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Postby GPW » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:45 pm

Frank , that is a Great size !!! The 4X8 I made is a little small cause I’m kinda’ “large frame “... 5X10 is Nice , 6X10 is Huge ... :o Still should be very light ... :thumbsup: Best of all No ROT !!! No Worries !!! ;)
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Postby linuxmanxxx » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:10 am

Yeah my microcampers are 6 ft wide and 9 ft long and the sleep cabin is 7 ft long and the size will fit any big bodies to sleep with plenty extra room but its really the width that matters overall. I had a 4 ft wide rig before and that is just horrendously small for 2 bodies to be in and even small for just one actually.
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Postby GPW » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:15 am

XXX, Yes, 6’ wide is just Perfect for me , I can almost sleep sideways .... I guess the magic number is when you hit > 50 sq. ft. of floor space ... that it feels “roomyâ€
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Postby linuxmanxxx » Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:43 pm

GPW wrote: Saaaaay, I Like those Microcampers !!! ... can ya’ tell us a little more ...
Here's a brochure I've created that gives a lot more specifics than our website does trifold front and rear pictures.
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Postby GPW » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:38 pm

NICE !!! :thumbsup: 8) :D Affordable too ... ;)
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Postby eaglesdare » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:05 am

hey glenn, i would think yours is way lighter than the 500lbs. i would bet you are in the 400's.
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Postby GPW » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:53 am

Eagle I do need to get it officially weighed ... The HF trailer does seem much heavier than the cabin ... I’m just guessing here... It does roll very easy , I can move it easily around the yard by myself ... even rolls easily on grass.. :thumbsup:
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Postby eaglesdare » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:36 am

i say that because, mine is slightly bigger, and i do believe i have way more wood in mine than yours. that plus when mine was weighed i also had that heavy mattress in there.

do you have the paper that says how much your trailer weighs? mine was 265 lbs.
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Postby GPW » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:10 am

Eagle, the title said 262lb. shipping weight .... Guess the cardboard wasn’t much .. less the extra hardware left over, and the caster wheel thingies' left off... Guessing (again :o ) ... what , 250 lb ... ??? I got the 1195 lb. trailer ... which BTW on the title says GVW 1450lb. so HF is underrating them ... Guess that’s good for Safety ...
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Postby eaglesdare » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:26 am

i would bet yours is in the 400lb range. that is a nice lightwieght camper! lots of room for 500lbs of beer! :twisted: :lol:
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Postby GPW » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:00 am

Eagle , seems the word is spreading ... now I have the airplane guys asking about Foamies to carry their model planes in , which coincidentally are also made of foam , and called Foamies ... :o

Without the 500lb. of Beer, I’d be hard pressed to find enough camping gear to rival that weight ... But in an EVAC situation , it would be Nice to carry 500lb. of my favorite things I want to keep ... :thumbsup:
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Postby eaglesdare » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:39 am

yup! that is what i did when we evac'd due to irene. i loaded the foamie up with my sentimental items.
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Postby linuxmanxxx » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:09 am

I can carry about 1200 to 1500 in mine so I can take the valuables and the beer. No man left behind in the microcamper lol.
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Postby bonnie » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:33 am

Steve, you can carry way more than I can tow. :lol:
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Postby GPW » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:50 am

Here’s one by the plane guys ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvnBRjhT ... r_embedded

Everything’s BIG in Texas (I lived there for several years ) so it would only make sense that you could carry more Beer ... hahahaha True !!! ;)
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