Thank you! Unfortunately I don’t know right now as it’s not in my house but since it’s from my mom odds it’s from Costco!

I am on it already, such a fun group! Excited to go to some of the boler events throughout BC

Maybe one day I can afford a cool old vehicle to tow it with, but I work with what I got haha

Why not Blundstones? Not being cheeky, legitimately curious as I have always been skeptical of this company solely based on the fact they showed up in my Facebook feed around the same time a bunch of crappy boot ads did

Hearing that people drove around in these things with their families a whole 20 years before I was even born is one of the reasons I love it so much!

Turns out for the trips we do I actually don’t need them, but my battery was a little low before we left so these helped keep it at an OK level

I only have a few but I have no idea how to add photos to a post I have already made! 😂

Thank you! It’s quite lovely, and will only get better with age!

It’s already got 50 years under its belt and still looks and feels amazing. Please, enlighten me oh wise throwaway.

All done before we purchased, as well as brand new tires!

Not too many of these little Sportage’s towing things around! I had it installed when I got the trailer with a 4 pin adapter. It actually pulls it waaaaay better than I thought it would but you definitely need to be careful. The Sportage manual says to not exceed 100km/h and to stay between 2000-2500 RPM while climbing hills, as well as to not exceed 70 km/h while climbing; so it definitely isn’t something you can just slap a trailer on the back of and drive it like you stole it, but here’s hoping the transmission lasts me until I get a bigger vehicle for my family!

I mean, it’s already lasted a lifetime. I am sorry that I was not around to buy this thing brand new in 1973.

EDIT: A frame that has also lasted 50 years, and still going strong. As a newbie to towing a trailer, I feel this is a natural phobia despite being highly unlikely. However, it is entirely possible to hit a pothole and there goes your frame, happens regardless of age.

Anything around that size should do. You can google the towing capacity of vehicles. I believe the weight of these trailers is 1,000 ish pounds, but keep in mind thats before you load it with your camping gear! Realistically I should be probably size up my vehicle in the next few years due to all the stuff I have to take camping

Did yours crack while you were towing? What kind of damage happened apart from the frame?

That’s exactly how my wife and I felt, especially having small children. We either got a bigger trailer and a bigger vehicle or got this little egg and upgrade it as we see fit. So far so good!

Thank you! 2017 Kia Sportage. It tows it surprisingly well.

I think 6 feet 8 inches. And yes hopefully next season we will be having real fires

A gift from my mother! In that case probably Costco haha

We ended up paying $15,000 CAD. We feel like we maybe could have haggled for 13 or 14 but the fact it was owned by a family friend and RV mechanic I felt comfortable paying a little extra. Literally everything’s been done on it except a frame which we will do in a few years so once it’s paid off the costs should be minimal. If you find one he mindful of the frame and the doors as there is usually a large gap in most doors. It’s very common for these trailers but some people remove supports in the kitchen which only make the problem worse. Other than that it’s just two fibreglass halves stuck together with minimal eletronics so really it’s super simple and cheap (in the long run)

Burn bans as well as it was our first time out and don’t have any wood

I wish. That’s the only issue we may face but with how ridiculously hot BC has been lately we may just be fall/spring campers.

Ya I’m bummed mine didn’t come with it. Doesn’t even look like there’s brackets to hang it on. Thankfully the windows are brand new so I should get some good use out of them.

The whole frame could use replacing in the next few years anyways. But yes if I worry about one thing it is the whole thing snapping! Thankfully I bought it off of a family friend who is an RV mechanic so it should be good.