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Old 04-02-2019, 09:11 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
A big thing to keep in mind is frontal area, you can get great Cd but if it has the frontal area of a standard camper (mine is almost 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide or 80 sqft) you still will be at a disadvantage compared to say a pop-up camper that is just a box but follows almost entirely in the wake of the tow vehicle. Best of all worlds would be a low profile pop-up camper that actually improves the Cd of the tow vehicle by making basically a boat tail trailer.
What happened to your HiLo?

If I went pop up style I would probably get a used Trail Manor unit which is a brilliant design in its own way as it definitely gives the small frontal area with a pretty healthy interior space. I think if I had more confidence in my capacity to reproduce the lift mechanism and slideouts, I might give it a go.

Thanks for pointing out that sticky. I will check it out for sure.

Bill
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