In Search of the Perfect Trailer

How does the old tale go...You must kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince.  It must apply to finding the perfect trailer too. Obviously you have to look at a lot of toads.  And when you are looking at vintage trailers the task is even more difficult.  So I found a trailer on line that had all the right bones.  A refrigerator, full bathroom (not real common in vintage trailers) and 18 ft long.  So far so good.   It looked great in the pictures.(this should have been my first clue) So I drove 6 hours to look at a trailer.  Everything was in working order.... until I slid under the trailer.  So what did I find... HOLES.  Obviously the water systems had leaked and there were several baseball sized holes that went through the under body. Under the gray water tank was a hole 1 1/2 feet long.  At places the insulation was exposed and others the insulation was  missing entirely.  Now I know there are those handy persons out there that posses all the skills to fix that trailer.... but I am not one of them.  I checked with a trailer supply business and realized that I would be over my head.  Soooo, I had to pass on this one.  I know my limits.

By the way, I came home and checked out my little 13 ft Lolita and her underneath is completely solid!

I will find the trailer that will take me on my adventures but in the mean time, I see a lot of frogs in my future.