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PersonSafeway56
06/12/2009 at 2:19pm
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For that kind of cash you can purchase the finest BRITISH trailer tent, luxurious jobbies with all mod cons unless of course you are planning a Sahara expeditionary project or perhaps taking your Land Rover and trailer along a dried up river bed in the Australian outback. If you are spending a couple of weeks at Fforest Fields, British is your best bet. 


PersonSGThomas
06/12/2009 at 6:18pm
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I admire your patriotism, but we spent 2 years searching all the British manufacturers before going to johnny foreigner.
It gives me no joy to report that build quality, materials used, innovative design are so superior elsewhere, that for a once in lifetime purchase you go abroad.
It has nothing to do with where you camp but how you camp


PersonV8trikemids
07/12/2009 at 3:47pm
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Brilliant hi-jacking skills here, maybe there there isnt a market for a down to earth, BRITISH camping accessory after all-------


Personvoffer
07/12/2009 at 5:52pm
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I have been daydreaming about a similar thing..

I had in mind to modify something like this

My dream trailer would have
Two plate gas burner
Cadac safari chef or similar
Gas bottle (think calor or campinggaz)
water tank 30 -40 ltr (in line pump etc)
three ltr boiler
small sink
leisure battery (or two)
mains in
battery charger (from mains and possibly solar)
inverter
Electric dist board
cabling to get 12v and mains into tent
some work lights
and a cherry on top

I have had a browse around but there dont seem to be any made/sold in the UK (i did stumble across a website of a company that did but forgot to bookmark and have not been able to find it again)

not that I could afford one but definitely on my wishlist


Personmattlad
07/12/2009 at 8:50pm
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One of the ones I linked is made in this country. Ok the canvas is South African but the rest is made here.

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PersonV8trikemids
07/12/2009 at 9:39pm
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Now your talking Voffer- thats what I had in mind! The one I intend to build (prototype?) Has similar attributes- tho the electrical side will be contained in the 'sideboard' and removed 'enbloc' to the tent once erected. Thanks for your thoughts--


Personvoffer
08/12/2009 at 9:40am
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Cheers V8

I wish you good luck should you decide to go ahead with this project.... please post progress pictures (trailer porn?)

The MyWay website that Mattlad linked to seemed to imply that they could custom build a trailer for you off a sankey base but at £4000+ pounds they have got to be kidding...

and this is the problem that keeps me out of the market. from what i have seen it may be cheaper to build these kinds of trailers out of gold. There may be a market out there but until it can be built in an affordable (to the average joe) way it will remain, to me anyway, a daydream

My plan is to buy an el cheepo trailer off ebay and bolt onto it the accessories as and when I can afford them. it wont be pretty but it will do what I want it to do

Happy camping


Personmumshadenough
18/12/2009 at 10:33pm
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Voffer & V8trikemids, i have an old trailer tent chassis and it pretty much has all of these thing except the boiler, water tank and Cherry on top!

We use the trailer for carrying and the gubbins on the back as kitchen storage! Could you customise old trailer tents to do the job?


PersonV8trikemids
19/12/2009 at 12:40pm
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Had thought of 'alterations' too- doing mine on a strict budget as Im skint, otherwise a more expensive base wouldve been the starting point---



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