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Brent Parker
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posted September 27, 2016 05:37 AM
UTcaller,
Is that a Timberline sheep camp? If so I have been looking at one of those for a while? Look like a great set up. How is staying in one?
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UTcaller
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posted September 27, 2016 05:52 AM
Brent, No its a Wilson made in Midway Utah. They are great. Have stayed in it in below zero weather and it will stay as warm as you like it. And it stays relatively cool when its hot out. Its pretty basic but very efficient. Has a queen sized upper bed and a double sized slide out bed. A small refrigerator/freezer, a small stove/oven ran off propane, a wood burning stove, a slide out table with bench seats on each side. Has 110 and 12 volt plugs. Solar panels that recharge the batteries. Definitely a sweet setup.
http://www.wilsoncamps.com/camps.html
Good Hunting Chad
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Leonard
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posted September 27, 2016 07:32 AM
That rig seems very efficient, and you cannot discount the nostalgia angle, at least for me? I have seen those things for many years and never given them a second thought, who makes them, where do you get them, etc.
How about a ballpark $ figure, moderately equipped?
Good hunting. El Bee
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UTcaller
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posted September 27, 2016 07:51 AM
Ours was about $18-19,000. But that was about 7 or 8 years ago.
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posted September 27, 2016 08:05 AM
This is the type I see a lot of...
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Have always thought though, that a modern one like Chad's, would be "the" way to go, if a fella was going to drag a trailer around for this kind of stuff.
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UTcaller
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posted September 27, 2016 08:13 AM
That is really cool Dave. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
We don't really take it into really rough places although it is definitely designed to. With the Chassis the way it is. But you can't back it up with a truck to save your ass.lol
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Leonard
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posted September 27, 2016 09:26 AM
Yes, that certainly occurred to me; bet that's a bitch to back up?
As far as seeing them out on the prairie, if you ask me, they are more common along the western edge of Nevada.
But, for me, always incognito, I bet you could park this rig anywhere out on the flats and it would never get a second look.
The last thing anyone would think of would be a hunter.
Really cool!
Good hunting. El Bee
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posted September 27, 2016 09:35 AM
That's totally true Leonard. Where it gets really funny is when you stop to get fuel EVERYBODY and I do mean EVERYBODY stares at you when you pull in. You can almost read there minds. " What in Gods name is that contraption". lol We do have alot of people come over and ask us about it. Lots of Big Game hunters look at it and think they want one until you tell them how much the cost.
Good Hunting Chad
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Leonard
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posted September 27, 2016 10:09 AM
By the way, those hero shots, if I didn't know better, every face seemed to be in deep shadows, like to prevent recognition. Except for the big dog. Is that Chad?
Seems like the axle setup is primarily for stability and independence, such as when having tandem axles and then you need to jack up the tongue so it won't rock and roll.
Funny thought. You say everybody stares at you pulling into a gas station. I bet you have to be extremely careful not to embarrass yourself getting out of tight quarters by backing out.
Good hunting. El Bee
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posted September 27, 2016 10:22 AM
That's just my ugly mug......But yes it can be embarrassing and alittle stressful at times when pulling into a gas station especially when there are alot of people getting gas too. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Leonard
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posted September 27, 2016 10:39 AM
By the way, if you click on that link to Wilson, also click on the one called history, up at the top. Explains the evolution of sheep wagon s and sheep camps. At least I thought it was interesting.
Also the info about the sheep dog trials at Soldiers Hollow.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Brent Parker
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posted September 30, 2016 03:54 AM
Chad,
Thanks, I have been looking at Timberlines and will take a good look at Wilson from here on out. The wife and I have been considering getting one for awhile. They look to be far better built than anything else on the market and excellent for hunting and trapping out of.
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UTcaller
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posted September 30, 2016 04:15 AM
Yeah they are pretty nice. You can easily drive 70 mph on the freeway with them, and they are designed to go through some pretty rugged washes and gullies. We don't beat it by any means but I know a few sheep men here that do and they hold up very well.
Good Hunting Chad
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posted February 10, 2017 12:04 PM
I have two sheep camps, I keep one on each sheep trail I work. One is a Wilson and one is an old Timberline. Between the two I’m sleeping in a sheep camp over 200 nights a year for the last six years. I can highly recommend them for those wanting to get their camp off the beaten path. In my opinion the Wilson is a little better rig than the Timberline.
At the Trailing of the Sheep Festival a couple years ago I climbed in a brand new Timberline, not one of their fancy ones, a base model “Legend” and was a bit underwhelmed. Many of the features that made these things so rugged and last so long on sheep operations is no longer incorporated, instead its mostly mass produced RV parts in a sheep camp frame. You can’t be on any rural highway in the Great Basin during hunting season without seeing these things behind hunter’s rigs and Timberline has really catered to that market. It seems construction is now more geared to the weekender than the sheepherder. The Wilson line is a lot more impressive for hard use.
I have one with a highway chassis and one with a wagon chassis, I hate pulling the wagon chassis on asphalt. It’s smooth and straight right up until it’s not. I haven’t had a wreck yet, but most every sheepman I know seems to have a good story about pulling a wagon chassis camp a little too fast. I hate pulling the highway chassis rig up mountain switchbacks so pick your poison for your use.
For you guys wanting one but not wanting to pay the exorbitant price these things are selling for, watch the northern California sheep outfits. Liberal ideology about grazing is killing what’s left of all those historic sheep trails and those guys are selling out all too often. If the camps go to auction, it seems they sell for more than double what they’re worth because people are stupid over them these days. But generally they can be bought right off the ranch for a fair price.
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posted February 15, 2017 08:42 AM
If any of you guys happen to run across a used camp, I have been looking for one for years. I would drive a long ways for the right deal.
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posted October 11, 2018 01:09 AM
Here ya go Loco.......
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Brent Parker
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posted October 23, 2018 07:47 AM
Hey Chad I know we talked about your Wilson Camp once before and looked at them and almost pulled the trigger on one. Was concerned with their hay wagon pulling arrangement. How does it pull at interstate speeds? I was concerned about it fish tailing bad?
Great job on the coyotes.
Thank Brent
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Leonard
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posted October 23, 2018 10:39 AM
I have a comment about auctions, in general. People are stupid, too competitive, unwilling to lose, unwilling to allow someone a good deal. I have never been to an auction where bidders behaved intelligently. One time, my stupid brother in law bid against me. I never forgot it. But that's auctions, people got to have it, won't give up. These guys think they are victorious, while paying way over what the item is worth, which is the definition of stupidity.
Good hunting. El Bee
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UTcaller
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posted October 23, 2018 11:10 AM
Brent,
Yeah it’s definitely designed to go into some rougher places like washes and such. But it does very well on the interstate, doesn’t have any problems with fishtailing. Usually pull it with a Cummins Diesel and we drive 65-70 mph. Only thing is it likes to push the truck alittle when it’s a steeper grade. Ask my brother though and he wishes it had a tandem axle. You can’t back the damn thing to save your ass. I think You can have it made either way though.
Good Hunting Chad
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Leonard
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posted October 23, 2018 06:09 PM
He who shall not be named wrote, complaining that Chad has been wearing that "lucky" blue plaid shirt for years. See, that's why he's banned.
Good hunting. El Bee
that's a hell of a nice dog coyote
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UTcaller
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posted October 23, 2018 08:08 PM
![[Wink]](wink.gif) Shot one just a bit smaller than that one last year in the World Contest that Won Big Coyote weighing right at 45 lbs......
Good Hunting Chad
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