RV Lifestyle & Repair Editors

RV Show—Little Guy

RV Lifestyle & Repair Editors
Duration:   2  mins

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The small teardrop-type campers have become very popular as they are ultra lightweight, easy to pull with minimal wind drag, and able to be pulled with just about anything. Originally, teardrop campers evolved just after World War II and were made of surplus war materials such as the metal of wings from fighter planes, Jeep wheels and axles, and other parts.

Fast forward to 2003 in North Canton, OH, and two brothers resurrected the once-popular teardrop design, kickstarting Little Guy Trailers. Today, Little Guy Worldwide carries a trailer for just about everyone from the weekend camper to full timers.

Join Joe Kicos of Little Guy Trailers as he presents the new prototype Shadow model, which is a clamshell design with all the comforts of home and quality construction—including dovetail hardwood cabinetry, a microwave oven, and a dinette designed for two people to sit comfortably. The Shadow model also features other luxuries such as a roof air conditioner, and the sky is the limit with a complete solar charging package.

Get a glimpse of this soon-to-be-released model that can be a luxury camper or off-road gem. It’s everything the big guys have, but it’s a Little Guy!

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Hi, my name's Joe Kicos, and I'm the founder of Little Guy Teardrop Camper Trailers. The brand's been around for over 20 years. We started building these small ultra lightweight towables for a reason. We've come a long way since then. When we first started, we had a four-by-eight, basically a dog house on wheels with an air mattress that leaked and broke, and no power, no electricity or anything at all. This is our prototype right here that we're showing this year. It's called the Shadow. And it's a true teardrop clamshell. You notice back here we've got a cooler back here. We've got a microwave stove here for cooking that comes up. We have a sink. All of our cabinetry is hardwood dovetail construction, so it's a very high quality item. So here's your galley with everything that you need. And as you come around here to see this, I'm very excited about this feature, 'cause I've never seen this feature before in a teardrop before. Come around here, and you'll notice we have a couch configuration where you can sit in here. We've got a very, very big door. We've got a grab handle here that if someone may be handicapped, they can get in and out, which is really nice. So you come in here, and we have this table right here. So you can have a table here if you wanna sit up and work on your computer or watch TV. We got air conditioning. And this side over here is a table as well. So two people could actually sit up in this teardrop trailer and do whatever they wanna do. It's actually larger than a queen mattress. So there's plenty and plenty of room to sleep here. And it's only about 14, 1500 pounds. So you can pull it with a small light vehicle. And that's our market. You know, today, we have gas prices going up more and more and more. People have a Subaru or a small light car, they don't have to buy a brand new trailer to buy our products. They can use what they went to work on Monday, they can take camping on Friday, and that's a big savings. So you can see really the sky's the limit, what you can do with the small, lightweight, Shadow teardrop camper. We have a solar package, we have a off-road rough rider package, we have cargo racks that we can put up here. We got a rooftop tent that you can put on top of this. You've got a sink, you've got a stove, we've got a heater, you got AC, everything you'd ever want to go out there and go camping. So hey, come try one out and come join the Little Guy family.
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