Off Road Camper

[Merlin]

I'm looking for a small (very small) off road camper that's lightweight, good ground clearance, and is hardside. We will be keeping our Camplite, but have some campsites in mind here in Michigan that are not accessible with a 16TBS. It can't have any tent aspect because of bear. Any thoughts or experiences are welcome!

[Pinstriper]

What's your budget, and are you looking to buy turnkey, or start with a shell and customize ?

[Chappy133]

Merlin Tuttle at InTech has some nice options https://www.intechrv.com/

[Pinstriper]

https://www.weeroll.com/

[Merlin]

https://www.weeroll.com/

These are my favorites. Bummer the lead time is half a year (180 days) to get one made. Decent price range and great mod opportunities.

[Merlin]

Merlin Tuttle at InTech has some nice options https://www.intechrv.com/

I had not looked carefully at the Intech Luna. Some local dealers have one or two in stock. Time for a field trip!

[Merlin]

What's your budget, and are you looking to buy turnkey, or start with a shell and customize ?

Both the Intech and the Weeroll fit budget and uses. The Intech might be my wife's preference and the Weeroll (with some fun mods) might be mine. After we look around a bit, maybe we'll have to do "rock/paper/scissors".

[Pinstriper]

The teardrop I bought and have modified for ground clearance and offroad (not to say overlanding) is specifically for when she is not invited. That makes things easier.

[Merlin]

We "toured" a GeoPro 12SRK this weekend. The towing frame is steel, but the upper framing is all aluminum and the sides and top are an Azdel/foam/fiberglas laminate. It's small, but has possibilities for our off-road camping.

https://forestriverinc.com/ImageHandler.ashx?ImageID=140779

[bcsnave]

Nice, I had three tear drops. This looks like a great option for "Flying Solo"

[DavidM]

Merlin:

I picked up our new motorhome today (PDI went fine and it drove nice on the way home) and saw several Freesolo campers at the dealer that seem to fit your criteria. They are rugged, high clearance trailers with room to sleep 2 inside (and an A/C to boot), some have cassette toilets and all have an outside kitchen with propane stove, DC fridge, sink, etc.

Steel frame, aluminum sides and roof like the CL.

Here are a couple of pics. The MSRP for the one pictured is about $13K.

David

[Merlin]

Thanks for the Freesolo pics. Very intriguing. I had not seen these before and it turns out there is a dealer with units in stock just an hour away. Field trip time!

Post some pics of your new motorhome! There's some Al in it somewhere, so we get to see the whole thing 

[Merlin]

Just to circle back on my original post. I've found myself spoiled by the quality of the Camplite we have and I just couldn't bring myself to buy any of the small campers (in my price range) because they had so much wood and steel. To be sure, some were nicer than others and some we liked a lot, but small all aluminum/Azdel campers built for off-road use are very spendy. At least one was a decent possibility but had 4-5 month wait time. We are going to re-think our camping and plan on setting up a base camp with our Camplite and making day trips out to off-road type areas here in Michigan. We are staying in-state this year, unless safe travel is possible this fall. Thanks to all for ideas.

[Pinstriper]

Here is what I done with my solo this weekend.











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[Merlin]

Nice, it was worth getting Tapatalk working!