I've had my 26' lowboy gooseneck for a little while now, and have finally found a suitable camper to put on it. In hindsight I should have bought a longer trailer as the length of the taco has kept me from picking up several nice used campers. The taco is 18' tip to tail currently.
So this is what I finally found. This is a 2015 Capri Retreat shortbed camper. The target audience for these campers are the cowboys on the rodeo circuit. Maybe that's why no one has complained about the shitty wiring in them. More on that later.
I drove Bandit to Bastrop to pickup the camper from a Dodge dealer. The lady who traded this in was robbed blind.
The goal of course was to get the camper onto the trailer.
In order for the overhang of the camper to clear the neck of the trailer I had to build a platform for the trailer to fit on. I used pressure treated 4x4's to build the frame. The longitudinal stringers are through bolted to the steel channels that run across the trailer under the wood deck.
We successfully loaded the camper onto the trailer with an ancient Hyster forklift. My buddy who owns the forklift failed to mention that it didn't have any brakes when he offered to help. That left me tossing a 4x4 under the tires when I wanted him to stop. Yes, we did make contact with the trailer once with the camper on the forks. That wasn't scary at all!
Needless to say there aren't any pictures of the camper on the lift as I was too damn scared of dropping the thing.
Finally in it's new home!
Trail Toys
So this is what I finally found. This is a 2015 Capri Retreat shortbed camper. The target audience for these campers are the cowboys on the rodeo circuit. Maybe that's why no one has complained about the shitty wiring in them. More on that later.
I drove Bandit to Bastrop to pickup the camper from a Dodge dealer. The lady who traded this in was robbed blind.
The goal of course was to get the camper onto the trailer.
In order for the overhang of the camper to clear the neck of the trailer I had to build a platform for the trailer to fit on. I used pressure treated 4x4's to build the frame. The longitudinal stringers are through bolted to the steel channels that run across the trailer under the wood deck.
We successfully loaded the camper onto the trailer with an ancient Hyster forklift. My buddy who owns the forklift failed to mention that it didn't have any brakes when he offered to help. That left me tossing a 4x4 under the tires when I wanted him to stop. Yes, we did make contact with the trailer once with the camper on the forks. That wasn't scary at all!
Needless to say there aren't any pictures of the camper on the lift as I was too damn scared of dropping the thing.
Finally in it's new home!
Trail Toys
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