I pod camper

[limited14]

Has anyone tried towing an Ipod camper by Little Guy Trailers. Says it weighs 645# with a 70# tongue weight. I think its to heavy for my 2014 RT Limited.

[Copperman]

Has anyone tried towing an Ipod camper by Little Guy Trailers. Says it weighs 645# with a 70# tongue weight. I think its to heavy for my 2014 RT Limited.

The issue isn't towing that heavy a trailer, the issue is stopping that heavy a trailer.

That's why BRP has a 400 pound weight limit.

[Dennis elliott]

probably pull it ok but stopping it is another thing, does it have trailer brakes.
BRP says 400 lbs

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

with above commenters ......... plus even if you add electric brakes ( which can be done ) that camper is EMPTY ...... Do you think it's going to stay that way once you start traveling....... I've seen similar Pods that weigh quite a bit less .............jmho ..... Mike

[Bob Denman]

When you look at the specifications of that unit: it's pretty apparent that you'd be asking an awful lot of your Spyder to haul it around...

With an empty weight of 645 pounds: you'd be pretty close to being at 750 or more; when it's loaded-up, and ready to go.

Sorry...
I like them, and was hoping that they'd come up with one that we could tow.

[bandito]

Has anyone tried towing an Ipod camper by Little Guy Trailers. Says it weighs 645# with a 70# tongue weight. I think its to heavy for my 2014 RT Limited.

I have been looking at this for a while.
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/r...p-trailer.html


While the total weight with typical outfitting is close to the Little Guy it is a home built and I would be willing to bet if you were careful you could keep it under 450#.

How much does the CLC Teardrop Camper weigh?

About 250 pounds fully outfitted and accessorized. The basic shell and galley weighed 176lbs on our digital scale. Trailer weight will vary wildly; our aluminum Trailex trailer weighs 196lbs. Figure on a total of 500-600lbs all-up with typical outfitting.

[Chupaca]

adding that the tongue weight is also over the recommended weight....keep looking there are many out there that would be better suited...

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I have been looking at this for a while.
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/r...p-trailer.html


While the total weight with typical outfitting is close to the Little Guy it is a home built and I would be willing to bet if you were careful you could keep it under 450#.

How much does the CLC Teardrop Camper weigh?

About 250 pounds fully outfitted and accessorized. The basic shell and galley weighed 176lbs on our digital scale. Trailer weight will vary wildly; our aluminum Trailex trailer weighs 196lbs. Figure on a total of 500-600lbs all-up with typical outfitting.

I've posted this info on other threads about the " teardrop " style camper...... On the above kit - if you swapped out the Marine plywood ( very heavy ) for a similar strength " COROPLAST " product , you could save 75% of the weight without sacrificing anything..... google " coroplast " and see what they have, I was amazed at the variety of products .... they build entire HUGH greenhouses with this stuff ................. Mike

[bandito]

I've posted this info on other threads about the " teardrop " style camper...... On the above kit - if you swapped out the Marine plywood ( very heavy ) for a similar strength " CORFAM " product , you could save 75% of the weight without sacrificing anything..... google " corfam " and see what they have, I was amazed at the variety of products .... they build entire HUGH greenhouses with this stuff ................. Mike

I tried searching for corfam and all I came up with was synthetic leather shoes. Wrong spelling maybe?

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I tried searching for corfam and all I came up with was synthetic leather shoes. Wrong spelling maybe?

........Brain fart - check " COROPLAST " ...... there are many variations, including which way you can bend the sheets to form shapes ..... comes in large sizes, thicknesses, strengths etc.......... sorry ..... Mike