Hi! I'm Sarah Christine from Bellingham, WA

[Sarah Christine]

Hello!

My name is Sarah Christine and I hope to be an owner of a fiberglass egg trailer of my own someday soon.

I have a Subaru Crosstrek and am looking for a used lightweight egg with enough room for myself, my partner Lee, and my 6 year old son River. We love to ski and would love to find something well insulated and suited for winter camping.

If you know of any used eggs in good condition in the PNW area under 10k and 1500 lbs. dry, we'd love to come check it out!

For now, I'm scouring the classifieds, making myself familiar with the inspection checklist, and reading up on the documentation you have for all the different trailer models. I've been looking at Scamps, Casitas, Trilliums and Burros in particular.

Please let me know if you feel like sharing any tips or tricks with me, or have a good lead on a trailer! Otherwise, I'll see you in the forums

Thanks,
Sarah, Lee and River

[Jon in AZ]

Welcome!

You’re asking a lot. None of the 13’ers are very well insulated, but with a furnace, propane, and means to recharge the battery (heavy furnace use will quickly deplete a small lead-acid battery), you might make it through a weekend. Reflectix on the windows helps.

Your tow rating is also very marginal- most 13’er weigh at or above 1500# loaded. You’ll be carrying an extra person and gear and presumably towing in mountains and higher elevations, all of which reduce your available towing capacity.

Best wishes in your search!

[drdoyle]

Most of the smaller and older campers are not well insulated for deep winter use. A few brands like Oliver and Artic fox (probably a few others) are double wall insulated, but tend to be notably more expensive. If someone wanted to gut out and build back one of the older "egg" campers they could add double wall insulation, but suitable windows or some kind of storm cover doubler would also be required. Possibly some kind of quilted insulation pad could be attached to the inside with snaps. For an economical winter camper I think you will have to make extensive modifications.

[Pygmy owl]

Originally Posted by Sarah Christine

Hello!

My name is Sarah Christine and I hope to be an owner of a fiberglass egg trailer of my own someday soon.

I have a Subaru Crosstrek and am looking for a used lightweight egg with enough room for myself, my partner Lee, and my 6 year old son River. We love to ski and would love to find something well insulated and suited for winter camping.

If you know of any used eggs in good condition in the PNW area under 10k and 1500 lbs. dry, we'd love to come check it out!

For now, I'm scouring the classifieds, making myself familiar with the inspection checklist, and reading up on the documentation you have for all the different trailer models. I've been looking at Scamps, Casitas, Trilliums and Burros in particular.

Please let me know if you feel like sharing any tips or tricks with me, or have a good lead on a trailer! Otherwise, I'll see you in the forums

Thanks,
Sarah, Lee and River

I agree with Jon on the towing with a crosstrex unless you have the wilderness version of the crosstrex. My parents have a 2016 crosstrex and I would not pull my 13 ft scamp with it. Granted I have a lot of mountains where I live. The tow rating of their car is 1500 lbs that includes the people and gear in the car. You may find this link helpful.
https://rv101withmarkpolk.com/2018/0...-trailer-sway/

[toddq]

Hi Sarah!

I’m also in Bellingham, I have a 13’ Scamp. I actually haven’t winter camped in it before, but I’ve shoulder season camped and used it as a winter home office. As others have noted, insulation is poor. But I upgraded the battery (lithium) and furnace (Propex) and have found it quite comfortable for those uses. I like the Propex much better than the default Suburban because it’s quieter, and much lower btu, so the cycles run longer at lower heat output and keep the temperature a little steadier. I found that with the Suburban it just fluctuated between sweltering and freezing.