Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **GPW** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:10 am

For us , having a properly prepared BOV means we can drive to a safe place ,with all the services we need...We've done this for many years and have much practice...before we had a BOV , we stayed in friends houses with them, usually a few days, Katrina changed all that and we were gone for 5 weeks...Reminding us of rule No.1 "after 3 days, guests, like fish , begin to stink..." How true!! With a BOV , this problem is eliminated :thumbsup:

by **GPW** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:01 pm

This will, if nothing else, be a great chance to try out our BugOut trailer and all our ideas...This is It!!!!!... that time we've planned for ... Like a test ..

Hope we pass the test... :worship:

Just got an E from sushi Dog... he's outta' here too!!! Good Luck to All !!!!

by **Miriam C.** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:22 pm

Good luck guys! I sure hope the traffic gets better before you leave. Sure hope this is a practice run for you GPW. :thumbsup:

by **Arne** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:30 am

This thread got me thinking..... I don't need anything I don't have.

We have at least 2 weeks of food (shelves in the basement are pretty full).

We have a water distiller which we use anyway for drinking water. I can distill river water if needed.

I have a generator (honda eu2000) to run anything we really need.

If necessary, we can live in the tear (petcool).

We have two cars so will have at least 15-20 gallons of usable gas (I have a bulb siphon tube and plastic gas 'cans'.

I'll keep thinking, but here in New England, I think we're pretty much set except for boredom... guess I'd be doing a lot of reading..... or whatever, at least till I got tired....

by **GPW** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:12 am

We actually got to use our Bugout Trailer this time ... came in real handy..Won't be without one again... :thumbsup:

by **Miriam C.** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:08 am

Which one GPW?

Hope you didn't get all the flooding at your place. :thumbsup:

by **sushidog** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:53 pm

I returned safe and sound too. My DW, Dbird, Ddog, Dcat and I spent 3 nights in our little A-liner at the Country Sunshine RV Park in Castleberry, AL (about half way between Mobile and Montgomery, off I-65. It was a challenge keeping all the animals from eating each other in such a small space. They were relatively behaved, which is all one can ask for in such a situation.

Thanks to Recreation USA, it only cost us $10/night even with all the critters - can't beat that price! It's not much of a campground, but it was clean and safe, and the staff was welcoming and friendly, which was all we were looking for.

Thank the Lord that we dodged another bullet. Sadly, it looks like the folks in the Galveston area weren't so lucky with Ike. It reminds me of how our area fared after Katrina.

by **Beachbuggy** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:40 pm

We used ours for the IKE evac.
We slept in it for 2 nights, PERFECT escape vehicle.

Unfortunatley, we lost most of our town

Our plans were to leave her at my dads because of the flooding & debris then go get her if the house was gone.
Fortunatley 1/2 the house is still there, so we'll go get her later after clean-up and some repairs.

by **GPW** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:30 am

Miri, I sold my Camo TD just before the storm to a guy who wanted it for evac...just in time ... we used the Feather Sport... gives me time to build another TD...
Found out evac with a trailer is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than without...

by **Miriam C.** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:50 am

Beachbuggy wrote:We used ours for the IKE evac.
We slept in it for 2 nights, PERFECT escape vehicle.

Unfortunatley, we lost most of our town

Our plans were to leave her at my dads because of the flooding & debris then go get her if the house was gone.
Fortunatley 1/2 the house is still there, so we'll go get her later after clean-up and some repairs.

Sorry about your house...... I hope the water went down before it made a mold issue. Better to rebuild than live with a serious mold issue. :thumbsup:

GP---if I had to spend several days in rain I might like a standy too. Mike certainly would need one........... :thumbsup:

I guess they have their place.

by **Beachbuggy** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:48 am

There is no stopping the mold!
Everything will have to come down

by **Miriam C.** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:56 am

Beachbuggy wrote:There is no stopping the mold!
Everything will have to come down

Well the good side is you get new paint, cabinets, flooring.........

I hope you can find some joy in building a new home and all the new stuff. Really sorry for your loss though. We will keep you in our thought and prayers......... :worship:

by **Beachbuggy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:43 pm

A little update.
My town was devasted by Hurricane Ike.
50% homes destroyed 20% more damaged. Many are now homeless.
This is a picture of our local park. I bet they would be more comfortable in TD's

--That was our plan if we came back to find our home gone.
We were fortunate to only have damage, 6' of storm surge in our ground floor.
We bugged out with the TD (unfinished), and stayed in it for 2 days. It's safe and sound for the next emergency.

by **Alan Wood** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:17 pm

starleen2 wrote:We use our camper for UMCOR disaster response and mission trips as well. Sometimes you have to be self sufficient when resources are scarce

Interesting I was just thinking that your weekender two would make a great bug out trailer. Especially if a popup standup area was added to the design. Like now whos compact gt is it...

by **Pavlox** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:57 pm

I like that tread, :thumbsup:

Well one of the thoughts i have now that im planning the build of my teardrop is how i can be sustainable and for how many days. IMO a teardrop behind a 4x4 or behind a big onoff bike is an excelent bug out vehicle.

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