Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

..."hoot" was/is a member here on the board but he has not posted in a year and a half(orso)...here is a link to his profile/posts/album http://tnttt.com/profil ... ile&u=3837 he has some pics of his work in the album.........
madjack

Been for sale for some time now.

Have you looked at this one?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/rvs/941064940.html

NW_Subie wrote:Been for sale for some time now.

Have you looked at this one?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/rvs/941064940.html

That is Shiro's tear. He is a memebr here.

Madjack -- hey! That's the Hoot I have been considering! What a small world...!!

And NW_Subie, I did see the craig's listing for the one in Seattle as well.

There are a couple teardrops in the Pacific Northwest right now:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rvs/944745847.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/rvs/945426783.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/rvs/946392153.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/rvs/946121105.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/rvs/939765279.html

I found that I really like the T@B Clamshell design, but unless 2007 is in Canadian dollars, it seems to be a little higher than some of the other one's I've seen around the country.

The 06 T@B in Kelso looks like a fair deal. I like the T@B ,but it's too big for my Subaru up and down the NW Mountains.

So.....
Which one did you buy????

A sedan with a v6 can pull 1200-1500 pounds, for Gods sake my cruddy Ford Focus, pulls my utility trailer (about 1300 pounds loaded ) just fine.

Its actually a good car it just wasn't designed to tow anything.


Just take your car down to U-haul and have a class two hitch put on it.
Will only cost about $250 and that includes a wiring harness.

On the other-hand, if you are going to get a big trailer (not a tear drop) over 1200 pounds, then you may have to upgrade....

There are a lot of BEAUTIFUL teardrops out there from $3600 to $6000 that are under 1200 pounds, that are ROOMY and NICE. You shouldn't have a problem finding one...

Just my opinion

Good Luck.

We just had this big discussion on a T@B trailer Yahoo Group a week or two ago on the subject of a V-6 sedan being able to pull a T@B or any tear drop for that matter. (Trust me, I almost squeaked "Please?? Even 800 pounds?" during one phone call, in hopes my car could tow ANYTHING).

The bottom line - The mechanic said no, the dealer said no, and the T@B dealer said no. I'm not taking my chances.

Had tinkered with the idea of building my own. I'm a bright gal, quick with computers, good at art, but when it comes to saws and power tools, I'm all thumbs. (I think my dad is down right embarrassed at times!)

I'm keeping my eye on Craig's List in the mean time...

http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/rvs/962512087.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/ctd/959485627.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/rvs/966882624.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/rvs/965672422.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/rvs/964280703.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/rvs/962479847.html

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/954638317.html

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rvs/946197424.html

what type of V-6 sedan - Make and model?? I'm sure that most V-6 's are rated to pull at least 1000-1500 lbs. Heck when we're younger, we'd pile a whole bunch of people in a 4 cylinder pinto station wagon just to go to the drive in! if it could haul our fat behinds, surely a v-6 can!

A V-6 that's not rated to tow anything? What's that all about ... ...?

I've got a 2000 Saturn SL2 Wagon ... 4-cylinder, automatic ... it's rated to tow 2,000#!

Of course ... if that V-6 is in a sedan that would more appropriately get a V-8, then they might have a valid point ...

Which ever way you end up going, Good Luck with your search! There are some pretty good trailers in the lot you've listed above!

As always, then ...

CHEERS!

Grant

greg755 wrote:..... for Gods sake my cruddy Ford Focus, pulls my utility trailer (about 1300 pounds loaded ) just fine.

Its actually a good car it just wasn't designed to tow anything.

In Europe Ford give the Focus a tow rating of 1500-3300lb depending on the model - 1500lb is for the 1.4L gas and 3300lb is the 2.0L turbodiesel.

This doesn't mean the same North American model can tow this, but it just shows that, for example, the back of the body isn't going to fall off, as some people suggest....

Andrew

Stacy B. wrote:
The bottom line - The mechanic said no, the dealer said no, and the T@B dealer said no. I'm not taking my chances.

Sad to say it but I don't trust the car dealership. You'd think that they'd be the expert because they see the same cars day in and day out. They probably don't know anything more than what the manufacturer tells them. It was like pulling teeth to get them to turn off my passenger's seatbelt chime. When you put something in the passenger's seat (i.e. grocery bag or books) it thinks someone is sitting there and it will start to chime, then you hit the brakes and it thinks they are gone, when you get on the gas it thinks the person is there and will start to chime again, it's SUPER ANNOYING! First they said they couldn't do it, then they tried to tell me that they legally couldn't do it, then they said it would be a $200 diagnostic fee to hook up the laptop. I finally got a friend who is a mechanic at a dealership to hook up the laptop and do it. It took all of 10min 6 of that was the computer establishing communication with the truck and checking the Wi-Fi for any new software updates.

-Sorry for the rant-

On the other hand, if the T@B dealer said no, that is something to think about. They want to sell the trailer, and usually will tell the customer anything to seal the deal.

asianflava wrote:
Sad to say it but I don't trust the car dealership. You'd think that they'd be the expert because they see the same cars day in and day out. They probably don't know anything more than what the manufacturer tells them.

I'm going to doubt that its because they dont know their cars. I would say it has much more to do with your statement from another post.

asianflava wrote: It was also a less litigious time.

Noone wants the liability, especially when it doesn't affect their own lifestyle. Its so much easier for them to just say, don't take the chance.

That being said, I had a buick regal with a v6 in it and towed anything and everything with it. It was a work horse.