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LancairDriver
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Interesting Trailer Camper
A friend recently returned from wandering Baja with his new Opus 15 camper pulled by his Dodge Ram 2500. He is really sold on it and had a trouble
free 3 week trip around most of the peninsula. It seems rather pricy but has a lot of comfortable features. Definitely not for the “sleep on the
ground set” but fits a certain niche.
https://www.trailerlife.com/rv-gear/rvs/opus-op-15-hybrid-ca...
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JZ
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I'd rather spend 3x that on a boat.
It's nice and all, but seems like a waste of money for a camper. Use the money to buy a better truck. One of those tricked out vans or something.
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advrider
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We are buying something kind of like that but a little less money. We have a tent camper from Australia that we use now but want to upgrade to a hard
side, it will see plenty of Baja miles.
We like having a trailer that we can drop for a central base and travel back to at the end of the day. Also I'm not into boats so the trailer works
good. I do like having friends with a boat!
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paranewbi
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I'm just not comfortable sleeping remotely or in high potential harm areas within something I can't climb into the drivers seat from my bed if the
need arises to leave quickly.
Guess I got that in the 70's from the police night-time raids at K38's surfing. Getting away while tent campers gave up their wetsuits and car stereos
was the norm in those days. And always had that extra layer of security traveling in excess of 100,000 miles in Central America in our VW bus.
It's a long way from a trailer door to the ignition if someone comes into your life at 2am.
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chippy
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Nice trailer!
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Marc
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It's nice, but for the money I would go for the tricked out van.
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Mr. Bills
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Nice trailer. An offroad teardrop on steroids.
On my recent trip I noticed a number of well set up Class B/Sprinter type vans and lusted after a few. Saw some nice "expo" trailers and teardrops
as well and lusted after some of those.
Then I remembered my 1946 Bantam T3-C trailer at home in my garage and how well it worked as a base camp trailer when my family first took it to Baja
in 1965 when I was 15 and decided that after 55 years it was still my favorite base camp setup.
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chippy
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Wow very nice! Mr.Bills that thing looks brand new.
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JZ
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Yep, one of these any day over a camper.
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AKgringo
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It wouldn't make sense to me to invest ten times as much on a trailer as I have in the tow rig!
But then, I admit to traveling like an upscale homeless guy.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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defrag4
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trailers are a pain in the ass
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AKgringo
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I wish I could find an old photo or slide that my Dad might have taken of the first trailer we towed to Mexico (mainland, Manzanillo).
It was 1957, and we were a family of six in a 1953 Buick Roadmaster! There was no trailer hitch involved, the trailer clamped directly to the bumper
in two places just about the width of the trunk lid.
Instead of an axle, the trailer had a single wheel, mounted on a heavy duty castor and a coil spring. Imagine trying to dodge potholes with that set
up!
I would love to share more about driving with that set up, but my Dad had some silly notion that a ten year old should not be driving! 
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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advrider
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Sprinter aren't cheap, 80k easy. Not sure how much real off-roading you are going to do. I like the van idea but again take a look at the price for
even an old one. A few pictures of what we run now but will up grade before long. Nothing fancy, but lite and Aussie tough... I prefer a trailer but
not any of the stuff built out of wood or mass produced. Craftmanship costs money, just like a good paint job or one from miracle!
And Baja!
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LancairDriver
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Of course you can always take a mobile five star hotel camping on the beaches of Baja for total comfort with hot showers, air conditioning when
needed, refrigerator/freezer, king size bed, towing an off road capable vehicle for side trips. The better roads seem to be attracting more bigger
rigs now. Throw your sleeping bag out and sleep on the ground to star gaze as an option. Seems to be a lot more of them running around Baja lately,
and more Canadians also.
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chippy
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Quote: Originally posted by LancairDriver  | Of course you can always take a mobile five star hotel camping on the beaches of Baja for total comfort with hot showers, air conditioning when
needed, refrigerator/freezer, king size bed, towing an off road capable vehicle for side trips. The better roads seem to be attracting more bigger
rigs now. Throw your sleeping bag out and sleep on the ground to star gaze as an option. Seems to be a lot more of them running around Baja lately,
and more Canadians also.
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That thing wouldn´t get to any of the places I go in Baja (thank god). It would be comfortable though.
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advrider
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I was just reading about a bus that got stuck in Baja, I think it took a week to get out of the sand. Might have been on this form some place. Not
something I want to drive around even in the US, I have a bus license but have no interest in trying to get around in that!
Even some of the big fifth wheels limit where you can go. Lucky for me my wife feels the same way and like to travel small and lite.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by advrider | I was just reading about a bus that got stuck in Baja, I think it took a week to get out of the sand. Might have been on this form some place. Not
something I want to drive around even in the US, I have a bus license but have no interest in trying to get around in that!
Even some of the big fifth wheels limit where you can go. Lucky for me my wife feels the same way and like to travel small and lite.
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Just have edm1 (Art) make on for you... he puts ARB locked 4WD systems on motorhomes!
The Mission Santa María road and Shell Island "bottomless sand" proved to be no match (well the sand did swallow it until more air was let out of the
tires)!
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David K
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The following year (2011), Art made a larger 4WD motorhome (so his wife would be more comfortable)!
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Bajazly
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For the trailer minded person on a budget.
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
Harald Pietschmann
"Get off the beaten path and memories, friends and new techniques are developed"
Bajazly, August 2019
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Alm
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It's tiny. 15ft with hitch, it means 12ft box. It is narrow too - 7ft vs normal 8ft.
You can get a camper van for less. Fridge is tiny too, and doesn't run on gas, a big minus in boondocking.
The only benefit is that it can be pulled by 1.5 ton truck, but somebody who already has 2.5 truck can pull much bigger trailer trailer. New 21ft
trailers start from 14-15K.
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