May be a dumb question, but I'm go then no-go on towing a 16' camper elk hunting this year. In the past, I've used my tent (3x) or stayed in a house (2x) when elk hunting.
I bought it for a duck club (where it's sitting now), and went this weekend to check on it, and see if it had gotten any infestations. Glad to report all the mice traps have not been used, and the only hornets nest was in the outer storage area (always a problem here).
Assuming the 40 year old frame is solid (I believe it is), and I replace the tires and repack the bearings and put new grease seals on them (the trailer spent it's 'life' as a staff sleeping camper at a church retreat center near here), what else am I looking at that could go wrong? I also need to get all the directional lights/markers fixed, but that's more of a time to do it than cost. My attempt to get inside the rear storage area and try to find what was wrong was not possible due to the hornets nest I had to nuke.
It sure ain't pretty on the outside (there's no points for pretty where I duck hunt), but the inside is in great condition and will sleep 3 comfortably in 3 beds, and even if the gas, plumbing and electricity didn't work (I've never tried the gas, and I don't use the little head inside and I need to do a little work to get the electrical put back together- and my son lent me his little 1 KW AC generator for the hunt) it would be more comfortable than a tent if the temps get into the teens in CO in September- which has happened to me before. In the past I had a house to stay in, but the owner 'bailed-out' of Cali and is living there with his family year-round now.
The area we'll be hunting can all be done on a day-trip basis, and if one or more want to hunt 'the basin', they can hike in with a small tent to overnight there anyway.
Any guidance? BigL, what do you think?
I bought it for a duck club (where it's sitting now), and went this weekend to check on it, and see if it had gotten any infestations. Glad to report all the mice traps have not been used, and the only hornets nest was in the outer storage area (always a problem here).
Assuming the 40 year old frame is solid (I believe it is), and I replace the tires and repack the bearings and put new grease seals on them (the trailer spent it's 'life' as a staff sleeping camper at a church retreat center near here), what else am I looking at that could go wrong? I also need to get all the directional lights/markers fixed, but that's more of a time to do it than cost. My attempt to get inside the rear storage area and try to find what was wrong was not possible due to the hornets nest I had to nuke.
It sure ain't pretty on the outside (there's no points for pretty where I duck hunt), but the inside is in great condition and will sleep 3 comfortably in 3 beds, and even if the gas, plumbing and electricity didn't work (I've never tried the gas, and I don't use the little head inside and I need to do a little work to get the electrical put back together- and my son lent me his little 1 KW AC generator for the hunt) it would be more comfortable than a tent if the temps get into the teens in CO in September- which has happened to me before. In the past I had a house to stay in, but the owner 'bailed-out' of Cali and is living there with his family year-round now.
The area we'll be hunting can all be done on a day-trip basis, and if one or more want to hunt 'the basin', they can hike in with a small tent to overnight there anyway.
Any guidance? BigL, what do you think?
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