Thrifty Alternatives ..Building Foam Campers

[GPW]

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 ... Still should be very light ... Best of all No ROT !!! No Worries !!!

[linuxmanxxx]

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.

[GPW]

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€

[linuxmanxxx]

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.

[GPW]

NICE !!! Affordable too ...

[eaglesdare]

hey glenn, i would think yours is way lighter than the 500lbs. i would bet you are in the 400's.

[GPW]

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..

[eaglesdare]

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.

[GPW]

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 ) ... 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 ...

[eaglesdare]

i would bet yours is in the 400lb range. that is a nice lightwieght camper! lots of room for 500lbs of beer!

[GPW]

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 ...

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 ...

[eaglesdare]

yup! that is what i did when we evac'd due to irene. i loaded the foamie up with my sentimental items.

[linuxmanxxx]

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.

[bonnie]

Steve, you can carry way more than I can tow.

[GPW]

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 !!!