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Old 04-04-2019, 03:00 PM   #21
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Thanks for the Ponderosa recommendation. We'll be in CO thiz year and will check them out and discuss it's viability for towing with an Outback.
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Old 04-04-2019, 03:02 PM   #22
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CasitaMinor. I have the same question as Walt P.
Thanks in advance for providing more feedback.
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Old 04-04-2019, 07:09 PM   #23
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SCAMP 13 STANDARD Front bath large bed edition is WITHOUT A DOUBT by FAR the BEST choice for your vehicle and situation. This is a highly coveted trailer and hard to come by used in good shape. You might as well order a new one the way you want now and enjoy it with your new Subie. The nice thing is if you take care of the trailer it will not depreciate very much - much like the Subie. Excellent choice in cars by the way - value, price, resale, looks, handling, gas mileage, comfort, poor weather and off road useable... I could go on and on - I had a Crosstrek for 57K miles and 4 years and only lost about $5k when I sold it. I loved every minute of that car and would buy another in a heartbeat!
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Old 04-04-2019, 08:34 PM   #24
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Depends where u take it. We have a 17 Casita and V6 Tacoma with 6500lb tow rating. Towing on interstates for 600miles was like pulling nothing. Recently went to a local forest for boondocking and had to put the truck into low gear as it wouldn't move up hill in 1st gear (have stick). I wouldn't pull anything bigger than 13 with Subaru, and even that will feel like a bad decision on some steeper grades.
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Old 04-04-2019, 08:34 PM   #25
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Giles, thanks
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Old 04-04-2019, 08:36 PM   #26
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Bsedwbedt thanks!
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Old 04-05-2019, 06:48 AM   #27
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We have a 2019 Subaru Outback with a 2" towing hitch. A 2019 Subaru Outback has a standard towing capacity of 2,700 lbs. We are two seniors who are minimalists campers; car camping in the back of the Subaru for up to two weeks. We are considering upgrading to a small camper to have the convenience of a toilet/shower. What type of trailer would be recommended for our vehicle and minimal camping style? Thanks.
Take a look at the Happier Camper, HC1. Many are towing with the Outback.
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Old 04-05-2019, 07:15 AM   #28
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Take a look at the Happier Camper, HC1. Many are towing with the Outback.
Bernese Bunch, thanks. I've been looking at them.the base price is reasonable but the components significantly increase the price. Being mindful of weight, we're discussing the feasiblility to build our own components.
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Nice trailer, I agree. But it doesn’t have a wet bath option.

Casita used to make a 13’ with wet bath, the Patriot Deluxe. It’s somewhat heavier than the Scamp, especially on tongue weight due to the front-mounted A/C and dual LP tanks. It also lacks the large bed option and has less than 6’ of interior headroom, so not for large and/or tall people. Pretty rare used.

I keep coming bank to Scamp. If buying new, though, I’d be concerned about a rash of problems just surfacing with the new door hinges they started using last year. I posted a thread in the problem-solving section with a link to the reports. Until that’s resolved I’d be buying used (with the old hinges).

Scamp is still a great trailer. We love ours, and I see this as a hiccup in the evolutionary process. Hope they figure this out quickly.
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Old 04-05-2019, 07:22 AM   #30
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Travel and cargo trailers typically specify 10-15% tongue weight, but boat trailers often carry much less. Subaru's ratings do represent a mismatch for owners desiring to pull travel trailers, but they are real limits set by the manufacturer.

The Subaru manual also has a caveat that the tow rating of 2700# is reduced by 50% when towing under certain severe conditions (long grades in high temperatures).

