Escape Inventory

[Perry Butler]

Originally Posted by Ron in BC

Ditto and the limiting factor will always be the distance from the road to the bottom of the axle. Thatdoesn't change.

Ron

Another limiting factor is when going through gullies. Our Scamp 16 and Casita 17' campers scraped too many times for us and one time we had to drag the Casita's rear end out of the gully.

Enjoy,

Perry

[JeffreyG]

Originally Posted by Perryb67

Another limiting factor is when going through gullies. Our Scamp 16 and Casita 17' campers scraped too many times for us and one time we had to drag the Casita's rear end out of the gully.

Enjoy,

Perry

Yes, all vehicles (including trailers) have approach, departure, and breakover angles. The bigger the angle, the larger of an obstacle you can clear. A trailer has to shove the axles together (or use one axle, which means it doesn't have a breakover) and so the approach and departure angles are really, really terrible. Lifting the trailer body up above the axles helps a little bit, but you still have an extremely limited vehicle in any off-road situation.



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On the flip side, lifting the trailer will increase your distance from ground to floor for entry/exit and lifting will increase fuel consumption.

That's your trade off.

[Jeremiah]

Originally Posted by Ron in BC

the limiting factor will always be the distance from the road to the bottom of the axle.

Not always. I don't go off road at all and have dragged my trailer rear end many times leaving gas stations and the like when driving through a dip. The high lift on my current trailer has almost eliminated those occurrences.


I've seen lot's of people drag bottom when backing into their driveway from the street. The high lift would also help in those situations.

[sofmerc]

High lift necessary on many 5.0's due to truck bed height rather than ground clearance issues

[Jennyj]

Originally Posted by vtskiguy

I pulled my entry, that’s why there were 13.

Ah, that explains it. Thanks for clearing up that mystery.

[Ron in BC]

Originally Posted by Perryb67

Another limiting factor is when going through gullies. Our Scamp 16 and Casita 17' campers scraped too many times for us and one time we had to drag the Casita's rear end out of the gully.

Enjoy,

Perry

Ah, yes, I forgot about my old Scamp. It was a real bum dragger in those cases.

But I've towed both the 19 and the 21 far and wide, including some nasty Vados in Baja, and never dragged the butt in any location.

Ron

[gbaglo]

A friend of mine dragged his Boler 17 down a boulder strewn path to Lost Lake, leaving a trail of fibreglass behind, like cookie crumbs. I heard him coming for ten minutes before he arrived.

Surprising, because he carried a couple ten foot 2X12s on his roof rack for just such circumstances, but didn't use them.