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My father is wanting to be able and go with me on some of my trips. He can't do as much as he used to, it's hard for him to get up and down at times, and he only has a car and is on limited budget.
We've been talking about doing a project together and including my daughter. Previously we took his 4x8 utility trailer and added just enough to put his cot in it so he could use it. It worked but wasn't very good. So we knew the trailer idea was a good one. His car has a 2000 pound towing limit, with a 200 pound tongue limit.
Our ideas basically were to go with a 6x8 or 6x10 box on a 5x8 trailer frame from Northern Tool. Then we saw this.
It's a 92 Coleman pop up that needs some work. We got it for about the same piece as the trailer frame would have been for our preliminary plans. We are going to tear it down, then rebuild it to what we want.
It's going to be built to be what he needs, able to be plugged in when available, but designed for independent off the grid travel. It's big enough to give him what he needs furniture wise so it'd easier for him to get up and down, but it will be light enough he can tow it with his car. And here IN New Mexico at least, there are lots of places he should be able to go with his car.
I don't know if it will be able to go off road too far but one of our brainstorms was an axle and spring upgrade with bigger tires for more ground clearance and limited off road capacity. We'll see if things go that direction or not, we are still planning at this point.
Stay tuned.
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We've been talking about doing a project together and including my daughter. Previously we took his 4x8 utility trailer and added just enough to put his cot in it so he could use it. It worked but wasn't very good. So we knew the trailer idea was a good one. His car has a 2000 pound towing limit, with a 200 pound tongue limit.
Our ideas basically were to go with a 6x8 or 6x10 box on a 5x8 trailer frame from Northern Tool. Then we saw this.
It's a 92 Coleman pop up that needs some work. We got it for about the same piece as the trailer frame would have been for our preliminary plans. We are going to tear it down, then rebuild it to what we want.
It's going to be built to be what he needs, able to be plugged in when available, but designed for independent off the grid travel. It's big enough to give him what he needs furniture wise so it'd easier for him to get up and down, but it will be light enough he can tow it with his car. And here IN New Mexico at least, there are lots of places he should be able to go with his car.
I don't know if it will be able to go off road too far but one of our brainstorms was an axle and spring upgrade with bigger tires for more ground clearance and limited off road capacity. We'll see if things go that direction or not, we are still planning at this point.
Stay tuned.
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