Romer
Adventurer
My AT Horizon modifications are discussed here
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34387
The Globetrotter is discussed here
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34934
Several members of The Rising Sun and Wasatch clubs met in Moab over the weekend and camped at Area BFE.
Gave me an opportunity to try out the trailer.
It tracks well behind the Landcruiser, but seems to bounce a bit at low speeds. Once I speed up, it dampens out. This is not the new AT Air suspension, but the older Torsion bar setup. This slight bouncing occurs on city roads. It's hard to pack the trailer differently with the batteries and water up front. I do have it towing level, I was wondering if I used a lower hitch and dropped the nose down an inch if that would change the ride. Guessing this is one of the reasons AT changed to their new Air suspension set-up.
The trailer took me about 20 minutes to setup and this included both awnings and unpacking. It was the awnings that took me the longest.
Several people have commented how hard the Globetrotter RTT is to setup. That you have to climb up to get the leverage to open it. I tried something new which made it easy. I opened the top to unpack and opened up the RTT with the top open to provide a better angle, reached in and pulled on the strap and it opened easy even with the changing room panels installed. Then closed the top, zippered the room panels together and that was all it took to deploy the RTT.
Took me much longer on the awnings because I was trying to figure out how they worked first.
The nights were really cold. I used a Mr. buddy Heater on a small table with a battery powered CO monitor at bed level., I left the front door cracked a bit and was nice and toasty. I was hoping to use the New Zodi tent heater I bought on ebay (They don't sell them anymore), but the hoses for it had not come in before I left for Moab. That will be a better setup, with the heat unit outside and hooked up to one of my propane tanks. Just a hose will be in the tent providing heat. I will keep the Mr. Buddy Heater as a backup. Glad I had it.
The bed in the RTT was very comfortable and I slept well. The kitchen worked great.
Driving home there were high winds which made driving a bit more squirrelly.
The larger Pop up camper I had seemed to track better in the tight mtn curves at speed, but this trailer did fine. Probably having a heavier trailer here helped relative to the Pop-up.
Overall, very happy with this setup. The one lesson I learned was to buy really good food storage Tupperware. The beans packed in a Tupperware container opened up and spilled all over the inside of my fridge. They were pretty good beans too!
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34387
The Globetrotter is discussed here
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34934
Several members of The Rising Sun and Wasatch clubs met in Moab over the weekend and camped at Area BFE.
Gave me an opportunity to try out the trailer.
It tracks well behind the Landcruiser, but seems to bounce a bit at low speeds. Once I speed up, it dampens out. This is not the new AT Air suspension, but the older Torsion bar setup. This slight bouncing occurs on city roads. It's hard to pack the trailer differently with the batteries and water up front. I do have it towing level, I was wondering if I used a lower hitch and dropped the nose down an inch if that would change the ride. Guessing this is one of the reasons AT changed to their new Air suspension set-up.
The trailer took me about 20 minutes to setup and this included both awnings and unpacking. It was the awnings that took me the longest.
Several people have commented how hard the Globetrotter RTT is to setup. That you have to climb up to get the leverage to open it. I tried something new which made it easy. I opened the top to unpack and opened up the RTT with the top open to provide a better angle, reached in and pulled on the strap and it opened easy even with the changing room panels installed. Then closed the top, zippered the room panels together and that was all it took to deploy the RTT.
Took me much longer on the awnings because I was trying to figure out how they worked first.
The nights were really cold. I used a Mr. buddy Heater on a small table with a battery powered CO monitor at bed level., I left the front door cracked a bit and was nice and toasty. I was hoping to use the New Zodi tent heater I bought on ebay (They don't sell them anymore), but the hoses for it had not come in before I left for Moab. That will be a better setup, with the heat unit outside and hooked up to one of my propane tanks. Just a hose will be in the tent providing heat. I will keep the Mr. Buddy Heater as a backup. Glad I had it.
The bed in the RTT was very comfortable and I slept well. The kitchen worked great.
Driving home there were high winds which made driving a bit more squirrelly.
The larger Pop up camper I had seemed to track better in the tight mtn curves at speed, but this trailer did fine. Probably having a heavier trailer here helped relative to the Pop-up.
Overall, very happy with this setup. The one lesson I learned was to buy really good food storage Tupperware. The beans packed in a Tupperware container opened up and spilled all over the inside of my fridge. They were pretty good beans too!
