ccarley
Adventurer
My wife made me do it!
To go along with our Suburban, we now have a 1986 Starcraft Starlite 17. First things first, it was way too low, so we lifted it about 7 inches. That brought the tongue up to about where my drop hitch is, maybe just an inch off or so. There was also a broken lift cable, but that was super easy to fix. Still have some mold/mildew to get off the canvas, but this trailer is on the way to hitting some dirt next year. Larger tires are in the plans, and probably some undercarriage protection as well. The long tail of the Suburban really won't help towing when off-road. Shocks on the trailer look to be necessary, as it bounces around all over the place right now.
I'm thinking too, that the two rear corners will get some sort of antennas or masts or something. I can't see the trailer out of my rearview, and I can only see it in the side mirrors as it sways around behind me.
Thankfully, this unit only has an icebox (no fridge), but does have a propane (electric fired) furnace. I'm not much on accessories while camping, we don't need that much at all. I'm not sure that we even need 12 volt power...
We will be testing it this weekend, but nothing off-road.
Clay
To go along with our Suburban, we now have a 1986 Starcraft Starlite 17. First things first, it was way too low, so we lifted it about 7 inches. That brought the tongue up to about where my drop hitch is, maybe just an inch off or so. There was also a broken lift cable, but that was super easy to fix. Still have some mold/mildew to get off the canvas, but this trailer is on the way to hitting some dirt next year. Larger tires are in the plans, and probably some undercarriage protection as well. The long tail of the Suburban really won't help towing when off-road. Shocks on the trailer look to be necessary, as it bounces around all over the place right now.
I'm thinking too, that the two rear corners will get some sort of antennas or masts or something. I can't see the trailer out of my rearview, and I can only see it in the side mirrors as it sways around behind me.
Thankfully, this unit only has an icebox (no fridge), but does have a propane (electric fired) furnace. I'm not much on accessories while camping, we don't need that much at all. I'm not sure that we even need 12 volt power...
We will be testing it this weekend, but nothing off-road.
Clay