A camper is a motorhome trailer. Cottage on wheels

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

Camper is a great option for travel lovers. A motor home will avoid many preparatory procedures that cannot be ignored when traveling by plane, train and other modes of transport. No need to search and book accommodation, draw up documents, buy tickets.

A motorhome trailer combines the comfort of one's own home with the mobility of cars. This combination is what makes it so popular.

What is a motorhome

The camper is the means of transportation and accommodation that replaced the carts previously used by nomads. These include vans equipped for living, trailers, cottages, which move due to the tractor.

Most mobile homes are equipped with heating, running water (cold and even hot), a kitchen and a place to relax. The interior is mostly simple. But there are also luxury models. They feature chic finishes (including chrome, leather, and other materials), glass cabinets in the kitchen, air conditioning, and other expensive fixtures.

Benefits

Camping has a number of advantages over other travel methods. This option is suitable for both temporary travel and permanent residence. This is a popular practice in some countries (for example, in America). True, it has not yet become widespread in our country.

If not as housing, then a camper is ideal for replacing a summer house. You don't need a lot of space. And the maintenance is minimal. Arrived where he wanted, rested and left.

Traveling in motorhomes is comfortable. No need to stay in hotels. No need to collect and carry your things. They are always there.

Possible camper sizes

Cottage on wheels can be of any size and weight. Their weight most often is no more than 3.5 tons. This is due to the fact that in this case, category “B” in the driver’s license is sufficient for movement. However, they still have impressive dimensions.

Some species reach 14 tons. As a rule, these are luxury campers, even equipped with swimming pools. Some of them can carry small cars.

Dimensions of mobile homes can also vary significantly. The length can reach six to seven meters, and in some individual cases even ten meters. The most common width is 2.3 meters.

The base for creating a motorhome

The cottage on wheels is mounted on the base of the chassis from other types of equipment. They are produced in various countries, including America, England,France, Germany.

Most of the van-based campers are now built on the Fiat-Ducato vehicle platform. Also popular is the model based on the Ford Transit car. Manufacturers Renault-Master, Iveco-Daily, Mercedes-Sprinter offer their options.

European automakers offer camper brands such as Knaus (Germany), Eriba (Holland), Prestige (Germany, Italy). Even the domestic auto industry offers its own options.

Views

Camper is a general concept that includes several separate types of motorhomes. Individual manufacturers may slightly change the names of the species. But the most commonly used classification is:

• Alcoves are characterized by the fact that a berth for two is placed above the driver. Thanks to this, the appearance is different from other types of cars. Its height reaches three and a half meters. The size of such a motor home allows you to comfortably accommodate a company of seven people. With all this, its weight is small. In most cases, category "B" on the rights is sufficient.
• Caravans are significantly cheaper than motorhomes on wheels. The motorhome trailer has large dimensions (up to six meters). One significant minus upsets - the battery cannot be recharged while the tractor is running. This calls for a generator.
• Integrated are built on the platform of production cars. But only the chassis and the front panel are taken from it, without the cab. "House" is fully integrated. Perdue to their design, campers of this type have increased maneuverability, high performance and decent speed.
• Semi-integrated are good value for money. The interior is spacious, but everything in it emphasizes simplicity and functionality.
• Residential minivans outwardly practically do not differ from ordinary cars. "Residential" premises are located in a conventional body. The light camper trailer has almost the same characteristics in terms of handling, convenience, and maneuverability as its prototype. Small dimensions bear their imprint. For example, to get a bed, you may need to fold a table or something similar. Despite this, they have everything you need: shower, toilet, bed, refrigerator, stove.

Folding camper is a tent laid out on a platform. When folded, it looks like the most ordinary trailer. Its disadvantage is that each time it needs to be disassembled and reassembled

Gazelle-based camper

The Russian auto industry offers its own options for motorhomes. They are assembled on the basis of the Gazelle. The car has four-wheel drive and is made in the form of a camper with an alcove.

The walls of the motorhome are made up of sandwich panels that have five layers. The outer and inner sides are covered with reinforced plastic. The corners are trimmed with aluminum profile. Above the cabin is an alcove, which is typical for this type of motorhome.

The floor is double, with a podium. Hidden insidecommunications: heating, water supply.

You can get inside through the door located on the side. For convenience, the steps are lowered down.

Motorhome comes with everything you need:

• Combined bathroom (toilet for ten liters).
• One double seat in an alcove.
• Another double bed is available at the end of the room.
• A refrigerator with a capacity of sixty liters.
• Heating connected to a water heater.
• Gas stove with two burners.
• Sink with glass lid.
• Plastic tank for clean water with a capacity of one hundred liters.
• Eighty liter plastic waste water tank.
• 12 watt lighting.
• Wiring for 220 V.
• Three ventilation hatches (in the bathroom, alcove and in the back of the "house").
• Windows covered with netting and curtains.
• Furniture made of plywood covered with plastic.

DIY mobile home

Camper is the type of equipment that you can assemble yourself. To do this, you need to find only the basis. An old bus is perfect. Some craftsmen even make completely wooden mobile homes.

Only having the appropriate education (engineering, construction), you can properly equip everything inside. Therefore, you should not approach this issue without knowing the basics. It's better to spend a little and buy a ready-made version.