Selling the Big House to Downsize: The Real Math
For many readers, the house they already own is their biggest asset and their main way to pay for a smaller home. That’s a strong position. But the money…
For many readers, the house they already own is their biggest asset and their main way to pay for a smaller home. That’s a strong position. But the money…
A one-piece insulated foam shell that drops into a pickup bed or bolts onto a utility trailer. It weighs under 200 lb in most sizes and is a blank canvas to finish your own way.
Xyla Foxlin and a rotating crew of friends built a mint green foamie teardrop from pink insulation foam, canvas, and wood glue in one long weekend, with RV windows, a skylight, a tongue-box seat, and a $30 sliding awning.
Timberleaf’s Classic is a handcrafted 1,500-lb teardrop from Grand Junction, Colorado, with a queen-length bed under a huge skylight, an insulated birch cabin, and a full rear galley, offered in highway, all-road, and off-road versions.
The Go Fast Campers V2 Pro is a low-profile platform camper custom fit to your pickup, with a wedge tent that pops up in seconds, room for two adults plus a kid or pup, and the whole truck bed free for gear.
Safari Condo’s Alto R1713 is a 1,949-pound travel trailer from Québec with an electric roof that rises for headroom at camp, panoramic glass, an extra-large bed, a flush toilet, and lithium power.
Most options are minimum wage, which is what I’m stuck with currently, and that means if I’m lucky I can put away $50 a month.
The Atlas park model from Zook Cabins is a 12′ x 32′ structure built around a rolling bed that passes through an 8-foot glass garage door onto a Lunawood deck, making the deck part of the floor plan.
Red Oak Fire Lookout is a 14-by-14-foot cab with windows on all four sides, set atop an 80-foot steel tower built in 1964 to replace a 1934 CCC wooden tower in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest.
Timber Ridge Outpost’s White Oak Treehouse is built into a 210-year-old oak 24 feet up, wrapping the trunk with decks, a staircase, and a sleeping loft under exposed rafters.