Greetings from Northern Indiana

[Baby Osmo]

Good morning. My wife and I are happy owners of a one-off custom LittleGuy 4-wide Retro. We started in tents, and then moved to a 18' RV. After we ran the wheels off of that, we purchased an old Scamp 13' Custom Deluxe. It had the notoriety of being the very first Scamp 13 with a bathroom. The original owner wanted a small trailer with a bath to use at flea markets. He asked Scamp if they would build one, and they said it would be very expensive. He asked them to shoot him a price -- they sent a price that they thought would scare him away. It didn't.

Anyway, that first bathroom wasn't entirely successful, and by the time we got the trailer, there was extensive water damage to the floor. I gutted it to the frame and rebuilt the interior in white oak, including a redesign of the bathroom to alleviate the problems in the original design. We enjoyed it for several years, and then decided to downsize again. My wife didn't want me to commit to the time it would take to build my own, so we started shopping for teardrop builders.

We settled on LittleGuy, after they agreed to custom build one for us using composite board to save weight and eliminate the potential for rot. We are very happy with our purchase, and now I get the fun of modding it to our exact desires.

[gjenkins]

I am currently kicking around the idea of building in the Spring or just buying. What is the diff between the Lil Guy regular and the retro? How much extra $ was the composite board? How much weight did it save?

[Baby Osmo]

The Retro has also been called the regular and the Classic at various times. It is basically the version with the rounded front, as opposed to the ones with the squared-off front.

The composite board saved around 80 lbs on the build. The car we had at the time had a 1000# limit, so we were being careful. Our camper comes in under 600#, so even loaded to camp, we were well within our limits. I might have purchased the Rascal to save even more weight, but it was just a little too small for us -- low ceiling, and the galley hatch was a head-banger. Both issues were resolved with the 4-wide. I don't think they will do the composite board anymore.

[Jst83]

Welcome Osmo, Always glad to see another Hoosier join our ever growing group. Look forward to meeting you at a future gathering, be sure and keep an eye on the Midwest section for details.