All of that adds up in my mind to a conservative approach to towing with this vehicle.
Giles and Jon in AZ. Good discussion between y'all for our consideration with the Outback. We've got a lot to consider. Really appreciate the thoughtful, intelligent feedback everyone is providing.
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A factor to me, being retired, was what would get me out camping this season. I had no interest in giving up a season waiting for the perfect camper. Functionally a 13 with no bath is going to be a lot roomier, kind of like my Trillium 1300. Note finding a good Trillium 1300 is even harder!
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Old 04-05-2019, 12:08 PM   #32
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My 1999 16 ft Scamp with front bath weighed close to 2600 to 2700 when loaded for travel and the tongue weight was around 260 lbs
A 13 ft Scamp may work with the Subaru’s rather low tongue weight limit
My daughter has gone through 2 CVT transmissions towing a light weight pop up camper . I would be leary of towing anything over 1500 lbs with a CVT transmission .

Carol , a member of this forum towed with an Outback but eventually decided to upgrade her tow vehicle to something more substantial .
I believe she traveled solo which makes it a lot easier to get the weight down
If your are talking about towing with a family with kids I am not sure getting the weight to match your vehicles limits is possible .
A tow vehicle rated for 3500 lbs would make more sense IMHO
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Old 04-05-2019, 01:08 PM   #33
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My 1999 16 ft Scamp with front bath weighed close to 2600 to 2700 when loaded for travel and the tongue weight was around 260 lbs
A 13 ft Scamp may work with the Subaru’s rather low tongue weight limit
My daughter has gone through 2 CVT transmissions towing a light weight pop up camper . I would be leary of towing anything over 1500 lbs with a CVT transmission .

Carol , a member of this forum towed with an Outback but eventually decided to upgrade her tow vehicle to something more substantial .
I believe she traveled solo which makes it a lot easier to get the weight down
If your are talking about towing with a family with kids I am not sure getting the weight to match your vehicles limits is possible .
A tow vehicle rated for 3500 lbs would make more sense IMHO
We're 2 seniors who are seasoned car campers (years in a Honda Pilot, and two trips to the smokey mountains in the new Outback.) Total gear weight (bedding, clothing, kitchen, food etc) is ~185 lbs. We have no plans to change gear load even if we invest in a trailer. Based on the excellent feedback given in this thread, my concerns are the Outback's ability to tow a trailer in steep grades and the resulting stress it will put on the transmission.
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We're 2 seniors who are seasoned car campers (years in a Honda Pilot, and two trips to the smokey mountains in the new Outback.) Total gear weight (bedding, clothing, kitchen, food etc) is ~185 lbs. We have no plans to change gear load even if we invest in a trailer. Based on the excellent feedback given in this thread, my concerns are the Outback's ability to tow a trailer in steep grades and the resulting stress it will put on the transmission.
Here is where your gear weight is going to increase. First, you are going to carry trailer specific items you have not carried in the past: think wheel chocks, water hose, black water drain hose, wheel leveling blocks, surge protector, electric cord, electric adapters, small level, some trailer tools. Then you are going to most likely carry some water in your water tank, so you can use the toilet and sink while you are traveling. Depending on your trailer, you will also need four stabilizing jacks. In short, there is a myriad of odds and ends that people with a trailer will have that tenters don't need. We also carry a variety of small appliances like a coffee maker, fan and box heater, and a table.
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Old 04-06-2019, 03:24 PM   #35
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there is an older 13' Casita model that has a front wet bath. Pretty decent bathroom I recently got a tour inside of that model.
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Old 04-10-2019, 10:38 AM   #36
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We have a 2019 Subaru Outback with a 2" towing hitch. A 2019 Subaru Outback has a standard towing capacity of 2,700 lbs. We are two seniors who are minimalists campers; car camping in the back of the Subaru for up to two weeks. We are considering upgrading to a small camper to have the convenience of a toilet/shower. What type of trailer would be recommended for our vehicle and minimal camping style? Thanks.
DK, we own an Outback 2018, and after reading the abundant precautionary statements around the manual, and talking to the dealer, then decided NOT to tow with it. Examples from the manual: page 8-23, says that when towing a trailer without brakes it should be under 1,000 pounds, 2,700 with brakes, and 1,500 on uphill grades. Page 8-22 says "Your vehicle is designed and intended to be used primarily as a passenger-carrying vehicle". Page 8-25 puts the tongue weight below 200 pounds, which is really low. The person at the dealership also talked about the continuous transmission box as another source of concern. Finally, I sat on the rear bumper of the Outback (250 pounds), about where the hitch weight would apply, and the car definitely changed its balance.

