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DannyB1954 said:
Curious why you want a 5th wheel when you don't have a pickup. A bumper pull will make available a whole lot more people that could move it for you. Most pickup trucks have a receiver hitch.
Also here in Nevada if a moped has less than 50cc, you don't have to register it. You can't go on major highways, but I don't think you would want to ride a bike on one either.

I want a 5th wheel because of the hight ceilings and space and I don't plan on moving it much at all.  If I were to move states I could just contract someone to haul it for me.  Why would I sell my 2016 WRX that gets 35mpg on the highway, a car I love, just to have a truck I only use to pull a trailer maybe 2 or 3 times?
 
eDJ_ said:
It is an interesting concept if you are pre "mobile".  

Say a guy has something like this and can put it in a trailer park not too far from town.

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Then imagine the bicycle at the back end of it is his bike that he rides in his commuting.


If he needs to move the trailer he rides bike over to U Haul and gets one of these $19.99  a day Pick Up's
or Vans and moves it to where ever he wants it.

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I'm guessing that these Pick Up's & Vans could be rented for one way service.

But in this you'd have the combination of a "Tiny House" and "Mobility on Demand".

Here holding a membership to any of the Gym's (like Planet Fitness) would serve for a place to clean up if the trailer didn't have such a facility in it.

But a person could work and travel in this manner if they didn't have a tow vehicle.



Dude,  this is awesome!!!
 
I'm wondering now if a guy could find an elevated parking port  where he could "store" his light travel trailer a few floors up.   Say he'd want to rent parking for his car there too.  He may be in the downtown within walking distance of a "Planet Fitness",  restaurants, laundries, etc.  In the later evenings he could go back to his trailer and fire up a small generator (like the Honda knock of that Harbor Freight now sells with the 12 volt converter in it)

He may have to find a spot in a secluded corner and be willing to pay $30 to $50 dollars a month to park there.  If he has a car,  he can bring water in. 

The catch would be his living in the trailer at night.   Or using propane for heat or gasoline for the generator.

Then if he could work part time as a watchman in the parking port perhaps the owners would look the other way.

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I've seen Jet Ski's on trailers, Bass Boats, utility Trailers,  and even farm equipment parked in places like this.

If a guy got in there in the later evening after work,  and rolled out early before people came in to park their cars to go to work,  I doubt anyone would know what he was up to.   If he could park his car next to it
he could haul in supplies.  Buy dry ice for his refrigeration if he had to.  Just use the trailer for a place to sleep
mostly.  If he's in the downtown he may have a larger public library where he could lounge, use the computers & internet, (or his lap top/tablet and WIFI there) etc.  Then use one of the many Gym's to go clean up and change clothes.  


But, it's a thought if anyone could pull it off.
 
eDJ_ said:
I'm wondering now if a guy could find an elevated parking port  where he could "store" his light travel trailer a few floors up.   Say he'd want to rent parking for his car there too.  He may be in the downtown within walking distance of a "Planet Fitness",  restaurants, laundries, etc.  In the later evenings he could go back to his trailer and fire up a small generator (like the Honda knock of that Harbor Freight now sells with the 12 volt converter in it)

He may have to find a spot in a secluded corner and be willing to pay $30 to $50 dollars a month to park there.  If he has a car,  he can bring water in. 

The catch would be his living in the trailer at night.   Or using propane for heat or gasoline for the generator.

Then if he could work part time as a watchman in the parking port perhaps the owners would look the other way.

dubuque-street-garage-187-lghtbx.jpg



b849c2f6-f60e-be36.jpg



I've seen Jet Ski's on trailers, Bass Boats, utility Trailers,  and even farm equipment parked in places like this.

If a guy got in there in the later evening after work,  and rolled out early before people came in to park their cars to go to work,  I doubt anyone would know what he was up to.   If he could park his car next to it
he could haul in supplies.  Buy dry ice for his refrigeration if he had to.  Just use the trailer for a place to sleep
mostly.  If he's in the downtown he may have a larger public library where he could lounge, use the computers & internet, (or his lap top/tablet and WIFI there) etc.  Then use one of the many Gym's to go clean up and change clothes.  


But, it's a thought if anyone could pull it off.

eDJ has those mental gears well oiled and hard at work  :)
 

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