tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777943.post3903205611341546621..comments2024-02-10T21:10:24.588-07:00Comments on Utahredrock: Thor Industries, Airstream, and Livin LiteJim Breitingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924614013702786163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777943.post-75845243436477567652018-02-10T08:53:36.607-07:002018-02-10T08:53:36.607-07:00I just bought a Livin Lite 7x20 toy hauler for exa...I just bought a Livin Lite 7x20 toy hauler for exactly all the Aluminum reasons. I've had several "stick built" rv's. Their life is definitely limited, it's just a fact. Mine is one of the last built with the aluminum bonded sides so I consider myself lucky, although the fiberglass looks great too. I plan to keep this rv forever, I'm 55, I see no reason to part with it even if I did buy something else in the future. It's size, volume and conveniences will always have a place in my life or I will leave it to my family members.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444883380846788138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777943.post-62500748730825601512018-02-08T10:11:43.474-07:002018-02-08T10:11:43.474-07:00I came to Camplite through Airstream as well. I...I came to Camplite through Airstream as well. I've always been drawn to nostalgic cool stuff. My wife and I were tent camping more and more. I loved it and she tolerated it lol. After our first daughter was born my wife announced it was time for a camper or she was out. As an engineer that loves to restore cars, build projects and constantly tinker, I announced it was time to frame off restore a classic airstream. Being a brand new dad, time was a little less available (understatement). The wife lobbied to buy a clean used camper and go camping. I bought a 2007 jayco 19' in 2012. I figured 5 years old should have PLENTY of useful life left. There was a "small leak" in the front corner. That allowed water to wick under the membrane and destroy the entire roof. I re-framed and sheeted it and put a new commercial membrane on the top. It was then that I discovered that the flashing in the rear of the trailer actually funneled water under the wall and under the plastic membrane under the trailer. I next replaced 2/3 of the floor and laid engineered hardwoods. Short story long I frame off restored a POS jayco instead of the airstream I always wanted. Enter the camplite. We stopped at an airstream dealer while camping to drool over the new models. $65k for a 22' airstream was way out of the budget. The salesman showed us a camplite. We scoffed at the interior due to shock from stepping out of a luxury airstream into an industrial camplite. That evening a 16dbs pulled in behind our site. I grabbed 2 beers out of the fridge and went to ask some questions. The owner was more than happy to show it off. Ironically we spent more time looking under it than in it. 3 beers later I was sold. It took me a year and a half to find my 2015 21rbs used but I knew it was my next trailer. I wanted a 16, but I was all to happy to find a 21. I hate to see the company dissolve, but I consider myself very lucky to have found and purchased my trailer. I can now keep it as long as I want with no fear of rot or issues.Capt J-rodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777943.post-61380032267626459262018-02-08T05:11:30.644-07:002018-02-08T05:11:30.644-07:00Your experience is similar to ours, but we never a...Your experience is similar to ours, but we never actually bought an Airstream. We had never owned a travel trailer, and were similarly smitten with Airstreams. We joined Airforums.com, an Airstream owner’s forum. Though great people, we were taken aback by the reports of rotten floors, filiform corrosion and poor quality control. And theses problems were surfacing on fairly new trailers. Not what we expected for Airstream prices.<br /><br />I think we found CampLite/LivinLite via a Google search for aluminum travel trailers. Ended up traveling to Indiana from N GA to purchase a new 2014 (2013 build) 21BHS for a very good price from Sunny Island RV. We wanted something we could tow with an SUV, and had purchased a 2011 Ford Flex with EcoBoost as a tow vehicle. Since our purchase, we’ve towed about 15,000 miles with no towing-related issues. <br /><br />The trailer itself has had some nagging issues, mainly electrical, but we’re overall quite satisfied, and sorry to see LivinLite fall by the wayside, if that’s what happens. For now, our 21BHS suits us perfectly, and is a keeper.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842722382182450132noreply@blogger.com