interesting Trailer

Hilldweller

SE Expedition Society
Great price!

Looks similar to an idea that I had for using a Thule trailer and mounting a RTT on the box; almost identical size.

Buy it, clean it, use it, love it...
 

rusty_tlc

Explorer
Thats a nice design.
Heres an interesting bit of trivia I found on the Sears web site.

J.C. Higgins: 1908-1964
Many people ask if there was a real "J.C. Higgins" who worked for Sears. There certainly was. John Higgins began working for Sears in 1898 as the manager of the headquarters' office bookkeepers and retired as company comptroller in 1930.
"John Higgins" the employee became "J.C. Higgins" the brand name during a discussion in 1908 among Sears' executives of possible names for a new line of sporting goods. At this point, the story gets a bit murky, but Higgins' name was suggested and John Higgins consented to Sears use his name. Since he did not have a middle initial, Sears added the "C."

In 1908, the Western Sporting Goods Company in Chicago began putting J.C. Higgins on baseballs and baseball gloves sold in Sears catalogs. By 1910, the J.C. Higgins trademark was extended to cover footballs and basketballs. Later, the popularity of the Higgins brand—combined with the wider participation of American youth in sports—led Sears to place tennis equipment, soccer balls, volleyballs, boxing equipment and baseball uniforms in the J.C. Higgins line.

By the 1940s, J.C. Higgins represented all Sears fishing, boating and camping equipment. After the Second World War, Sears consolidated all sporting goods under the J.C. Higgins brand name and added it to a line of luggage.

The J.C. Higgins brand disappeared shortly after Sears introduced the Ted Williams brand of sporting and recreation goods in 1961.
 

ntsqd

Heretic Car Camper
If it wasn't so far away, and you had decided not to pursue it, I'd be all over that trailer!!!

I shot a J.C. Higgins "Boy's Rifle" .22 LR as kid. They were made by Stevens and were a lower priced clone of their "Favorite" Boy's Rifle.
 

MuddyMudskipper

Camp Ninja
Sweet! My friend has one that doesn't have the tent (anymore) that he got as a package deal with his flat fender CJ. I had always wondered about that trailer...now I know.
 

miller_au

Adventurer
Great storage... id be beefing up that drawbar tho! Not a huge fan of the single bar.. but for that price you could afford to spend some cach on it
 

atavuss

Adventurer
Heilite also made small aluminum trailers like that. remember the old single wheel Heilite that attached to two places on the bumper?
 

Curmudgeon

Adventurer
I had one of those years ago, and I wish I had never sold it. It's very basic, but served it's purpose well. It's really nothing buy a tent on wheels, with some storage.

JP
 

JJonesee

Observer
As I stated in my M-100 thread - I have never seen an adventure trailer in person. This is just not the area.

I go and build one and you start to notice these things!
 

rusty_tlc

Explorer
JJonesee said:
As I stated in my M-100 thread - I have never seen an adventure trailer in person. This is just not the area.

I go and build one and you start to notice these things!
The AT's are a quality product, it is apparent just looking at them.
 

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