I am sure you can make it work. And I am certain there are people in the forum who have done it. But when you think about your safety and about your car's fit to purpose, think also about the dynamic shift of loads in movement, the additional weight you will carry in the trailer, the baggage you carry with you, etc.

Good luck!
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We have a 2019Subaru Outback that we just purchased to pull our 13’ Scamp with bathroom. We preferred the Scamp to a teardrop or any other camper with an outside cooking area, because sometimes it rains, and it’s not nice to stand in the rain trying to cook something. We love the inside toilet and shower. Makes life so much easier, especially in the middle of the night.
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note thats a very minimalist trailer.... 'pressurized' water, meaning, no water pump, you put up to 6 gallons of water in the tank, then pump it up with airpressure from a bicycle pump. there's no holding tank, so you need an external grey water holding tank... there's no shower or toilet. propane, stove, fridge are optional. its basically a bedroom. you can use a portable toilet, where you replace the waste bag every day or two.

My Little Joe has a demand pump running off of the battery. My 2.6 gallon porta potty fits neatly in it's closet under the right seat, ie: not bags. Grey water runs into a 3 gallon bucket which we dump daily. We have propane, which we use for cooking and running the fridge. Both use so little that I replaced the 20lb tank with an 11lb. The battery is kept charged by solar on the roof.



Your description as a bedroom is apt. We tell folks that its an enclosed queen sized bed with a stove, fridge, sink, toilet and AC.


Tows perfectly behind the Subaru Outback.
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Thought I'd chime in as we own a 2016 Subaru Outback 3.6R and a 2015 Scamp 13 with front bath. It is a nice combination. Actually, we owned the Scamp first and bought the Subaru to pull it. Our camper has every option except air conditioning and the real world weights (when ours is loaded to go) are 1900 lbs. and 210 lbs. tongue weight (smaller battery, single propane tank). Keep in mind that this is with the black tank (marine toilet) empty. I'm sure that the tongue weight creeps up as you use the bathroom.

It is said that for comfort you should tow about 2/3 of your capacity. This combination comes pretty close to that. There are companies that sell stronger rear springs to help with "saggy bottom" but we haven't tried that. We bought the 3.6 engine for towing the Scamp and it is comfortable. I would think the 4 cylinder would be pretty anemic with the camper attached.

Trailer brakes are a necessity. Our Subaru dealer would not install a 7-pin plug for trailer brakes...so I had to do it myself.

As for Scamp, I strongly recommend that you buy a used one when you can find one. We had a horrible customer service experience with our brand new Scamp that went on for months over what was in the end, a $100.00 problem (that we wound up paying to fix). I think that a one or two year old Scamp will probably have had it's problems fixed. Also likely that you won't have to wait four months for delivery like we did. Might take you four months to find a used one though.
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Old 04-10-2019, 01:19 PM   #40
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DK, we own an Outback 2018, and after reading the abundant precautionary statements around the manual, and talking to the dealer, then decided NOT to tow with it. Examples from the manual: page 8-23, says that when towing a trailer without brakes it should be under 1,000 pounds, 2,700 with brakes, and 1,500 on uphill grades. Page 8-22 says "Your vehicle is designed and intended to be used primarily as a passenger-carrying vehicle". Page 8-25 puts the tongue weight below 200 pounds, which is really low. The person at the dealership also talked about the continuous transmission box as another source of concern. Finally, I sat on the rear bumper of the Outback (250 pounds), about where the hitch weight would apply, and the car definitely changed its balance.

I am sure you can make it work. And I am certain there are people in the forum who have done it. But when you think about your safety and about your car's fit to purpose, think also about the dynamic shift of loads in movement, the additional weight you will carry in the trailer, the baggage you carry with you, etc.

Good luck!
Jacob Conroy, as a Subaru owner, thank you for the extremely valuable feedback.
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