Handy Stuff From a Chalet LTW Owner

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Handy Stuff From a Chalet LTW Owner

Postby JuneBug » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:27 pm

Stumbled across this Web page from a Chalet LTW owner with some modifications and products translatable to teardrops. Chalet's are A-framed folding trailers and the Chalet LTW model is certifiably tiny!
This is the raves page with photos and links to items that proved to be especially useful and performed well:
A-Frame Adventures: Raves!
This includes
Rear View Camera
Align-Quik Hitching Guides
Propane Tank w/Gauge from Costco
Hanging Organizers
Collapse-able Gray Water container
BAL Lifter/Leveler

The modifications page is here.
All modifications are worth review, but the ingenious Bumper Storage might be most useful to teardroppers.
The awnings could also be of interest.
"The large print giveth; the small print taketh away" Tom Waits
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Re: Handy Stuff From a Chalet LTW Owner

Postby stumphugger » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:24 am

I have a Chalet Alpine that I bought used in August. I'm liking it so far. I do need to find some child lock things to keep the drawers closed. They come open on curvy roads. I was nervous while camping in some windy, stormy weather but the trailer had no problems. In the wet climate of the northern Oregon Coast, condensation can build up in the peak of the pointy roof and it will rain a tiny bit inside. This was only a problem in the morning. The weird thing is, you can see daylight coming through where the sides meet the peak, but no rain gets in. I carry boards to level it. One of those plastic gray water containers came with it, but the container has no handle, which makes it hard to pack to a place to dump it.

I use the yellow balls on antennae as a guide to hitch up, except two logger/truck drivers made fun of them. :cry: I call the yellow balls, The Balls Of Inaccuracy. Where I park the Pointy Trailer for unloading and loading, it is on a sidways slant so the ball on the pickup is at an angle. Oh well.
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Re: Handy Stuff From a Chalet LTW Owner

Postby S. Heisley » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:14 pm

Thanks for thinking of us! There are some good ideas in that list!

On the plus side, I especially like the awning ideas. :thumbsup:

On the less than plus side, I had purchased and used the folding, vented gray water tank. I had trouble getting it to vent; but that wasn't a biggie. However, the tank is somewhat see-through and I had a lady ask me if the water in that tank was potty water! (It did look pretty ugly. The water in the campground was from the river and had a natural brown tone to it.) :lol: I don't use that one anymore.... :oops:
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