Why the Dearth of Mini-Class C RVs???
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That's a lot of trailer for a single axle.
I kinda agree with bullfrog. stuff on the sides tends to get ripped off and cause significant damage.
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I kinda agree with bullfrog. stuff on the sides tends to get ripped off and cause significant damage.
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I'll add my poop to the pile. It has a torsion axle, not springs.
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We HAVE to point out the bad so you know what to look out for 
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I'm still looking, thinking, pondering and wondering. Funny how people say that too many want all the things they have at home in a small space. I'm stuck with some sort of Alice in the Trailer version of that. At home, all of my cooking in the past 3 years has been done in a rice cooker. Only occasionally does it include rice. I see trailers and RVs with 4 burners, oven and a micro wave. I need a coffee machine and a rice cooker. I see house size fridges with tiny freezers at the top. I've already got one of those. There is a large bottle of V8 juice and a dozen eggs in the fridge. The freezer is stuffed with veggies, chicken and salmon. TWO sinks?
So, the obvious solution is to do a self-build. That would have been easy prior to September 2017. That's when I got hit in the head with a car. The time and effort required to build and install a few things in my Kia Sportage was a collision with reality. The thinking now is more toward a 20-24 foot motorhome that I can strip things out of a bit at a time. The booth type table goes first. Somewhere there is a used furniture store with a table, chair cabinet that would look better there.
The kitchen has to shrink for sure. One or 2 burners. One sink. A compressor freezer and a cooler. The range with 4 burners and oven is gone.
When I finish with the doctors, lawyers, insurance companies and government departments I hope to have a cozy little cabin on wheels. Wainscoting around the lower walls. Framed photos I've taken across Canada on the walls. A short piece of verandah railing that can be mounted about 2 feet outside the door. I want to pull up to a river, lake or grassland, open the door, set up the railing, put my feet on it and watch the sun go down.
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So, the obvious solution is to do a self-build. That would have been easy prior to September 2017. That's when I got hit in the head with a car. The time and effort required to build and install a few things in my Kia Sportage was a collision with reality. The thinking now is more toward a 20-24 foot motorhome that I can strip things out of a bit at a time. The booth type table goes first. Somewhere there is a used furniture store with a table, chair cabinet that would look better there.
The kitchen has to shrink for sure. One or 2 burners. One sink. A compressor freezer and a cooler. The range with 4 burners and oven is gone.
When I finish with the doctors, lawyers, insurance companies and government departments I hope to have a cozy little cabin on wheels. Wainscoting around the lower walls. Framed photos I've taken across Canada on the walls. A short piece of verandah railing that can be mounted about 2 feet outside the door. I want to pull up to a river, lake or grassland, open the door, set up the railing, put my feet on it and watch the sun go down.
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That sounds lovely!
I'm not a fan of the booth tables either. If I ever get a van it's going to have a desk and chair next to the bed. With a shelf above for books.
I have a friend in North Idaho that built out an old, old school bus that some other friends used to own. It's been shown online so I'll post it here.
I love how he did his book 'shelves'.
https://smallerliving.org/2016/11/0...is-rustic-bus-conversions-open-plan-kitchen-/
I'm not a fan of the booth tables either. If I ever get a van it's going to have a desk and chair next to the bed. With a shelf above for books.
I have a friend in North Idaho that built out an old, old school bus that some other friends used to own. It's been shown online so I'll post it here.
I love how he did his book 'shelves'.
https://smallerliving.org/2016/11/0...is-rustic-bus-conversions-open-plan-kitchen-/
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To me they look like a pickup truck with a truck camper on top, only it's permanently affixed.highdesertranger said:
Too much money for that thing.
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I disagree that people wouldn't buy a small camper. I love the ones you see being sold in other countries. I have zero desire to drive around some huge beast. I don't want to have to park it. I don't want to have to pull a car with me to go somewhere. I don't want to rent a place to store it.
A slide in truck camper is a good alternative IMO. I considered it. I can see somewhere down the road doing just that also. In the meantime I found a 20 foot Nissan Odyssey that needs a bit of work but can be used now also. I thought about converting my Chevy City Express (NV200) but the wife didn't want to pee in a pot sitting in the middle of the van.
A slide in truck camper is a good alternative IMO. I considered it. I can see somewhere down the road doing just that also. In the meantime I found a 20 foot Nissan Odyssey that needs a bit of work but can be used now also. I thought about converting my Chevy City Express (NV200) but the wife didn't want to pee in a pot sitting in the middle of the van.
I also use a rice cooker for more than rice or pasta. I came by a carton of liquid eggs, going to try making an omelette.
I'm thinking seriously of removing the range/oven to convert the space for storage and more counter top.
Oh, but then how would I purge air from the gas line? The only reason that I ever light the burners. Darn. Maybe install a relief valve at the far end point, the unused refrigerator service connection. I use 12VDC compressor fridge/freezers.
The issue that I see with newer, shorter Class C's is lack of solar panel space up top. Very cluttered.
I'm thinking seriously of removing the range/oven to convert the space for storage and more counter top.
Oh, but then how would I purge air from the gas line? The only reason that I ever light the burners. Darn. Maybe install a relief valve at the far end point, the unused refrigerator service connection. I use 12VDC compressor fridge/freezers.
The issue that I see with newer, shorter Class C's is lack of solar panel space up top. Very cluttered.
I just saw a photo of a Boler trailer behind a VW bus with matching paint jobs. Very distracted.
Amen to the OP! Pleasure Way has a nice smaller one but the price is the cost of a house. They have a van called Tofino? But no toilet, shower or cooking facilities except I think one burner. And a fridge that holds some water. If they could put some basics in there and not charge $121,000 they’d have a best seller. I barely cook or eat and my car is better.
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