Okay, I was wrong. It's a clone of
the original Bowlus Road Chief.
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The Bowlus Road Chief Two hundred Road Chief trailers were eventually produced by the Bowlus-Teller Manufacturing Company, in San Fernando, California, from 1934 to '36.
Dimensions Length—18 feet 6 inches
Width—6 feet
Outside Height—7 feet 6 inches
Inside Height—6 feet
Weight Approximately—1100 pounds
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Here's the papoose. It was 11ft long.
But compare this post from the owner of a new one:
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The Bowlus is 24' and my AS was 23', essentially the same. The Bowlus is narrower and less high than the AS. The biggest difference between the two, and the main reason I love the Bowlus, is that it weighs 2,300 lbs dry and the AS tips the scale at about 4,800 lbs dry.
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So there's a 5 1/2ft discrepancy. and the clone weighs twice what the original did. ???
It has less frontal area and half the weight of an Airstream.
The Papoose is not much bigger than a 4x8ft teardrop, just 6ft tall.