The 1980s had been a wild time for U-Haul. Customers could rent all the things from flicks and ATVs to paint sprayers from the rental huge. But 1 of the coolest rentals from U-Hauls earlier is this, the U-Haul CT13 Get-A-Way Camper.
Fiberglass vacation trailers were being in all places in the 1970s and 1980s. Many producers tried using their hands at generating a molded fiberglass RV. U-Haul didnt want to pass up out on the motion and designed its have pair of campers, the VT16 Getaway Traveler and CT13 Get-A-Way Camper.
These trailers are uncommon, which would make this 1985 U-Haul CT13 on Craigslist rather specific. How unusual? Exact production figures are not identified, but entrepreneurs consider that there are much less than 2,000 of them in the globe.
Specifics on the CT13 and VT16 are scant, with the greater part of whats acknowledged collected by enthusiastic house owners of the items. I lined some of the record of the campers when I wrote about all of the odd things you could lease from U-Haul in the 1980s:
According to information and facts collected by U-Haul camper owners, these trailers were being created by a U-Haul subsidiary referred to as Rec-Vee Entire world. The models were made for only a short time from 1984 to 1985. Per VIN plates and entrepreneurs, the trailers have been built by the Dayton Trailer Manufacturing Company in Ohio, Youngstown Trailer Producing in Ohio, and by U-Haul in Arizona. The CT13 and VT16 were being 13 toes very long and 16 feet extended and each models had the regular fare of RV devices like fridges, sinks, and furnaces. However, if you required a bathroom you experienced to step up to the VT16 and its bathroom did not have a shower.
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Like the companys other trailers, these campers ended up built to be durable to stand up to the abuses of rental use. The bones of the CT13 have been a circular metal frame or a sq. tube metal frame. The layout was meant to be straightforward to tow and the U-Haul CT13 weighs in at about 1,200 lbs ., towable by just about any vehicle.
U-Haul rented these campers from 1984 to 1992. Fortunately, the trailers had been offered off to the community instead of remaining destroyed building them just one of the few sorts of retired U-Haul machines that you are allowed to own. The 1990s werent a kind time for fiberglass camper makers and most closed down, leaving at the rear of only the more well-liked makers like Boler (now Scamp) and Casita.
This U-Haul CT13 has a pleasant mix of authentic elements and a couple of upgrades. The exterior still has the original U-Haul graphics and its circular tube frame looks intact.
Inside of, the olive coloured interior stays intact and a lot of the U-Haul-branded bits and items remain.
But its not completely classic as a fashionable refrigerator and sink make up the updates in the kitchen area. The olive-colored cabinet doorways seem to be painted in silver to match the kitchen appliances. And yep, that stove is run by propane! Its unidentified if the campers furnace is current.
The combination eating home and mattress has what appears to be some more present day cushions, as does the sofa on the other conclusion of the camper.
The campers overall length is 13 ft while the interior is 10 toes-lengthy. The CT13 was created to snooze up to three with the eating desk bed in back again and the couch that turns into a bunk mattress up front.
Numerous of these U-Haul campers were being gutted or wholly repainted, so its generally brilliant to see a person in close to original affliction. U-Haul trailers exploded in value in new a long time. Back in 2018 I saw them in primary very good ailment for as lower as $3,000, but people days surface to be gone.
This CT13 comes in at $13,500 on Craigslist in Tustin, California.
Hat idea to Tyler Herden!