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11-24-2012, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Escape 17 ft
Posts: 8,317
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Originally Posted by Donna D.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Hot rodders spend $$$$$$$$$$$$$ on stuff, two chroming shops have gone out of business in the PDX area in the past five years and it ALL had to do with handling of HazMat.
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And, that may be the case for some small shop. Following regs with a small number of clients ( hot rodders ) would put them out of business. But, here in Vancouver, the largest chroming shop ( and it was huge ) also went out of business recently.
It went out of business because cars come with plastic bumpers, not chrome, so all the minor fender-bender insurance claim business disappeared.
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11-24-2012, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Bob Ruggles
Trailer: 2015 Escape
Michigan
Posts: 1,537
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Backing up a bit, I can think of a better way to keep warm in the winter than watching fiberglass cure.
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11-24-2012, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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Francesca, I know of three molded builders in Canada:
Escape
Bigfoot
Trillium Outback
and in the US:
Scamp
Casita
Lil Snoozy
Parkliner
TrillumRV
Weiscraft
Pelsue
if there are others, the manufacturing is so small we haven't heard about it.
This doesn't include the teardrop builders.
Anybody know of others?
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Donna D.
Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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11-24-2012, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2007 19 ft Escape 5.0 / 2002 GMC (1973 Boler project)
Posts: 4,148
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Hi: All... Reace told me not long ago that if you hand lay fiberglass that's one thing. If you spray chopped glass that's a whole new set of environmental issues. Hand laying is the more expensive way to do it too!!!
Biggest reason for mfg. of fiberglass trailers in Canada was probably the higher price/taxes on gasoline here. The American gubermints are just playing ketchup.
The missing chrome bumpers are a result of CAFE reg's and a weighty issue. Midway Plating wanted $125. ea. to re do 2 Boler hubcaps. Hmmm.
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie
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11-24-2012, 05:04 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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The body shop that's working on my 1953 truck hires a semi-truck and trailer once a month to head north with stuff to be chromed. Sean has found it cheaper to go north than anywhere in the US. A number of the former chroming shops are now focusing on nickle (an underlay of chrome) and brass (plating) for the construction industry. These shops are changing along with the need. So, when you buy a really nice copper stove hood for your sticks and bricks home, it may very well be copper plated in Canada.
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Donna D.
Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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11-24-2012, 05:08 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
Francesca, I know of three molded builders in Canada:
Escape
Bigfoot
Trillium Outback
and in the US:
Scamp
Casita
Lil Snoozy
Parkliner
TrillumRV
Weiscraft
Pelsue
if there are others, the manufacturing is so small we haven't heard about it.
This doesn't include the teardrop builders.
Anybody know of others?
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Thanks, Donna...so....Thomas G....?????????????????????????????????????
Did you mean to ask why there are so few Canadian molded trailer makers surviving, or what?
Francesca
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11-24-2012, 05:18 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Trillium 4500
Posts: 2,050
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Isn't egg still in production?
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11-24-2012, 05:24 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Hammel
Isn't egg still in production?
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You're right!
EGGCAMPER is still very much alive here in the U.S.A....
That makes it Canada: 3, U.S.A.: 8.
And there's a discussion here at FGRV in which some maintain that Oliver is only on a sort of hiatus- should we assign a half-point there?
Francesca
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11-24-2012, 05:29 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 5,112
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Francesca Knowles
Thanks, Donna...so....Thomas G....?????????????????????????????????????
Did you mean to ask why there are so few Canadian molded trailer makers surviving, or what?
Francesca
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I was not just considering current manufacturers, but rather the whole population of existing trailers including the likes of Boler and so many others that were made in Canada. My gut feel is that proportionate to their population, Canada has created a lot of different brands and that proportionate to their population Canadians have embraced the fiberglass camper.
Of course, maybe I'm all wet.
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11-24-2012, 05:36 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas G.
I was not just considering current manufacturers, but rather the whole population of existing trailers including the likes of Boler and so many others that were made in Canada. My gut feel is that proportionate to their population, Canada has created a lot of different brands and that proportionate to their population Canadians have embraced the fiberglass camper.
Of course, maybe I'm all wet.
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hmmm... So....
Having more people go out of business is an indicator of Canadian Embracement!
Those Northerners are a really tricky people...
Francesca
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11-24-2012, 05:42 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 5,112
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Francesca Knowles
hmmm... So....
Having more people go out of business is an indicator of Canadian Embracement!
Those Northerners are a really tricky people...
Francesca
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OK, maybe I'm not explaining this properly. My theory is that FG trailer ownership (old or new) is higher among Canadians on a per capita basis.
Do I have any statistics? Are you kidding? This is the internet.
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11-24-2012, 05:44 PM
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#32
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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I think it's just because the all molded towable movement started in Canada and so many of them have either been rehabed or still loved (in proportioned to stick builts) it just SEEMS like there are more Canadian built trailers (and owners) around. But then again, what is the proportion of all molded owners that actually belong to any forum? And yes, we can look at the total members here on FiberglassRV but the vast majority are stick built owners or molded owners that have NEVER posted.
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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11-24-2012, 05:54 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Trailer: 92 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 11,756
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Originally Posted by Alf S.
That's why most all of us live within 60 miles of the border. <cliP> Having a national healthcare system means not going without care and we are better for it. <clip>Having a very conservative banking system helps regulations also issue us a reality cheque in that certain claims can't be made about our products.
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LOL Alf your sounding just a little bit like a Molson's I am Canadian commercial
I was going to suggest we are all here simple because it is the WWW and it is a .com website.
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11-24-2012, 05:58 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carol H
I was going to suggest we are all here simple because it is the WWW and it is a .com website.
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That WORKS FOR ME Although there are several brands of trailers I would NEVER consider for ownership (budget, layout, weight, etc.)... gotta love them ALL !!!
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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11-24-2012, 06:00 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 5,112
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OK, enough pontification. Bring on the thread hijackers.
Did the chrome mafia really steal all the best hockey players?
Are Canadians drawn toward the border like a moth to a flame?
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11-24-2012, 06:04 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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Originally Posted by Thomas G.
OK, enough pontification. Bring on the thread hijackers.
Did the chrome mafia really steal all the best hockey players?
Are Canadians drawn toward the border like a moth to a flame?
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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11-24-2012, 06:13 PM
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#37
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas G.
OK, enough pontification. Bring on the thread hijackers.
Did the chrome mafia really steal all the best hockey players?
Are Canadians drawn toward the border like a moth to a flame?
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My time has come...
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
So...what's with having Thanksgiving on the wrong day, selling gas by the "liter", and going "kilometers per hour"?
Francesca
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11-24-2012, 06:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Francesca Knowles
So...what's with having Thanksgiving on the wrong day, selling gas by the "liter", and going "kilometers per hour"?
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And measuring temperature in degrees C (Canadian).
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11-24-2012, 06:30 PM
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#39
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER/ ADMISSION OF SOUR GRAPES ETC....
To my neighbors-to-the-North:
This is just to admit that I'm still really really mad about that whole border thing, hence my nitpickyness....
Love, Francesca...left behind in 1846
P.S.
It's not too late to try again, you know....here's a map in case you forgot!
Oddly, my house is on that map just about where the last "d" in "disputed" is...it's like they knew me!
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11-24-2012, 06:36 PM
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#40
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 2012 Escape 19
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,021
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When are we gonna start chrome-plating our FG trailers? We could outshine Airstream!
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