New Casita travel trailer

I just recently got my $500 project tacoma up and running just in time to make the trip from my home in Baltimore to Rice, Texas to take delivery of the travel trailer i ordered. Almost 3,300 miles in 7 days and no issues, it didn't even burn a drop of oil. Gotta love Toyota's!

 

Nice. Which Casita did you order? I'm trying to decide between a Spirit Deluxe or a Freedom Deluxe.

 

That's awesome. Congrats.

 

17ft. SD

 

How's the Casita working out? See my pic. I got one too!

 

My wife and i love it. It's perfect for us two and our dog and i'm a big guy. Just mounted/balanced some new shoes for it, gonna wait until spring before i install them. What year & model is your casita?

 

Mine is a 2006 Freedome Deluxe I got off of Craigslist from the daughters of a gentleman who recently passed away. He only took it out maybe five times before he died. In real good shape. my Tacoma pulls it good on flat land but I could use more power on the hills. I live in Wyoming so naturally lots of elevation change.

 

We looked for a used one but they are hard to find. I did find some used online but they were either too far away or sold. During my search for a used one i quickly learned how much they hold their value compared to most travel trailers on the market. So i decided to order a new one. Got my tacoma together and running just days before i had to drive it to Texas to pick it up from the Casita factory. Jon are you a member of any casita forums? I joined casitaforum.com before i made my purchase and learned allot about the different models, options and sizes that casita offers which helped make my decision a easier one. Just recently joined Fiberglassrv forum also. Like tw in regards to helpful info about our tacomas, these forums offer allot of good info regarding casita campers. Safe travels!

 

I am a member of the Casita Forum but don't really post much.

 

I purchased a carport to protect my Casita tt, i decided to get one big enough to protect some of my vehicles also.

 

Great looking trailer. I'm actually looking at what options I have to pull with my '01 and the Casita is on my list. How does your 04 handle it? What kind of mpg were you seeing and how bad was it on any kind of elevation gain?

 

Is your truck a 4 or 6 cylinder? What kind of mpgs were you getting?

 

My tacoma handles it better than i expected. I towed it back from Texas to Baltimore, from Baltimore to S. Carolina, from Baltimore to Pa. and 2 weeks ago i towed it down to the Smokey mountains of Tenn. and back. You do feel it back there when climbing the mountains but my truck is a V6/manual trans so when climbing i would downshift into 4th to maintain 55-60mph. I never did the mpg math but it wasn't bad at all. The Casita is aerodynamic and light for a tt.

 

Well it looks great with the Tacoma. Thanks for the info. I need to eventually see one of these in person.

 

Not sure where your located but if your local to Maryland your more than welcome to take a look. Or you can contact Casita and they can give you contact info of a owner near you.

 

Nice. We sort of considered a Casita before getting our teardrop. If we were in a wetter area, probably would have gotten a Casita or similar. Sounds about the same as my teardrop, but mine's a bit smaller and lighter, I'll bet. About 1500 dry, probably about 1750 kitted out for camping with ARB fridge and water, and other sundries. With a full load of camping gear in the truck bed (plus cap and bedmat), it does great over Sierra passes, similar to your speed/gear stated above.

What's your dry weight?

 

2200lbs dry. About 2500lbs loaded with camping gear. I travel with the tanks empty except the water heater. The teardrops are lighter, we considered a teardrop & Rpod but after much research online I decided on a fiberglass unit.

 

I have the 3.4 liter V6. Pulls pretty good on flat roads/highways but does stuggle a bit on the hills. Nothing bad enough to prevent me from taking it out though. I probably get about 14-15 mpg when towing this on flat roads with little wind. I really love this camper.

 

Nice pics Jon.