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17/8/2014 at 12:01pm
 Location: Belfast
 Outfit: Vango Icarus 500
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I have downsized my car and so will have to buy a trailer
for camping trips.

I could just leave the empty trailer beside the tent but just wondering if any DIY geniuses have found a creative use for their trailer - for example, using it as a kitchen unit.

George


17/8/2014 at 12:31pm
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Yep, we don't use the Trailer as a kitchen unit, as we have a Kitchen Tent for coking duties.

The Trailer we have is the type with a locking ABS Lid, so the trailer kinda get's used as a store room whilst we are at the campsite.


17/8/2014 at 12:47pm
 Location: Belfast
 Outfit: Vango Icarus 500
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Aha! Yes, that makes a lot of sense and almost worth bringing a trailer for that reason alone - a store room.

I'm liking this trailer idea even more now.


17/8/2014 at 2:16pm
 Location: Essex coast living on a boat!
 Outfit:  Vango Stargrove 600xl
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Yes indeed our Erde trailer is great for storing things in that we don't necessarily need all the time but are useful to have, we also used to store all the bags that the kitchen unit and table/chairs come in.

We have now taken trailer usefulness to the extreme, though, and our new trailer is a 14ft aluminium Linder Sportsman boat with 15hp outboard, so great for both transporting our gear, we just sling a tarp over it for travelling, and for going out fishing, we are at Sands in Gairloch right now, and had six lovely fresh mackerel for our dinner on Friday night courtesy of DH and our son!

Enjoy all the lovely space that your trailer will provide

Jane.

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Enjoying life beyond kids, new love, living on a boat and a new lease of life in my mid 50s! Never too old to reinvent yourself.....

Mum to five - 4 girls, 31,28,25 and 22 and one boy, 20
Engaged! Wedding June 2020!



17/8/2014 at 7:23pm
 Location: Sherston Wilts
 Outfit: Lunar Clubman 460-4 1988
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I was pitched next to a family on Friday who turned their trailer over and somehow used it as a BBQ... Not sure how as the metal windbreaker was blocking my view of how exactly they had done it, seemed to work though :-)

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Enjoyed tenting,
Enjoyed trailer-tenting,
Now loving caravanning 😊😊


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17/8/2014 at 8:13pm
 Location: Birmingham West Midlands
 Outfit: Vango Langley 600
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My dad had a wooden trailer years ago and he covered the lid in formica. Once on site he would screw 4 legs into it and then we had a camping table.

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Wheres that b****y mallet?
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Bailey GT70 Rimini



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