Trailers: Folding and Otherwise
Emphasizing the small & lightweight, with a single noteworthy exception.- Airstream: Beautiful, tasteful, shiny! Phil & Ann are very happy with their new, larger, AS, which has the bedroom (twins) forward instead of the usual aft; the dinette is aft, for a view better than that of the truck-bed.
- Aliner: Interesting "A-frame" approach to the pop-up (i.e., folding) form.
- Base Camp: Hard-side pop-up similar to what Apache made some years ago. Their site is persistently down, so here are some owner pix. 07 March 2006.
- BigFoot: Molded fiberglass trailers, both conventional and fifth-wheel. (And slide-in truck campers.)
- Burro: Small white fiberglass; celebrating their 20th year in 2006; I might have guessed longer.
- Casita: Small & lightweight, white fiberglass; may be suitable for rough-ish roads. The Jeep Wrangler may be able to pull this. Only the 17' model has full stand-up headroom; the others are a couple of inches or so less tall. The 17' might be my choice of the type. Dick & Dorothy like theirs.
UPDATE: Late 2012 we took delivery of our own Liberty Deluxe 17', Arcadia. We are quite happy. - Chalet: Interesting "A-frame" approach to the pop-up (i.e., folding) form.
- Coleman: There is a story, but I don't know it. We had a ton of enjoyment while using our 10' Santa Fe "pop-up", Walden.
- Eggcamper: White molded fiberglass--a lot of it.
- Escape: Small, molded fiberglass, full stand-up inside. A lot of people are liking these.
- Fleetwood: They built Coleman pop-ups, and retain some/most/all Coleman features. They have a couple of new "off-road" styles. Other stuff, too, including big trailers and coaches. These may be about the best of the type.
- Forest River pop-ups.
- Go RVing Canada's list of "types" of RVs. This web site seems not as good as it once was; it once had a list of manufacturers.
- Jayco pop-ups. (In Australia, too? 08 May 2009)
- Keystone Vantage: Large fiberglass travel trailer; very reminiscent of the Airstream aesthetic both inside and out. Nice.
- Molded Lightweight Fiberglass RV web site: Links to several brands and info about small white trailers. AKA "FiberglassRV.com".
- QuickSilver: Very lightweight pop-up; all aluminum and synthetics, no wood. Good ground clearance, but more primitive inside than some others. Also, its top is all-tent in place of the usual rigid roof.
- Scamp: Small white fiberglass.
- Small Trailers for Bugout: This guy may be a "survivalist" or a "prepper" or some such. Interesting comments, though.
- Starcraft pop-ups.
- T@B: Teardrop style sold (but not built?) by Thor, who build Airstream and others. Cute and appealing, but small.
- Track Trailer TVAN folding trailer: Pops not so much up as out. This seems to be serious adventure hardware, and a twist on what is seen in Europe, apparently. Phil R. saw one recently in Australia, where they are made. Other models are pretty manly, too. (For a real thrill, check the price of the TVAN while sitting.) 08 May 2009
- Viking pop-ups.
Mark_
19 April 2013
