Grassland
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Our staple and caulking special aka our purchased used 2010 Forest River Palomino Pony is nearing the end of its life. Barring stripping it down to the frame and rebuilding it.
We have our trailers of "choice" narrowed down to 3 units.
I use quotations because the trailer I/we want doesn't exist, and we don't have 90 grand in CAD let alone USD to custom build it.
Main goal for me is a sub 3000# "when dry" trailer that you can stand up in, has a main bed that isn't the table, and isn't built of OSB, caulking, particle board, and staples. It must also have a decent electrical system, LED interior and exterior lighting, an exhaust fan, and fridge. And an 8' awning.
My wife's requirements are higher. She really wants a wet bath, running water, and a furnace on top of my requirements. As well as a 9+ foot wide awning.
We have settled down to an Escape 17A with a cassette toilet.
(Cons are the placement of the door limits usable under awning space, is also fairly cramped, no "bathroom")
An Escape 19
My wife's choice.
(Cons are it's getting large by my standards, has an extra axle so more maintenance costs, highest up front purchase price)
Or a Trailmarker Up and Out with a cassette toilet.
(No "bathroom", cramped table under the lift up bed, less storage than either Escape, less available information online in general)
The Escapes will likely go down hill in quality and up in price in short order as the original owners were bought out by a For Increased Profit consortium. But in the near future the main product seems pretty decent in quality and materials as well as design.
Trailmarker is pretty new, nobody on here seems to have first hand experience, and it's the hardest sell to my wife. It's also in USD, so it costs me an extra 30% more or less to buy it.
The trailers would be used for one 1.5-2.5 week road trip per year, plus 3 long weekends and one or two regular weekends per year. Mostly on highway and graded gravel roads.
Almost exclusively non hook up sites.
Long term goal is more fire service roads, longer road trips of 4+ weeks, etc.
Would like a trailer that isn't built like ********, is 3 seasons (when without water) and isn't reliant on AC in weather of 28 celsius band warmer to be usable.
We have our trailers of "choice" narrowed down to 3 units.
I use quotations because the trailer I/we want doesn't exist, and we don't have 90 grand in CAD let alone USD to custom build it.
Main goal for me is a sub 3000# "when dry" trailer that you can stand up in, has a main bed that isn't the table, and isn't built of OSB, caulking, particle board, and staples. It must also have a decent electrical system, LED interior and exterior lighting, an exhaust fan, and fridge. And an 8' awning.
My wife's requirements are higher. She really wants a wet bath, running water, and a furnace on top of my requirements. As well as a 9+ foot wide awning.
We have settled down to an Escape 17A with a cassette toilet.
(Cons are the placement of the door limits usable under awning space, is also fairly cramped, no "bathroom")
An Escape 19
My wife's choice.
(Cons are it's getting large by my standards, has an extra axle so more maintenance costs, highest up front purchase price)
Or a Trailmarker Up and Out with a cassette toilet.
(No "bathroom", cramped table under the lift up bed, less storage than either Escape, less available information online in general)
The Escapes will likely go down hill in quality and up in price in short order as the original owners were bought out by a For Increased Profit consortium. But in the near future the main product seems pretty decent in quality and materials as well as design.
Trailmarker is pretty new, nobody on here seems to have first hand experience, and it's the hardest sell to my wife. It's also in USD, so it costs me an extra 30% more or less to buy it.
The trailers would be used for one 1.5-2.5 week road trip per year, plus 3 long weekends and one or two regular weekends per year. Mostly on highway and graded gravel roads.
Almost exclusively non hook up sites.
Long term goal is more fire service roads, longer road trips of 4+ weeks, etc.
Would like a trailer that isn't built like ********, is 3 seasons (when without water) and isn't reliant on AC in weather of 28 celsius band warmer to be usable.
