Small trailer and what to pull it with?

Here's a nice looking trailer:



https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/for-convenience-minded-road-trippers-the-airstream-mystique-in-a-smaller-package/2017/05/03/03960698-1baf-11e7-bcc2-7d1a0973e7b2_story.html?utm_term=.b3d7a42100cf

That airstream is nice but how about this:

Warren Miller at Donner Pass in '48. That little bump in the snow behind the car is his camper

Marcski wrote

Here's a nice looking trailer:

Holy shit it should be for $36K !!!

We picked up a used 16 ft trailer a year ago.  We tossed around the idea of a Sprinter Van, but didn't want to drive our house.  We like to base camp for a week or so and like SB said, we don't want to have to unrig to go to the store. We've mountain biked in North Caroline, spent a week in Acadia, and a few 4 day weekends in the northeast.  Most of our camping has been off the grid, so no hook ups, etc.  Our next big adventure will be Nova Scotia this summer for 2 weeks.  We tow it with our Jeep Grand Cherokee, so no need for a new or an extra vehicle.  We are retiring in 2018 and are already planning a multi-month trip.  Free camping for up to 2 weeks on Nat. Forest and BLM lands out west.

Used trailer seems to the most economical option. Ability to tow it with different vehicles is a huge  plus. And you can find one super cheap on Craigslist.

My only problem with it is that it eliminates the "stealth camping" option. Sometimes, I think I'd like to park, say, on a city street in Bozeman, Montana for a couple of days.

Another small issue is that I like the idea of just climbing in back if I need to (for example, if it's raining, I don't want to have to leave the vehicle, run around the back of my camper, unlock it, and jump inside). I thought this was an interesting, out of the box solution:

http://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/92322-Hello-All-My-first-post-Here-is-my-simple-custom-GMC-Cube-Van-conversion

Any trailers made to be better, warmer in the winter ? A standard trailer/camper seems like it would be hard to keep warm when it's cold. Would use lots of propane, then trips to refill. Just a thought.

Pop-up trailers are for shit in winter. Mine is a non-starter, like winter camping in a hammock.  A  tent on the ground is way warmer. Some travel trailer manufacturers brag about how well insulated their units are but overall, you're correct. Vans aren't usually well insulated either though. If you build out your own, it's an important detail to think about. I think trying to keep the interior warm overnight is folly. Let it get cold and stay inside a warm sleeping bag (or two bags, one inside the other).

https://www.curbed.com/2017/5/4/15544684/happier-camper-hc1-camper-trailer-retro-vintage

And check out some of these:

https://www.curbed.com/2017/2/24/14729714/new-camper-trailers-buy

Here's something that looks promising. The article I saw on them said they came in around 4-6k based on features but I had a tough time navigating the website.
http://hikertrailer.net

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2017/05/camper-van-doesnt-expensive-huge-unreliable/

Thats another good article. Are you in the market? Or just killing time dreaming like me? Here's another good option, kind of similar to what that guys doing but a lot more refined. This one has a pop-up but I think it's just for more headroom, not an upper bunk.

https://www.reconcampers.com

Going for an old conversion van (they used to do them on mini vans too) with the back seat that folds down into a bed and just tailgating with a camping stove is probably the cheapest way to go though

This looks interesting. Custom built tear drop camper and the guy is presumably near Albany so you could check him out in person before making a deal. If he's legit, he does beautiful work.
http://albany.craigslist.org/rvs/6098270515.html

There's a point at which the DIY impulse leads you down the wrong path...

This could be yours
https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/for/6185770663.html

Brownski wrote

I bet he makes great guitars.  Or at least great half-guitars.

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/photos/adventure-mobiles-jess-kimuras-1983-bigfoot-camper/

Yeah, the old truck + old camper solution is very tempting. If my wife could tolerate something like that sitting in the driveway I would have one already. You reminded me of something I saw on Cape cod a couple weeks back... full on DIY truck camper

How do you get into that? It looks like a window not a door on the back.  Do you open the tailgait and crawl in?

There's a full door behind the tailgate. I guess he drops the bike rack, opens the tailgate and has it as a little porch. The top pops up for headroom and over-cab bed access.

Badasstro

I seem to come across these a lot:

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/photos/make-sketchy-bed-back-truck-adventuremobile/