2000 Georgie Boy Pursuit 33' with slide out. This model featured facing sofas so that our kids could have separate places to sleep. Absolutely loved the automatic levelers. I did several chassis modifications including adding a Davis TruTrac bar, adding a leaf spring to the rear, and replacing shocks with Bilstiens. Adding the leaf spring was the wrong thing to do as that totally changed the ride. I learned this only after visiting a spring shop and discussing what was done and why. They convinced me that the extra leaves needed to be removed taking the springs back to original, and the chassis only needed to be "leveled". So the result was enough to make me a believer.
2000 Trail Lite 7253. This trailer featured two dinettes and bunk beds. Ultra light weight. Pictured here with our 1994 Ford E-350 Chateau Club Wagon, 460 CID (7.5L), E4OD transmission, 4.11:1 differential.
2002 Apache bunkhouse. This model had a front dinette, center bathroom, and 4 bunks in the rear. What I thought was a good design, turned out to be aweful as it had absolutely no interior room pass another person...and the bathroom door locked someone in the bunkhouse from getting out. We bought it brand new, 4 years old, from Hushard's RV near Syracuse NY. This trailer turned out to be a lemon for us as it had "LOT ROT" ... a brand new trailer, with an apparently leaking roof, but not detected until it is driven (shaking and vibrations) down the road. And that was the case with this one. Its first trip was when I pulled it home 280 miles in November, 2006. By the time I got home, the rear wall and back edges of both side walls were delaminated from moisture trapped inside the studded walls with batting insulation. Batting is the worst type of insulation for an RV because it holds water like a chamois. Despite the dealer swearing to me (before the sale) that this NEW trailer had full manufacturer's warranty, the manufacturer, Sun Valley Inc, denied my claim on the walls.
This is our 1981 Jayco popup. It was given to us with a rotted roof. Jodi's grandpa and I rebuilt the roof and used it for two camping seasons. Pulled by our 1993 Plymouth Voyager 2.5L with 5-speed manual transmission. 21 MPG pulling the camper--slow but sure.
