With gas prices so high these days and not likely to go down anytime soon. The idea of towing your vacation home down the road may soon be a thing of the past. Like the Utilitoy site says, if you want to vacation in your home, than camp in your home, if you want an adventure go in a Utilitoy.
Though not a tiny house the Utilitoy would make a great extra bedroom for a tiny house or hop in your small car and attach it and go on a vacation to the beach, or the woods, or mountains.
The Utilitoy is made to be ultra lightweight and is very versatile and practical. It is designed to fit into a standard garage for easy storage and unlike most teardrops will easily sleep a family of four. It also can be used as a utility trailer, so you can haul around kayaks, mountain bikes, lumber or furniture. It can be cleaned out with a garden hose. At a base weight of only 962 pounds it really is a light trailer.
Learn more about this unique trailer at the Utilitoy website.
WOW, throw the dirt bike & ATV in it, go to the mountains or beach, and have a place to stay. My Tacoma would easily tow that.
I WISH they would just put a price range on their website. I dont want to call and have a conversation with a sales manager.
try these guys – http://www.microlitetrailer.com/
they have some nice little trailers.
They also don’t post a price range
Forget your Tacoma, Bob. My Corolla will pull that happily.
Unfortunately it is just an empty trailer, and doesn’t meet my needs for either a camper or a tiny house. Just adding a mattress doesn’t cut it. At least teardrops have cooking areas in the back and usually some level of entertainment system in the sleeping compartment. A pop up trades all solid construction with enough space for all of that in a single room with enough space to stand in, and some even have bathrooms.
All in all, I think I would be happier with one of those that this. This guy would need a lot of work before it could replace anything but a basic tent.
“sleeps four easily”
hmm… not so sure about that, i wouldn’t say easily…
Two swinging couples maybe.
Chris, the sales manager is patient and not pushy at all. This is far better than a tent…..and there are many possibilities for options including air conditioning. Needs no set up at all……its very appealing.
Chris,
Sales Manager is just another hat I wear. I am the designer and owner of the company. Utilitoy isn’t a hard sell. It either works for you or it doesn’t. Feel free to call and engage in an mutually objective dialog to learn more if you like. Base unit pricing starts at $7455. We sell direct wholesale to the public.
Regards,
Scott
Scott, this is possibly the worst website I’ve seen in years. I teach web design. Fire your webmaster, NOW. Start over. Do NOT use Flash.
Sorry for the crankiness, but this is a great product and your website is so bad, I know you are losing customers. I’d rather you succeed.
I repeat, NO Flash. New web designer. Yesterday.
Liz,
The site is in the process of being redeveloped. I agree.. Flash is not the way to go and the site in it’s present condition with out question has cost us potential business. In addition, the new site WILL have a comprehensive pricing outline. We have learned many things with this posting and will use the information to our advantage. Our philosophy is “do the right thing” and keep our ego’s checked at the door.
Thank you for your opinion…
Regards,
Scott
I just called the number, and talked to Scott.
He asked if I was “Chris” and I said no, I was a girl! He says Chris can be short for Christine.
Uh… okay, I guess I can’t prove I’m not Chris.
But I’m honestly not.
Next he asked if I was from Tiny House Blog!
To that one, I have no defense, it’s true that I did see his product on Tiny House Blog, and I felt very “found out”.
Oh well, not the weirdest phone call ever 🙂
Anyway he says “the base price is $7455″, so there you go.
He said he was going to come over and comment himself, I don’t see his comment yet, though…?
I asked what kind of insulation it has, and he says it’s 1.5” thick and should be okay to sleep in down to a temperature of 15F.
This really is a cool trailer, and exactly what I was looking for. I’m hoping for a more mobile lifestyle, yet avoid the whole RV scene. I don’t want a kitchen and bathroom and propane and all that stuff to go wrong and need maintenance.
I’d just put a porta-potty in a corner.
