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How many of you have RV's, campers, homemade campers, or vehicles set up for camping (including custom trailers for camping gear)? Let's see what you've got.
 


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We have a 30 foot bumper pull camper. Just got it a few months ago.
also I've got plans for a camping trailer, basically just a trailer w/ a roof rack and flood lights on it. just b/c the b2 doesn't exactly have a lot of interior space for tents and supplies for expo camping trips.

something like this


way to carry extra fuel, a water holding tank, hi-lift, extra spare tire, extra axle shafts and u-joints, and more.

might eventually get a Roof Top Tent.
 

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Going to buy a 40' toy hauler 5er. For now we just use the canopy for me and the wife and the kids sleep in the tent.
 

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Looking at a B2 for a camp vehicle. Need to wait until I get some things done before I buy it.
 

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My bus. It's always under construction. I'm trying to decide where to put the wood stove. Right now, I'm putting a box in the house so I can use the generator in the bus for stand-by power.

Check out the link for some construction photos.


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My small home away from home...

2011 35 ft Prowler Shadow Edition by Heartland RV.

Slight upgrade from my old 2004 24 ft Holidaire.
 

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Right after the SAS, worked not bad...



Then I ditched the quad for more storage and let another dude haul them, note the flipped trailer axle.



Now it'll be this with an air mattress in the back and the ranger on a trailer behind it.

 

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Campin' ain't campin' if you can't smell the rain and listen to the bugs. :icon_thumby:

My truck is the black one.

 

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i either sleep in the bed of the ranger, or tent it. i had a sweet pop up, but had to sell it. and its not really camping unless you sleep in something that a dangerous animal can get into easily and kill you while you sleep.... it just adds to the fun camping experience!
 

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Campin' ain't campin' if you can't smell the rain and listen to the bugs. :icon_thumby:
I did my camping professionally. I've been chewed on by bugs and soaked with rain on 4 continents, 2 deserts and 6 islands with my only shelter a poncho and occasionally a canvas sleeping bag if there was going to be snow. I've never used a tent before, but that sounds bad too. There's bears and shit walking around trying to eat you and you can't see which way they are coming from. I'm protected by 2 layers of heavy steel, rubber gaskets at the doors and a huge air conditioner. All the bugs put on their parkas and haul ass when the big Carrier cycles into action. You can keep the bugs and patter of rain.

The funny thing about camping--when we go to campgrounds, it's crowded. We're used to 15 acres of isolation and campfires all the time. I'm not sure why my wife drags me out. To look at people I guess.
 

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This is my trailer, been working on restoring it. Has a fresh coat of white paint on it now. This is before the ranger was lifted.

 

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I did my camping professionally. I've been chewed on by bugs and soaked with rain on 4 continents, 2 deserts and 6 islands with my only shelter a poncho and occasionally a canvas sleeping bag if there was going to be snow. I've never used a tent before, but that sounds bad too. There's bears and shit walking around trying to eat you and you can't see which way they are coming from. I'm protected by 2 layers of heavy steel, rubber gaskets at the doors and a huge air conditioner. All the bugs put on their parkas and haul ass when the big Carrier cycles into action. You can keep the bugs and patter of rain.

The funny thing about camping--when we go to campgrounds, it's crowded. We're used to 15 acres of isolation and campfires all the time. I'm not sure why my wife drags me out. To look at people I guess.
To me, the whole point of camping is being in the outdoors.

I have tent camped in just about all the climates in North America, 100+ hidious humidity, 0 and below with snow, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.

IMO, if I am going to sit and watch tv in front of the A/C I could save a ton of money and do it at home in my lazy boy. I am out there do something outdoors anyway (usually fish anymore) And if I want somewhere secure to stay, instead of dragging my hotel room around with me it is a lot cheaper to just get a hotel room and not have to do deal with setting everything up, and loading it back up or hammering down the fuel dragging a small house to get wherever it is I am going.

I ain't trying knock on anybody, but that is why I do what I do.
 
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heres mine, im really comfortable just sleeping in the back. love my shell.


 

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Got the B2 and the trailer if its a camping and wheeling trip, but I usually don't need the trailer.


This is the new tent for when we take the dogs. We can fit both kennels in there.
 

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