This issue’s featured customer is Tom and Susan Kingma. They purchased a 5×8 Silver Shadow and made a few changes to it so it suits their needs to the T. They are members of Tearjerkers in the St. Augustine FL area.

The custom graphics they added accent their red HHR, as do the red trim rings. In addition to that, they added a external water filter mounted on the driver’s side (which is removable for mounting on cabinet door while driving ). This provides easy clean water wherever you’re at!
Get out and have some camping fun for us all, Tom and Susan and thanks again for sharing!

This issue’s featured customer is JaFranklin Marshall. He recently picked up his 5×10 Silver Shadow and had it equipped with a sink & stove…complements of Mel. He also had the AC unit ducted directly into his unit. This came on the heels of a well worn 4×8 home build, with no frills whatsoever, but as he says, he deserves this.

JaFranklin just returned from a gathering in the southeast, but particularly enjoys urban camping, staying in Walmart parking lots as he travels to his points of destination. He is retired and mixes in site seeing and National Park camping with visiting family and friend about 5 months out of the year. While JaFranklin admits his style may be unique, he insists you can’t always find a scenic place to stay. The next time you see a 5×10 accompanied by a very tall, older man, it just may be JaFranklin. Stop him and say hello.

November’s Customer of the Month hales from across the pond.  Englebert Reinhousen, a native of Germany but current resident of Denmark, bought his teardrop trailer nearly 2 years ago now.  Englebert gets out and about nearly every other weekend through the non-winter months.  He says his favorite camping activities include star gazing.

Every month, we want to feature a customer that loves their Little Guy teardrop camper trailer.

October’s customer of the month hales from New York state.  His name is John Stiles.  He and his wife are the proud owners of their 5×8 Silver Shadow – so much so, they even named it “Just add Wine”

Take a look at the pictures they’ve sent in.  Makes us here want to leave the office early and get out to the campground tonight (even if it is supposed to be 45 degrees).

We have owned our 5-Wide Platform Little Guy since April of 2006.  It is extremely well built and we absolutely love it.  It is so light and easy to tow.  One of our favorite pastimes is to watch the big RVs or pop-ups back in.  Then we time them to see how long it takes before they are able to sit down and relax.  Our setup involves getting out our chairs and our picnic lunch.

The first year we did a Passport Program with Missouri State Parks and traveled throughout the State of Missouri camping and visiting Historic Sites.  We camped at Sam A. Baker State Park and it rained 10 inches in the area that night.  We slept like babies.  We opened our door in the morning to find the campground totally under water.  I don’t think we would have been sleeping if we would have been tent camping!

We really love the outdoors and spend most of our time outside anyway.  The Little Guy is perfect to fall into in the evening for a great night’s sleep, as well as secure.  People are always interested in seeing it and are quite amazed.  We call it our Bed & Breakfast.

If you see a Teardrop on the road or in the parks, honk and wave.  It might just be us.

Norm and Sharon Akers bought their Little Guy 5-Wide Platform and a few weeks later, Norm had transformed the unit from a plywood finish, cargo trailer, to a custom designed sleeper with slide out rear table top in the galley.  Take a minute to enjoy the Akers’ craftsmanship and photos they have shared with us.

This issue’s featured customer is Teri Brady. Teri just got her 5×8 teardrop a few weeks ago and already embarked on a 10 day journey down the Atlantic coastline. Teri and her small dog were looking for something that would provide a decent sleeping area, a sitting work space, a microwave and A LOT of storage. A seemingly tall order, custom cabinetry was definitely in line.

In addition to the custom cabinetry work Teri had done, she also employs the use of a custom screen room tent, Air Conditioning unit (a must for summer camping), cup holders, window shades, a slide out tray and a teardrop lock for safety.