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19' Terry TT.
et2
Has No Life - Lives on TB
We have 38' fiver with 4 slides. We bought it for recreational camping. It would really be too big for serious bugging out. The clearance, lenght and weight would not allow for serious off roading.
Now it would be great for a home if needed in a campground or piece of land someplace, but that is about it.
Trailers,Fivers and motorhomes IMHO would not be the greatest for getting into the backwoods when TSHTF. You would have to be there already.
Now a truck camper would be a great bug out setup. Way easier to get off road in a lot different terrain. I have always looked at them. The only thing is they are really cramped to do any recreational camping.
Now it would be great for a home if needed in a campground or piece of land someplace, but that is about it.
Trailers,Fivers and motorhomes IMHO would not be the greatest for getting into the backwoods when TSHTF. You would have to be there already.
Now a truck camper would be a great bug out setup. Way easier to get off road in a lot different terrain. I have always looked at them. The only thing is they are really cramped to do any recreational camping.
workamping R us
Nightdriver and I are in TX workamping in our 30ft Georgie Boy Class A- we get some doubletakes because we're in a Christian RV resort in a "Swinger"!
Us and THREE CATS, two of whom actually get along sometimes.
Ask us why we just renamed one of them Houdini!
Nightdriver and I are in TX workamping in our 30ft Georgie Boy Class A- we get some doubletakes because we're in a Christian RV resort in a "Swinger"!
Us and THREE CATS, two of whom actually get along sometimes.
Ask us why we just renamed one of them Houdini!
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
This time last year we had two campers. One 22' long and the other 32' with two slides. One we gave to a needy about to be homeless man and the other we had to let it go back (long story).
I am looking now for another older one.
We lived in the smaller one for six months in Washington State, with three cats for six months. It was doable but it was getting really close by the time we got home.
The larger one we lived in for three months solid right after Katrina. At that point I could have continued living in it longer term because it was in the country where I grew up and I was so enjoying being there. A year after that we lived in it again, me for six months and for DH, well he lived in it by himself after that six months for another almost eight months. That time it was parked in the drive way of a gutted house. We rigged up a bathroom in the house, hooked up our washer/dryer, and a freezer. The bathroom in that camper was very tiny.
I really want another camper to have just in case.
Judy
I am looking now for another older one.
We lived in the smaller one for six months in Washington State, with three cats for six months. It was doable but it was getting really close by the time we got home.
The larger one we lived in for three months solid right after Katrina. At that point I could have continued living in it longer term because it was in the country where I grew up and I was so enjoying being there. A year after that we lived in it again, me for six months and for DH, well he lived in it by himself after that six months for another almost eight months. That time it was parked in the drive way of a gutted house. We rigged up a bathroom in the house, hooked up our washer/dryer, and a freezer. The bathroom in that camper was very tiny.
I really want another camper to have just in case.
Judy
Our Terry 19 footer is terrific for a few reasons: It's lightweight (2,800 lbs dry), short enough to fit in the driveway, and enough storage and carrying capacity to load up with 2,000 lbs of gear and still be under the gross weight limit on the frame/axles and towable by the F150 1/2 ton. Nice when things can work the way you want them to! With a 2,000w generator I can power everything up including microwave, but not the A/C. That needs more amps than I care to supply.
It's our getaway home and disaster bugout.
It's our getaway home and disaster bugout.
et2
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Ok...I'll bite ... why did you?
Freeholder
This too shall pass.
I have a 4-W-D F-250 Heavy Duty set up for towing, but I don't have anything to tow right now. Thinking about it, but it will probably be a livestock trailer for the goats, while we'll camp in the back of the pickup. Or vice versa, haven't decided yet.
Kathleen
Kathleen