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Bit of driveway trip prepping

Haven’t had a chance to see an MDC trailer in person but judging from all the pics in videos I would say the are run of the mill quality wise. In regards to the NJStar trailer, I can confidently say there is nothing in this price range (or any price range for this size trailer) that has this...

In regards to the bed, almost impossible to use unless it’s folded down since the canvas material eats into the bed space. In regards to the toilet, we went for the default option of portable toilet which sits in the shower area. You can option a fully mounted cassette toilet that sits in the...

Check out my thread on the NJStar trailer that I imported. Meets all of your requirements except maybe the fact that you would have to lift your dog to be up on the “kids” bed in the front of the trailer.

The only thing that might make sense is the off-road height settings. Maybe the airbags can’t handle the full weight when fully inflated?

Hey all – sincere apologies for the radio silence. Had tons going on in my personal life in past couple of months and haven't had a chance to post. As @Narrow Road Adventures mentioned, I received my camper on Dec 23rd. The camper far exceeds my expectations on quality, and am very very happy...

Agreed that it can be risky but you also have you use your head when shopping there (or anywhere online). It’s pretty obvious when the photos are not their own (for example, the dozens of listings with photos of the patriot camper trailers). I used alibaba to find the factory and got in touch...

Yep all of those are Chinese trailers. 3x markup is the only way it makes sense to make a profit on these. For example, for my trailer, it’s going to be $10,000+ in shipping and customs fees. That puts it closer to $30k. You would need to sell it for at least $10k profit to run a profitable...

Nope, this one is quite different. The company I'm ordering from only makes the one model that's more or less a design knock off of the UEV 490 (although they are doing some one off prototypes for a truck camper as well as a camper van conversion). I believe the one I'm ordering is positioned as...

For mods short term I’m only planning on on swapping the ball coupler for the D035 (which I’m buying from them as well it will just ship in a box in the trailer). For longer term: - Install Redarc manager 30 and vision system - Swap the wheels and tires (really don’t like the look of the ones it...

Yep, it used to be 10% for this category before Trump added in the tariffs. —- Small update on the trailer. Yesterday got my VIN for it and confirmed that it properly shows up on the NHSTA VIN decoder. According to the VIN this will be the 5th trailer from them going to the US or Canada. I’m...

I'm working with them to make sure they include NA standard fittings. It's not a huge deal though since it's just the connector from the exterior of the tongue box to the inside where I'll add a tank. I optioned the diesel powered water heater (there is also a propane option) so the propane tank...

Oh, totally forgot to mention this! It should be around $5000 (25%) for the tariffs in addition to the price I mentioned. Camper trailers are under HTS Code: 8716.10.00 which falls under Tariffs Action List 3 (25% rate), for anyone else researching this. I'll make sure to do a full price...

Yep, agreed, feels like people’s comfort levels with debt have changed dramatically last couple of years… it’s gotta be a huge factor to the price of cars and RVs these days. Happy to do it, as long as everyone promises not to make fun of me if this all goes haywire haha. Hoping it it goes well...

Totally agree, the journey is half the fun! I'm excited to learn the in-and-outs of freight shipping and importing – never know what else I might need it for. My understanding is it's supposed to be 3,200lb gross weight. My vehicle is rated to tow 7,700lbs so I should be in the clear!

Oh man, thank you for noticing. You’re totally right: https://one.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/standards/conspicuity/Trlrpstr.html I asked them to change it. They’re also swapping out their standard rear lights to be NA standard ones.

Haha, no idea – thought that was weird as well. I placed it with one of their sales representatives that reached out after I contacted them through their website. They spent probably 2 weeks answering all of my questions, walking through customization options I wanted, and doing a few video...

Well, looks like things are progressing quite well in the factory and the trailer should be done this week. Here are some progress pics with dates so everyone has a good idea of the timeline. I sent the deposit on Aug 25th and got the following pics on September 8th. I can confirm this is our...