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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 12:57 PM
Callen Shell and AVON Boat for Sale


I'm selling my Callen cabover camper and an AVON 8' rigid inflatable.

My Callen fits a Ford Superduty longbed, and is an open shell, with no camp equipment inside. It has has 6'6" of standing headroom inside, and big windows for breeze.





It's in Ocean Beach, California, and I want $1000 for it.

The AVON is an 8' rigid-bottom inflatable, the kind with the fiberglass hull. It is well-maintained, and has a smooth-running 8-hp Tohatsu. The trailer has never been in salt water (launched via sling and davit).

$1200



I can be reached at 619.206.4253

[Edited on 10-25-2012 by bajajoaquin]
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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 01:32 PM


Can I ask you a question(s)? How do you get a shell that heavy on and off your truck with no jacks? How are you storing it when it is off the truck?



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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 01:35 PM


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Can I ask you a question(s)? How do you get a shell that heavy on and off your truck with no jacks? How are you storing it when it is off the truck?


Portable, unfastened jack stands?
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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 02:44 PM


I don't take it off the truck.

It would be pretty straight forward to make a dolly for it, and the corners are steel tubes (like all Callens), so you could pretty easily mount jacks.

I bought it because it really fit the need I had a few years back: I wanted to still carry motorcycles, haul things, and use my truck as a truck, not just an RV. It's totally done that. Also, when I moved, it was really nice to have overflow storage that locked. On a daily basis, it's nice to have a couple different surf boards and wetsuits in the truck.

But now, I have my first child on the way, and my wife wants to have more of an RV, and I find I have less and less energy to load all my camping gear every time. So I'm selling this, and shopping for a camper (probably a Four Wheel Grandby or Keystone).
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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 03:38 PM


How old is the shell? Inflatable? Weight of each? How much new? Is the trailer legal on highways?

How did you get the shell on the truck?
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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 05:16 PM


OK, that's what I thought. People who own these dont remove them. Too frickin heavy.

A good system of electric jacks, even IF it has its own electrical system would run about four times the price of the shell.




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[*] posted on 10-25-2012 at 06:32 PM


I've had the shell for about three years, and I think the guy before me had it for about the same amount of time. I don't know the weight of either. I'm guessing the camper weighs about 600 pounds, but that's only a guess based on one time going to the dump and doing some math in my head about what I thought it weighed the last time.

The guy I bought if from was selling it through the Callen shop, so they put it on the truck with a forklift.

The trailer is road legal, and has a permanent plate. Boat has current registration and runs really well. It's an electric start model, and when I had the battery on a charger, I used the recoil starter. It fired up on the third pull, after not having been used for six months or so. It includes a tank, a spare tank, all papers and documentation, paddles, rope sling, two-stroke mixing beaker. It really needs nothing to go in the water tomorrow. Or today, if it wasn't dark out.
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