I want to go camping, and have a bug-proof and bear-resistant (at least more so than a nylon tent) place to sleep. I want to go to weekend conventions and have a lockable place to store all my stuff, and go have a nap if needed.
Looks like it’s built well. Being made of composite is cool… I’ve seen enough old mouldering RVs to never, ever want one again. The last third-hand one that ended up parked on my property, I could hardly give away.
DOUBLES AS A UTILITY TRAILER is a huge sell to me and make the expense more justifiable. Rinsing out with a garden hose sounds cool. We could haul hay and goats…?
I’d go the extra step and scrub it down with cleaner before throwing in sleeping bags next time, but still 🙂
AND being able to tow it with my present vehicle… I am halfway to talking myself into this.
That looks as if in the photo it’s hooked to a Pontiac Vibe or Toytoa Matrix – that’s interesting that car can pull it.
And I’m rather liking it for an alternate to a tent with other uses. It’s sorta the Honda Element of rv’s. (hose out, etc).
Seems that it is hooked up to a Vibe or Matrix, nice to know that a car that size could pull it. Either for camping or utility work. I do like the idea of it as a strong ‘tent’.
And I can see the concert as a bit like the basic Honda Element car in that it can be work or play and hosed out afterwards, so not having to be so careful of carpets and such things.
sorry for the double posting, the computer looked as if it did not go through to post the first time.
That seems to be a common occurrence on here. Don’t know why. I’ve done that myself accidentally once or twice though.
What you’re actually looking at there, is, I believe, a Mazda CX-7
Chris,
I apologize if I was a bit weird on our call. I’m just very excited about the response from the article. It seems there is alot of folks who like the product we created and that makes me feel great!
Just for clarification.. my brother and I are the designers and owners of the company and we both wear many hats.
You gave the masses the base price and I thank you for that, so I will go ahead and release the option pricing as well.
Shore Power system $575 this system allows you to plug in at home or at the campground. It is a breaker protected system that gives you a 110 ac GFI outlet on the inside of the unit. It is also a 3 stage battery charger that will charge your deepcycle battery when it is pluged in. This also includes a 12 volt recepticle on the inside of the unit that is energized by the deepcycle 12 volt system battery or the shore power. All of this is fuse protected as well.
Battery Package $375 This is a Lifeline brand AGM sealed battery (80amp hour) and wiring package. This is a very highend battery that needs no maintenance and doesn’t require venting.
Convenience package $225 includes a four way actuating flat screen TV mount that has a liftoff style mount, which makes for easy removal of TV or monitor. Also includes six stainless steel D-ring hooks mounted along the roofline for hanging items and 2 collapsible cup holders.
Air conditioning $675 This includes the custom mounting system, 5000 btu AC unit and foldup cover.
If anyone would like to recieve a 2011 price sheet. Send your request in an email and I will respond in a timely manner.
Best Regards,
Scott Williams
Utilitoy LLC
Been long day guys.. I apologize to both Chris and Janel.
Your friend Scott
Go Little Guy has a similar shaped called a reverse teardrop.
http://www.littleguyrt.com/
Thanks for posting this one. I looked at the video on the front page and it looks pretty cozy.
~Dan
If I had any interest at all, it was lost the minute I couldn’t find a price range. I am not going to phone a sales mgr. to get a price. Makes me distrust the company completely.
I like the concept behind the unit. I like the use of a Corplast type product for the roof so you save weight and still have good light inside in the daylight. I don’t care for the curve down in the back because it makes for a shorter door in the back. But I do understand the reason for it to keep the roof in a constant camber for stiffness.
Something shaped much like this will end up on the back of my old Dodge 66 One Ton. So it can be used as a camper or a hauler when needed.
People look at me funny when I tell them my old Dodge does 14 to 16 mpg with stuff loaded on the flatbed. In a truck you don’t need the biggest engine they make… Look at many of the WW2 trucks they had had less than 120 horsepower under the hood. And look at the tons and tons of supplies they moved.