I came across one of these two years ago while hunting archery elk at 10,700 ft. My hunting buddy who spoke spanish talked to the sheep herder who was inside and he gave us a tour of it. The wood stove takes up hardly any space and he told us he had been using the camper non-stop for 16 months while here from Chile herding sheep for someone else who owned the camper. Since it gets pretty cold in the evening at that altitude (even in the summer) and the camper/sheep owner doesn't come by very often so he would have run out of propane if that was his only source of heat. He always has fuel nearby with the wood stove. Before we left, we gave him our leftover wood. Overall, the camper was built extremely well and maximizes the interior space with a great design. The quality isn't like the crap that comes out of the Indiana area which starts to fall apart as soon as you leave a paved road. Timberline campers are made to last and can take a ton of abuse based on what I saw and where it was. We were 32 miles in on a dirt road and the last 6 miles of it were so rough that it took us an hour to drive that portion without a trailer behind us. They have pics of one of their campers which slipped off the road and rolled. After pulling it back up and on its wheels, it had barely any damage. You definitely can't say that of anything out of Heartland USA. I too also contacted them last year and asked about tire sizes and matching tow vehicle bolt patterns. They would do that if within reason (e.g. no 40" tires...). I too was shocked at the price though but like they say, you get what you pay for.
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