SheCamps wrote:I've been following your thread- I'm in the same boat but in New England. My max is 4K and the campers I can afford don't have two doors plus a galley or they have the extra door and kitchen but the shape is square not a teardrop. (I sound like a princess but I know what I want!) Good luck on your search!
Hey there,
I am glad to see that I am not the only one that has been priced out of the market so far. I was seriously looking a those squared off teardrops and thought to myself. Nope I can't do it. Its not what I want and its just not going to make me happy or feed my inner need. It is almost my friend like we have fallen in love with the idea, the essence and the romance of the who Teardrop way of life and to roll up to your camping destination with a bed in a utility box just is not cutting the mustard. I have thought about converting a 6x10 enclosed trailer to a camper. Looked here for folks that have done it and then also in YouTube to see what people have done. The romance of the designing phase appeals to me but the eventual cost of converting the one purposed vehicle to another may also break the bank. Typical 6x10 new enclosed trailer goes for about 1900-2400 bucks in my neck of the woods. Used ones are few and far between here, but I still keep a daily search for both on the CL in the mid South region.
Lets say a nice used one shows up for 1500.00, I would be all over that like a date at Senior prom. Clean it up inside, repack the wheels and then get to work retro-fitting the inside area, adding at least two windows, insulation, a table to cook on and shelving, plus a bed and solar, and the other small items that make it feel homey. I am being modest in my calculations and desires, I estimated that it would cost at least another 1500-2000.000 to put a utility trailer in camper status. Fantastic fans alone run about 180.00, ebay's sliding windows run 200-400 each, and lumber, materials and my free labor I could make a humdinger of a camper, but it would stretch my budget so thin I am not sure I could afford to take it anywhere the first year.
Thoughts?