Explorer Box Camping Trailer

That is really cool. Not for the pampered motor-home set, though. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Yes, if you need a microwave and big screen TV to go camping, an Explorer Box isn’t for you :o)

-- Scott, Camping the "Compact Way", www.cttct.com

Looks great!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Very cool, thanks for sharing

-- Glenn, New Mexico

I have alway liked Teardrops . . . but they look like a considerable project.

This however is really neat and looks much easier to build.

Thanks for sharing.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

This looks great. How does one get your construction manual? I tried your website and it did not work.

Thanks.

-- Tom O'Neil, Celtic Saw Guy

Great way to have a collapsable camper! Make your own. How long did it take to build?

-- Tyler, Illinois

Zuki, much easier to build than a teardrop. The Explorer Box has a big advantage over a teardrop, when you pull into camp, you don’t have to unpack stuff out of the trailer before going to bed. You just pop the tent open and it’s ready.

Tom, I found a typo in my sig, http://www.cttct.com/Explorer%20Box.htm takes you to the Explorer Box page which has ordering info on it.

Tyler, the first one took a few week and some rework to get the design right. Now I can build one in a few days. Putting the finish on actually takes longer than building the trailer box.

-- Scott, Camping the "Compact Way", www.cttct.com

Now that is a cool innovative idea!

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Very cool! I can see myself in one of these… now if I can only convince the wife. :)

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Bada$$. I love that thing.

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

TedM, you would be surprised how many wifes see the Explorer Box at a show or when we are camping, think it’s just “so cute” and go get their husband’s to show it to them. At a Earth Day show we did this year, there was a wife that was doing the convincing of her husband that they had to build one. So far the wifes love it :o)

-- Scott, Camping the "Compact Way", www.cttct.com

Cool idea Scott! If you add to the tarp on top, you could have a dining fly as well!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

I built a similar design myself 35 yrs ago to pull behind a ‘66 VW!!!!

Very much like yours.

My 1st wife and I spent many nites in Yosmite and vicinity with it. Brings back many great memories.

Too old now. Need too thick a pad in tent floor….(<;

Jimmy

-- Jimmy

this is awesome. Everything seems to be very accessible. Amazing.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I added some more pictures of my Explorer Box camping trailer. I recently sold it, the last picture is how I reconfigured it as a cargo verses tent topped camping trailer, enjoy …

-- Scott, Camping the "Compact Way", www.cttct.com