Calling all Bunkhouse Camper Owners

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

When I bought mine, Bunkhouse was located behind the O'Hara Airport. I decided to pick it up with my Chevy truck(about a 300 miles round trip).
I have a few different receivers so I put on one that drops down 4 inches.
Hooked it up and did the lights with a conversion piece.
Off we went back to Kiel, Wi.
Only problem I had was that I couldn't see the small camper ( ever though I have the electric extending mirrors) behind me so I had to keep that in mind.
If you do, you might consider a flag (like they use on bikes) to attach to the camper. At least you could see it was still there!!

 

[Papa Zook]

I think running an ATV type of fiberglass flag pole off the rear (without the flag) would make backing the camper with the Tahoe much more manageable. The wife enjoys riding the trike, but shes not as into it as I am, so the truck option would likely afford more camping opportunities if you know what I mean. It's the "happy wife" thing ya know?

 

[Ozarkryder]

I would occasionally pull the Bunkhouse behind the truck back when I had a Ram 1500. It disappeared back there, and the first time I pulled it I took the tailgate off and could just barely see it. I sort of did as Randy is thinking and used 2 of the ATV poles at the rear corners, also without flags, set up with suction cups on the bottom to hold them on and a bracket attached to the pole that friction fit between the trailer body and the lid to hold them steady at the upper part of the trailer. Very easily removable, but secure and steady at highway speed. Wrapped the top foot or so with red reflector tape, and at night I attached a red glow stick to the top of each one so I knew where the corners were.

I also had a 16' tandem axle utility trailerat the time, and found out that backing the little camper was a lot harder than the big trailer. The short length between the hitch and the wheels made for very quick steering when reversing. 99% of the time I would get as close as I could to the set up spot, unhook and move the Bunhouse manually. It's all a moot point to us as the only vehicle we have now with a hitch is the trike.

 

[34theroad]

I just found this forum and it seems like a good fit for me. I am on my 3rd trike and 2nd camper. I had 2 VW trikes and now own a Cobra (Renegade) trike. I owned a Bunkhouse trailer for a few years and thought it was a good trailer. When I bought my second trailer I bought an Aspen Classic because I thought it was a better fit for me. So far I am very happy with it.

 

[Papa Zook]

I just found this forum and it seems like a good fit for me. I am on my 3rd trike and 2nd camper. I had 2 VW trikes and now own a Cobra (Renegade) trike. I owned a Bunkhouse trailer for a few years and thought it was a good trailer. When I bought my second trailer I bought an Aspen Classic because I thought it was a better fit for me. So far I am very happy with it.

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