Hi all,
I’m new to the forum and looking for some advice. I’ve read Montana Brad’s threads and they were helpful. But our needs are a little different so I decided to start a separate thread.
We plan to retire and go full time in a couple of years. We expect to boondock at least half the time so we want to be able to be self sufficient for a week or so. The trailer will be our home so we’re fairly picky about what we want in it. We had been considering rebuilding an older Airstream but saw a Hymer Touring GT (euro trailer new to US) which got us looking at
fiberglass. Unfortunately Hymer doesn’t customize and the
fridge is too small and the bathroom is pointless (too small to shower and we’d prefer a portapottie and an outdoor shower).
So I’d appreciate any suggestions you can make that that might fit our requirements below.
1. Max 3500lbs GVW. We’d prefer to tow with a Jeep (I know Jeep is not the best TV, but we want the off-road would rather avoid a truck. In fact, looking at the Airstreams was pushing us to more vehicle than we wanted).
2. At least a 5cf
refrigerator and preferably 8. We like to precook and store. We also need space for fresh veggies.
3. A permanent full to queen size bed with an actual mattress and under bed storage. I’ve found a too firm or thin mattress will quickly give me sciatica and the storage space is necessary for gear. Converting a dinette will not do.
4. We’d prefer as much customization as possible. What most people seem to want doesn’t appeal to us.
5. We’re both 6’1” so nothing under 6’2 (preferably more).
Our choices so far:
The Lil Snoozy-it appears they’re willing to customize pretty much anything and we could even go with an empty shell. The standard floor plan is unappealing and we’d have to convert to
propane.
Casita?- the molded interior really appeals to us and would seem to save
weight but that leaves us pretty locked with their basic floor plan. It’s not clear put it appears their full size bed is a converted dinette.
Most of the others we’ve seen have the dinette problem or some other feature we’d have to fix.
Thanks for any advice.