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Having read various threads about the comparitive pros and cons of roofboxes and trailers, time to confess...

• 2007 - Camping trip 1 - Zafira stuffed to bursting with kit
• Acquire dog - Lose half the boot!
• Camping trip 2 - Zafira stuffed to bursting plus full roofbox!
• Many more trips, getting more kit as we went until...
• 2010 - Change to bigger tent and get a 3 way fridge.  Get a 2'6"x4'x1' trailer from my wife's uncle
• Camp with Zafira stuffed to bursting plus full trailer and full roofbox!
• Buy Cadac and new chairs in Go Outdoors 15% Off weekend - Put 18" 'extension' on the trailer!

Definitely stopping now!

Sounds like what we did getting more and more camping gear needing more room...

Started off with a Large Car.....then Larger Car ... added a 5'x3' Trailer .....Changed to Bigger 8'x4' box Trailer ...... then hubby says we may as well just tow a caravan and be pitched quicker!  So 8' x 4' box trailer and tent etc all went and we bought a caravan.

Used to take us at least 2 hours to pitch with the tent we had so much kit. Now its 30 mins and so much easier. Plus we now have somewhere to sleep on long journeys!

been there aswell boot then boot and roofbox then boot roofbox and trailer then trailer tent and roofbox.now trailer tent roofbox and roofbox on trailer tent!

started off with the erde 30cm high top cover on the erde 122 trailer,a new addition to the family came along hence more gear had to be carried around lol,conversion made from 4mm treated marine ply and then painted with cupinol wood paint,just compleated a 460 mile round trip to cornwall with no problems atall,has a few extra bits added like spare wheel,handles on the front,extra reflectors i had laying around on the sides and rear,2 extra red led tail lights and a fog light also added to the rear... 

Very professional Gary C  Puts mine to shame!

At the moment the new bit is varnished and left it 'natural' to increase visibility but I may end up painting the lot (next year!)

Cheers,

Peter 

Tidy job that,Garry C!

..I can see why folk would do it...but can I ask those who have undertaken the task,just how stable are these small camping trailers,once you've they've been extended?

(..I've in mind,some of the camping trailers that I've seen bouncing down the M5..!  )

To me,they shouldn't really be as tall(if not taller!)than they are wide...(..especially when they have  pretty narrow track to start with)...

..if it was perfectly stable and safe to do so,why wouldn't the trailer manufactures,just stick with one small base unit and then just increase their range by adding 3,4 or 5ft side to it?..instead of making a whole range of different sized  trailers?..

Chris