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Postby tkahike » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:06 am

Hello all!

I was directed here by a friend on another board I belong to. My family and I camp at every chance we get and we have a 30 foot TT that we use for a lot of our local (150 miles from home) trips. However I think like most, we started with tent camping, then moved up to a popup, then a TT. Well with gas prices and the like, to continue our travel habits, we needed to slim down our haulage. Next year we want to take the kids out west to tour the states, I also have a dream of doing the Alaska trip.

With that, I have a lot of friends that I visit in the middle of the country, so I needed something that I could pull without killing my gas budget. I had seen some of the 4x4 trailers that others have built and some of the professional built ones for sale. Figured I could do that. So I did :lol

http://www.tkahike.net/trailerproject.html

I'm almost done with it, took a better part of the summer.
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Postby swissarmygirl » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:29 am

Wow! Another North Jersian!!!

I was starting to think I was the only one.

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Postby tkahike » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:33 am

Nope, born and raised Image
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Postby BillandMarijo » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:22 am

Welcome to the forum Newbie from another newbie.
Enjoy your build.
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Postby len19070 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:25 am

Theres a gathering in Jersey this October.

http://tnttt.com/viewto ... highlight=

There are 3 guys comming from North Jersey too.

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Postby Miriam C. » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:37 am

Image to the playground. Hummmmmm where you gonna sleep? :thinking: This is a great start but I sure would make it to sleep in or on 8) :lol: Just keep going up!

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Postby swissarmygirl » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:43 am

Miriam C. wrote:Image to the playground. Hummmmmm where you gonna sleep? :thinking: This is a great start but I sure would make it to sleep in or on 8) :lol: Just keep going up!

Enjoy :thumbsup:


:thinking: Hmmm...a teardrop high rise? :lol:
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Postby tkahike » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:24 pm

Actually it is designed to hold the weight of persons on the roof. But mainly I will sleep in the Suburban or tent camp. The thought was for more long distance crap hauling :lol: I have a tent that will footprint the top nicely if I need to, well the kids could sleep inside on the shelves :D
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Postby wuhuman2003 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:20 pm

Here's another Jersyite. Welcome to the forum, hope to see ya soon. Peace, Dave.
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Postby mikeschn » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:27 pm

Welcome to the forum. Interesting Chuck Wagon. Now you need to build a tent on top of it! Or maybe it's time for a teardrop! :o :lol:

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Postby tkahike » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:25 pm

I have a 30 ft TT for easy living :) I have to make sure my kids know how to tent camp and learn primitive skills. They need to learn all the stuff that was passed down to me.
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Postby jjlevek » Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:20 am

welcome! We went from tent to pop-up (which we sold) and now it's time for a tear drop.
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Postby CaptainKram » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:50 am

swissarmygirl wrote:Wow! Another North Jersian!!!

I was starting to think I was the only one.

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!


Pretty cool Chuck Wagon tkahike.

No way, swissarmygirl. Grew up in Ridgewood, and lived in Highland Lakes before I moved to Delaware. Where in North Jersey are you from?

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Postby swissarmygirl » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:17 am

CaptainKram wrote:
swissarmygirl wrote:Wow! Another North Jersian!!!

I was starting to think I was the only one.

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!


Pretty cool Chuck Wagon tkahike.

No way, swissarmygirl. Grew up in Ridgewood, and lived in Highland Lakes before I moved to Delaware. Where in North Jersey are you from?

CK


Hey, we were practically neighbors!
I currently live near Wayne. My childhood was split between Lyndhurst and North Haledon.
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Postby CaptainKram » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:35 am

swissarmygirl wrote:
CaptainKram wrote:
swissarmygirl wrote:Wow! Another North Jersian!!!

I was starting to think I was the only one.

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!


Pretty cool Chuck Wagon tkahike.

No way, swissarmygirl. Grew up in Ridgewood, and lived in Highland Lakes before I moved to Delaware. Where in North Jersey are you from?

CK


Hey, we were practically neighbors!
I currently live near Wayne. My childhood was split between Lyndhurst and North Haledon.


You aren't kiddin. I lived on the east shore of Packanack Lake until the 4th grade! Then, off to Ridgewood. :D :lol: :lol:
Maybe we'll see you at Parvin in October. I'm going to try and get there even if only for the day.

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