New from Pittsburgh area

[Bull Durham]

Hello All,

Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers..... What is considered max size for a TTT? Although I have always wanted to build a Tear Drop, after the horrors last year of many, many months of trying to get my motorcycle trailer registered / titled in Pennsylvania that I assembled, I decided to buy a old camper, already titled.

Today I bought a 1974 Scotty Sportsman. It's a 15', but is called a 18' because they include the tongue. Is that too big to be on this forum?

[pjo129]

Welcome.

I'm sure some purist would say it is; but I would say it's alright. I picture this sight as being more about an idea or a mindset than what hardware you have in the driveway. BTW - mine's pretty big, too. Yes, that's a 15 passenger van pulling it.

[Bull Durham]

Quote: "BTW - mine's pretty big, too."

I wish I could say that!

I actually found the little VIN sticker on the side of the camper. It say's it's, and IF it's the original sticker, that it is a 14 footer. Well, the lady had advertised it as a 18 footer, so was just going by her. Should of checked. So I just came in from tape measuring it: Camper itself is like 12 feet, 3 inches. From the back to the ball hitch, is about 15 feet, maybe a couple inches under.

I'll try and get some pics posted, once I get that figured out. It says on the outside it is a "Sportsman" model, has a little bathroom and toilet in it. I went through it today, figured a lot of stuff out, like there is still some water in the potable tank (15 gallon), there is no holding tank for the sink and the grey water, just goes to the outside with a vent hole and and screw on cap. I take it that a person hooks up a hose to it and runs it to a jug or something, sitting on the outside.

The toilet has me confused. It has a little holding tank on it for fresh water, a little hand pump for squirting water in the bowl, a lever on the left hand side toward bottom that I THINK might be for flushing the black water out. I crawled under the camper today, and there is no black holding tank, just a what looks like a 3 - 4 inch pipe coming down, no handle to pull on the outside. That's why I'm thinking the lever on the toilet probably flushes it out. But, the question I have for someone with knowledge, is how do you open that "flapper" to let stuff fall out of the toilet bowl? I don't see any other buttons, levers, etc. So, maybe that lever is suppose to be opening the flapper, instead of me thinking it is for flushing the black water down the outside pipe? If that is the case, then something must of become disconnected, because I pushed that flapper down with a rod, has quite the spring tension on it, holding it tight.

Any ideas?

So, to recap, the toilet is bolted down to the floor, and has a fresh holding water tank and I believe a black holding tank, all incorporated into the toilet. It is hooked up to a black flush pipe that goes to the outside.

Anyone know what type, make and model this toilet is? I should probably re-post this to different topic.

Oh, just saw my signature is wrong, will have to change it. It year should read: 1974 Serro Scotty Sportman

[mezmo]

Hi Bull D,

Welcome to the forum !

A TTT is a small /very small TT that you can stand up
in or at least slouch over in when you're 'vertical' inside of it,
and the smaller its size, the better to be a TTT - and
it must be usable as a TT too, just tiny. Your Scotty is
probably on the upper end of the length area, but no one
really cares in-so-much as that is the forum's topic i.e., TDs and
TTTs and all they entail, but its purpose is ultimately to promote
economical and fun camping with family, friends and fellow
campers/enthusiasts through the use of TDs, TTTs, and the
other categories of 'camping facilitators' discussed on here.

Perhaps if you started a thread in the Plumbing & Propane
section you could get some help/answers to your questions
concerning the Scotty's toilet. Providing some pics will also
definitely help finding out what you need to know.

Here are a couple links that may be useful for you too:

http://www.nationalserroscotty.org/

http://www.scottytrailers.com/

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

[Bull Durham]

Thanks Norm,

I joined the Scotty org site, too. I figure between all the brainiacs on both sites, I should be good to go.

Thanks,

[Junkboy999]

Hey welcome to the forums

Your 1974 Scotty Sportsman is a Tiny Travel Trailer. They have been effectively nicknamed Canned Hams
by the owners. There is a section here in the forums for Canned Hams and Bread Loaf ( air stream shaped )

Enjoy

[bc toys]

Welcome to site. My cargo is bigger then that and the people welcomed me. Its not the trailer [even though everyone of us wants to look at them] its the person that we enjoy camping with talking to getting to know. So far as I go welcome to this great site and enjoy your trailer with as many people as you can.