AVION Travel Trailers

Thanks for the photos. At some point I must also change our water heater as well, but its currently low in priority list.

I inspected a 1978 30R a couple of years back (I did not buy it, as it was in poor shape, abandoned in a farm). I have a Sherline scale and I weighed the tongue weight. Under the jack, it read 700# (on the coupler I guess it would be 650#). I am assuming the water tanks and LP tanks were empty. Inte...

Thanks guys! Just realized the upholstery shop also changed the pads that are around the bed (you can see it in the 4th photo, right behind the pillows). They were the original and in a very bad shape. I asked the shop to use the same fabric they used for the dinette. The cost was included in the $3...

More photos...

Flooring bought from HomeDepot for $200. Paid $350 for installation.
Dinette reupholstered at an Amish shop. Fabric, foam and labor: $350
New curtains, same Amish shop, fabric and labor: $350

There was this new Airforums member who kept posting about the "dangers" of towing with a pickup truck (he had his SUV "setup" up north). He talked about pickup's high center of gravity, its propensity to rollover, its poor handling/cornering, its unacceptable braking, all the de...

We think alike! I have posted on this topic at Airstream forum many times, and was viciously attacked by the fanboys. At times I, too, wonder why I bother. First off, European vehicles are not necessarily the same as those in North America (NA). My Forester is rated to tow 2400# in NA and 4000# in E...

Thanks!

Another photo (as apparently we can attach max 3 photos per post)

I cleaned up the roof vent covers of my Avion and painted them in the past summer. Here are some before/after the photos