A friend of mine just finished a year RViing

[Hawk_308]

He documented his life on the road for a year with his family . I figured if any of yall have a RV /camper in your plans for BO or BOL this might be helpfull to some regards .

Here is the link to his look back on his truck and trailer choice . http://boyinks4adventure.com/our-tra...truck-trailer/


If I have to go back down to the farm the Camper is going to a great asset , plus me and the wife are planning on using it for staging once we start building a home ,heres ours




I keep it packed and ready to roll with basics ,Im hopping to add solar to it next season . This year I bought another propane tank to keep so I will have 2 always full as its running on one .If need be I can be hooked up and pulled out in 5 minutes if theres a need for it .

[Rmplstlskn]

That pic makes our little 1965 Shasta Compact seem like a shed...


What I like about RV's is that you can have everything all packed in it, ready to go... Unlike any other camping.... But when the dirt roads end, RV camping ends... RV's do not handle off-road well... LOL!

[Grand58742]

Is that just your camping vehicle Rmpl, or is it a BOV type trailer?

Just curious as I've seen some that use trailers for bugging out and wondered how well that concept works.

[Hawk_308]

That pic makes our little 1965 Shasta Compact seem like a shed...


What I like about RV's is that you can have everything all packed in it, ready to go... Unlike any other camping.... But when the dirt roads end, RV camping ends... RV's do not handle off-road well... LOL!

Im building something to take care of that ;)




But Boing do to a hurricane ahead of time or something similar RVs are hard to beat .

[WiseOwl]

I sold someone a Coleman pop up once, (he actually said it was his "bug vehicle" and it was for his escape when Obama became the devil) I am not kidding either...anywho.....

This wasnt just your average pop up and I am trying to find something like it online to show yall. It actually is the perfect BORV.....

It had 16inch mud A/T Tires on it, with 2 spares. Had front pop out and rear pop out that was queen sized. Table folded into small bed. Kitchen that flipped inside and out. Stand in toilet/shower combo, 3 cu ft fridge. It had a toy hauler front end on it that held up to 1200lbs, maybe 1 4wheeler and 2 dirt bikes. Its GWVR was around 3800lbs. This thing was BAD! I had about 6500 in it and sold it for 12k to this looney tooney fella....

I actually tried to get it myself being the sales manager I could have bought it for $7500 but I couldn't get my company to finance it for me.

If I find this thing Online I will post it. I should have thought about this before and posted about it to the few of you that have the resources to purchase something like this........

[WiseOwl]

http://www.littledealer.com/details.php?id=1520

Boom found it. The one I had was Olive Drab with the chrome. But bigger wheels with 2 spares mounted...

This joke is sweet!!!


Here is the Bigger Boy

http://www.littledealer.com/rv/coleman/foldingcamper/4327/Coleman_Evolution_E4

[thedreamers]

If you look at some of the newer toy haulers and some of the larger trailers they have a higher suspinion that is made to take off road. You cant go crazy off road but you can get away. Also if you take your larger utility trailers and mount a truck slide in type camper it works too. we made one when we lived in Utah and that thing went every where with 2 4wheelers with it, and storage up front under the overhang.

[Rmplstlskn]

Is that just your camping vehicle Rmpl, or is it a BOV type trailer?

Just curious as I've seen some that use trailers for bugging out and wondered how well that concept works.

No, just a camping rig (to support our kayak adventures) and a NORMAL TIMES place to stay if one had to leave for some reason (storm, fire, etc...). We may use it as a BO Camper but it will get ditched the first time things get too serious and we have to go offroad. It has low ground clearance...

As with all things BO related, it greatly depends on the DETAILS of why and what one is BUGGING OUT for... But we sure do like this camper over a pop-up, and a lot better than a tent... It is really nice to have stuff PRE-LOADED so it can save a lot of time...

[Grand58742]

We may use it as a BO Camper but it will get ditched the first time things get too serious and we have to go offroad. It has low ground clearance...

This was kind of the point I was wondering about. If one was bugging out and had to move off the main evacuation routes say for a hurricane or something similar. Sometimes main routes are bogged down and side roads are far better options for getting out of the path of a storm. But trying to navigate through traffic, small side roads, neighborhoods with parked cars and even off road...and adding in increased gas mileage. It does seem like a trailer could be more of a hindrance rather than a help. It's less of a problem with your little guy, but I could see a larger trailer having issues.

But you're right, it is nice to have stuff pre-loaded and plenty of extra space for additional items. And not trying to find a shelter or a place to pitch a tent and having a hard roof over your head.

Plenty of pros there, but also some cons as well.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

This is my rig for deer hunting, its seen some backroads and rough stuff. The ground clearance is fine and is as much as most vehicles. Issues I've had with trailers are when terrain does the up and down the tongue or the rear of the trailor frame will get caught and dig in. The larger ones have to watch the side to side roll because of the high center of gravity. Like others I keep the basics in it except for water during cold conditions as well as stuff to make a seperate basic camp with tent, air matress, cot etc. I would hate to use this as a permant operation but it beats a tent, being equiped with 2 beds, heater, stove, fridge, oven, sink etc, and I don't live under the dillusion that I will never have to leave my AO either. I've been around way too long and seen way to much to know that there are things that will make you leave and there is no perfect retreat location. It's the backup to the backup and the easiest way to go mobile if needed. Even if I bug to another permanent location it will go if possible because of the sheer possibilites it opens up. The mileage does go down when hauling them and in traffic they stink but then again why for a normal hurricane would anyone on this site (especially with qrprat77) be caught in with the sheeple waiting till the last moment fighting for a spot on the highway and running out of fuel? They tell you "it's going to hit city X in 4-5 days" thats when you leave, not 12 hours before it arrives like my friend who calls and whines while stuck in traffic every single time.

I'm really looking forward to this guys postings and experiences.