(NOTE: click on the images for a larger view.)
This is our 1984 Airstream International while we were boondocking at Takhlakh Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near the base of Mt. Adams. It is 34-feet long and only weighs about 9900 lbs when fully loaded with equipment and provisions (6250 lbs dry weight, tongue weight 625 lbs). We are the third owners. We bought it from a nice family in McMinnville, Oregon in 2004. They said they had not used it as much as they thought they would, so they wanted to sell it.The trailer was purchased new by the original owner from Cascade Trailer Sales in Eugene, Oregon. Here you can see the largest of the four Zip Dee awnings, the triple axles, the landing gear, the propane water heater, and one of the doors that open to the trunk space (the one on this side holds the 4-foot lengths of treated 2x4 and 2x6 lumber we sometimes use for leveling).
Here you can see two of the three top vents, the TV antenna (it works, but we are usually out too far for reception, plus we don't even have a TV), and the air conditioner.(Click the link if you would like to see what this view looked like before refinishing.)
Here you can also see the bathroom and kitchen vents, and the four solar panels.(Click the link if you would like to see what this view looked like before refinishing.)
...the Airstream emblem in front. (Click the link if you would like to see what this view looked like before refinishing.)
When we got the trailer, we had a 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500 extended-cab, 6-foot bed pickup with the 5.3 liter gas engine. It had the adjustable suspension and Firestone air-bag overloads. It did a great job towing the Airstream, though it grunted a bit over the taller passes. We usually got about 8 or 9 mpg when towing, depending on the number of hills.
In 2005 we got a Silverado 2500HD with a crew cab, a 6-foot bed, and the Duramax diesel engine. It hardly notices the Airstream back there, and the Allison transmission is great in the mountains. It also has more room for dogs and kids in the cab. When towing, it usually gets 14 mpg in the flats and 11 mpg in the really hilly stuff. Here we are boondocking along the Sound near Port Townsend, Washington.
In this shot, you can see the rare, wrap-around windows in the rear of the trailer. I have only seen a couple of other instances of the wrap-around windows.
The trailer's Michelin tires have plenty of tread and the sidewalls are in excellent shape.
This is a shot of the equalizer hitch. The trailer is exceptionally stable during transit, and we haven't really felt the need for a stabilizing hitch. The stability is due to the triple axles and the inherent straight tracking of the Airstream.
Here you can see one of the battery doors, the tongue of the trailer, the two aluminium, 40-pound propane tanks and the electric power jack.
Click on the links to see pictures of the interior of the trailer, the trailer's specifications and sale information and what the exterior looked like before we refinished it.
