8
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Red face They only get the "Stream" part right

I often get told, "I didn't know that AIRstream made fiberglass trailers!"
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Old 08-25-2011, 09:57 PM   #9
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Our Ventura is often called 'a bed and fridge on wheels'.
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Old 08-26-2011, 08:38 AM   #10
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Our Ventura is often called 'a bed and fridge on wheels'.
Ha ha that's good. I had made a coment when I first joined here that our Ventura wasn't so much an egg it was more like an egg carton.lol
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Old 08-26-2011, 04:11 PM   #11
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When I was in Denali national park, there happened to be a caravan of half a dozen or so Scamps and Casita owners traveling together. One of the Casita owners started chatting with me, about how my trailer was the basis for Scamps, going on and on. I finally realized he thought my Burro was a Boler.
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Old 08-26-2011, 07:41 PM   #12
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Old 08-26-2011, 09:45 PM   #13
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The most distinguishing feature of a Boler is the inevitable body sag, a problem solved by other manufacturers including Trillium by the use of molded interior fixtures.

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Old 08-27-2011, 08:36 AM   #14
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Yeah, our UHaul gets a lot of folks asking "is that a Scamp?"

But my favorite was the guy at the gas station who said "hey, nice Porta-Potty!"
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Old 08-27-2011, 09:12 AM   #15
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Yeah, our UHaul gets a lot of folks asking "is that a Scamp?"

But my favorite was the guy at the gas station who said "hey, nice Porta-Potty!"



You win, Jack. Nobody's gonna top that one!

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Old 08-27-2011, 03:03 PM   #16
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Everybody that sees mine for the first time thinks it's a doghouse.
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Old 08-28-2011, 12:52 AM   #17
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The most distinguishing feature of a Boler is the inevitable body sag, a problem solved by other manufacturers including Trillium by the use of molded interior fixtures.

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Hi: Francesca Knowles... My most distinguishing feature is the inevitable "Body Sag". No one thinks I'm a Boler... or a Scamp for that matter!!!
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Old 08-28-2011, 08:21 AM   #18
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Hi, Alf

I think you're a bit of a "scamp"- maybe even a scallywag!
Not that I know what a "scallywag" is- I just like the sound of the word.

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Old 08-28-2011, 08:51 AM   #19
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The most distinguishing feature of a Boler is the inevitable body sag, a problem solved by other manufacturers including Trillium by the use of molded interior fixtures.

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Just wondering what you mean by this? Does the trillium have enough molded interior fixtures that the ones in my Boler don't count?
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Old 08-28-2011, 09:27 AM   #20
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Just wondering what you mean by this? Does the trillium have enough molded interior fixtures that the ones in my Boler don't count?
I think what they're saying is that the parts are molded to the interior, if your Boler is built like my Boler American the interior parts are fastened to the body with rivets and acorn nuts, not molded to the body.
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