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11-09-2012, 08:29 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Class A Motorhome
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Tiny Trailer from Europe
Just to get away from the Fiat Fiasco, here is a link to the Knaus Swallow Nest mini trailer, in english. It is a reintroduction of a 50 year old design. Neat paint choices are shown at the bottom.
BTW: You don't have to go all the way to europe to buy one, it is also available in Iceland....
Knaus Schwalbennest
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11-09-2012, 09:12 AM
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Senior Member
Name: gary
Trailer: 16' 1998 Scamp
Minnesota
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"Only available in Europe, Iceland, and Great Britain." I'm glad to see that GB has finally left Europe! Boy, that's cute as a bug's ear. Kind of fun the way a wide-angle lens makes the inside BIG!
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11-09-2012, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member
Name: jim
Trailer: 2022 Escape19 pulled by 2014 Dodge Ram Hemi Sport
Pennsylvania
Posts: 6,710
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I should get one of those for my dog!! It is too small for me.
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11-09-2012, 10:01 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1996 Casita Freedom Deluxe 17 ft
Posts: 454
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I'm impressed that it can be pulled by a Fix It Again Tony.
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11-09-2012, 10:23 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2002 19 ft Scamp 19 ft 5th Wheel
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also available in Iceland....
Just what they need for the 1 day of summer.
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11-09-2012, 10:30 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Borden and Carole
Trailer: 1978 Earlton Ontario boler
Ontario
Posts: 1,506
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Miller
Just to get away from the Fiat Fiasco, here is a link to the Knaus Swallow Nest mini trailer, in England. It is a reintroduction of a 50 year old design. Neat paint choices are shown at the bottom.
BTW: You don't have to go all the way to Europe to buy one, it is also available in Iceland....
Knaus Schwalbennest
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Great design, perfect for two and would be lots of fun!
Would work well for quick run to a photo opportunity's or getaways saving time on setup and take down.
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11-09-2012, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 2011 Escape 19
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,053
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Cute, but it makes the 13' eggs look amazingly spacious in comparison.
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11-09-2012, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Kathy
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
Washington
Posts: 600
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Cute and classy! Love the paint job options.
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11-10-2012, 06:39 AM
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Senior Member
Name: bob
Trailer: 1996 Casita 17 Spirit Deluxe; 1946 Modernistic teardrop
New York
Posts: 5,474
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There is someone in NC building a similar trailer, it's on ebay, 2013 Custom Toad micro camper.There is also a vintage similar size camper a couple miles from us in someones yard, and a member on the tnttt forum has one.
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11-10-2012, 06:56 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Norm and Ginny
Trailer: Scamp 16
Florida
Posts: 7,517
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I think there are two interesting aspects of this small trailer.
First it has very attractive appointments. The Dinette/Bed has sloped backs for comfort and as well the bed is basically a true double bed.
Secondarily it is being pulled by a Fiat, having owned a new Fiat during the 70's gas crunch, I am not a Fiat fan based on old experience.
This trailer looks like a product that could have a US market.
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2014 Honda Odyssey
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11-10-2012, 11:08 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Gilda
Trailer: 2011 Scamp 13'
California
Posts: 1,445
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A couple more comments;
How cute!
- The interior definitely has a European flair.
- 'Love seeing the designer bag in the closet! Talk about "glamping"!
- We loved driving a Fiat on our trip to Italy. Seems as if the car was made for narrow hairpin turns and white-knuckle driving there. Please note: I would never want to tow a trailer in Italy! We did see lots of small truck campers, though.
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11-11-2012, 04:37 AM
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Senior Member
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Seeing the, ahem, 'discussions' about what vehicle can tow what trailer, I thought you guys might like to see this photo (not mine) of a very similar-sized Weferlinger trailer being pulled by a Bond Minicar Mark F. The Weferlinger was effectively an East German copy of the West German Schwalbennest.
The Bond Mark F (see Microcar Museum exhibit) had a 250cc single cylinder engine producing all of 9.5hp (and what use could a sane person have for more than 10hp?). If you follow the link, you can see how this entire motorcycle engine and gearbox was suspended in front of, and drove, the front wheel, turning with the steering.
And the bicycle? My guess is that it was carried so that when the outfit got to a steep hill, the passenger got out and pedalled since clearly the engine couldn't get them all up a hill. Or maybe the bicycle hooked on front of the car, 'double heading' like a railway loco?
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11-11-2012, 10:31 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 92 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 11,756
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Whoooo look at the front end on the Bond Minicar... thanks for the explaination Andrew as to why it needed to be so long up front! LOL
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02-18-2024, 06:43 PM
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Junior Member
Name: Maggie
Trailer: Tracer
British Columbia
Posts: 2
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Swallow's nest from the 6o's
There must be some around here as my parents had one in BC in the 60's The neatest thing about them was that they had a huge cabana that was attached by sliding along a track around the edges on the door side. There were several nipples also that rods popped into for the rigid roof supports It seemed twice as big as the trailer itself and included heavy-duty plastic windows.
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02-18-2024, 07:08 PM
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Junior Member
Name: Maggie
Trailer: Tracer
British Columbia
Posts: 2
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Swallow's nest from the 6o's
In this one you can see the 'nipples' that the rods for the cabana pop into
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06-05-2024, 11:23 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1985 Scamp 16 ft / ft 04 Subaru Forester XS (extra slow)
Posts: 308
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Cute, but I'd have some reservations about towing something that's as tall as my Scamp but less than half its weight... and with square sides, to boot. Yesterday I was towing my Scamp home through South Park (yes, that South Park), Colorado on a very windy day. Crosswinds, mostly, the kind that would hit this trailer squarely and generate vortexes at the right-angled seam of wall and roof. Since nature abhors a vacuum, those vortexes can exert a lot of pulling pressure along the seams. My Scamp, with its radiused corners, sheds sidewinds smoothly. At 60 mph, she tracked smoothly with a minimum of sway. I could feel small sideways motions, but they seemed to come more from the tow vehicle, a blocky, square-sided Mercedes GLK. With this tiny Euro trailer, I might have chosen to wait out the winds.
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