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#783714 - 07/10/09 10:27 AM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: N.T.R.P.]
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 06/24/06
Posts: 2147
Loc: Hurst, Tx
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Rodent proofing would be a huge advantage.
Is the weight comparable or?
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#783715 - 07/10/09 06:43 PM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: FloridaRick]
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Tracker
Registered: 05/13/09
Posts: 884
Loc: Schertz, Texas
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Ok, I can see your pictures now. Thats a big big trailer. More like a mobile home. I am curious to see what the exterior of this trailer looks like. With the construction you're using, I just dont see this being pulled by a 1/2 ton truck. Those cabinets and refridge are very heavy. Perhaps you're saving weight with some sorta light weight wall and roof panel.
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#783716 - 07/11/09 12:48 AM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: RobertYuras]
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Registered: 11/14/07
Posts: 11574
Loc: Latexo, tx
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If it is under 10k lbs my half ton will pull it.
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#783717 - 07/11/09 09:56 AM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: N.T.R.P.]
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Green Horn
Registered: 07/02/09
Posts: 9
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exceeds health and construction standards
no one I hunt with seems to have any health standards so you could probably cut that cost right out
That's funny.
As for the weight, part of the consideration would be to build a shorter unit, and the unit can be fitted with smaller appliances as well. MOre importantly the weight is comparable to the standard trailer. 
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#783718 - 07/11/09 01:04 PM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: helomech]
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Tracker
Registered: 05/13/09
Posts: 884
Loc: Schertz, Texas
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If it is under 10k lbs my half ton will pull it.
It won't like it, but it will pull it. Its not realisic to pull that kind of weight with a 1/2 ton though. My ranch is 4.5 hours away. I wouldn't drag 10K that far. My truck would be in shambles by the time it got there.
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#783719 - 07/11/09 01:17 PM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: RobertYuras]
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THF Celebrity
Registered: 11/14/07
Posts: 11574
Loc: Latexo, tx
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If it is under 10k lbs my half ton will pull it.
It won't like it, but it will pull it. Its not realisic to pull that kind of weight with a 1/2 ton though. My ranch is 4.5 hours away. I wouldn't drag 10K that far. My truck would be in shambles by the time it got there.
I would not do it every day, but it is rated to almost 10k lbs. Have actually pulled more with it, and it did fine. Plenty enough power, and with the airbags on the back I don't have any sag of the rear.
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#783720 - 07/15/09 10:08 PM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: helomech]
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Woodsman
Registered: 02/27/09
Posts: 141
Loc: Taylor, TX
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Maybe I am in the minority but most hunters that I know wouldn't spend more than say $6000 on a trailer to put out at the lease. I am looking for one and don't want to spend more than $3000.
Also 25 and 30 feet would be sufficent.
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#783721 - 07/17/09 10:18 PM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
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Woodsman
Registered: 12/12/06
Posts: 186
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One strong point I could offer, place sheet metal on the bottom of the unit to prevent mice and rats from chewing threw the bottom. My travel trailer has this feature and I've yet to have any problems these past few years. Every travel trailer at our camp that does not have this feature, has a problem with mice and rats.
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#783722 - 07/17/09 10:25 PM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
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Woodsman
Registered: 12/12/06
Posts: 186
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I see all types. I spent more than t$6,000 on my current 31' TT with a large slide. At my previous place, we purchased a new 76' mobile home with three bedrooms (for 3 hunters). At our place, we often take our wives and kids out and the "wife acceptance factor" has to be there. If it's a nasty place, or too cramped, they will not go. <grin> Quote:
Maybe I am in the minority but most hunters that I know wouldn't spend more than say $6000 on a trailer to put out at the lease. I am looking for one and don't want to spend more than $3000.
Also 25 and 30 feet would be sufficent.
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#783723 - 07/24/09 12:16 AM
Re: Self Sustained Trailer Review
[Re: Shake1]
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 05/15/07
Posts: 2617
Loc: Metro Mess
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Neat concept but I would go with the shortest possible. Incorporate a space saving ideas, like a central kitchen/living area with bed rooms on each side thus saving the space of a hallway. Pocket doors for most hunters would be fine.
What about shelving in the joist for space saving. Wouldn't need as many cabinets. Maybe even an incorporated gun safe, water storage, insulated generator cabinet. Your market could also be lake camps or lodges.
Plastic cabinets would cut down on cost, I would think. Fold up tables like in a RV. Exterior solar lights and a battery recharging station. Accessory hooks inside and out every where are always good.
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