Anyone name their TM?

FishGal

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Hi,

I'm a brand new-to-me TM. My 11 y.o. and I are thinking about giving our TM a nickname. Anyone name their TM? I'm thinking Timmy or something like that.
 
Naming car's and RV's goes way back for us. Our Current family is the following.

1. Saturn Outlook-Paint color is White Dimond (Liz Taylor's perfume) so she is named Liz.

2. 24 Elkmont is named Richard (Ms Taylors ex was Richard Burton) and the Elkmont follows along behind the Outlook just as Richard did to Liz.

3. We have a Prius at home which we call Eddy Fisher because the car is short and small and Mr. Fisher was also short and small. And he to followed behind Liz also.


Please I hope your all laughing. :D
 
JAW,

Yup. I got quite a chuckle of of your thread. Glad to hear that it's not as crazy (naming a vehicle) as it sounds. I'm thinking I'll call my new-to-me TM a female name, like they do for ships. Maybe Tammy? :)
 
I forgot about this at the time, but some friends of mine call ours the origami camper.....the folding, ya know. :D
 
Yes, we named ours Northwoods. My husband was the consulting city engineer to a city by that name, and his additional income that year helped us pay for the then new 2004 3023. We really do enjoy it. Will be in Estes park for the first week of September, and can hardly wait. Olga and Ken, Northwoods
 
Turtle . . .

The TM is called " turtle " for short, because . . .

1. Strangers only know for sure what it is " when it comes out of its shell "

2. That is how I drive when I tow it.

Its full name is Go C Turtle. Because that is what we are doing with it.

Going to see someplace we want to be...

All of our other vehicles have names too. Every one.

Kinda weird but it it easier to use a nick name that saying Yamaha FJR 1300.

( Cat Bike - because of the way the headlights look )

See what I mean...:D
 
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Two Minutes

Don't know where we heard it, either from our dealer or TM, but every time we set up or take down our 3326, we mumble to ourselves '2 minutes', the time they say your supposed to be able to set up or take down a TM.
 
Don't know where we heard it, either from our dealer or TM, but every time we set up or take down our 3326, we mumble to ourselves '2 minutes', the time they say your supposed to be able to set up or take down a TM.

If you're talking about closed to open and "airtight", I can do that by myself in 2 minutes or less, so I wouldn't quibble with that number. BUT, this does not include: Position the TM, unhitch, level, put away WDH bars, taking out the microwave, etc. etc. These are the factors that affect any type of trailer, and internal setup is common to any popup. Just getting the shells popped up, flaps closed, and bathroom/wardrobe up? 2 mins is doable, for certain. Closing, too--once all the normal stuff is put away, dropping the bathroom/wardrobe, lifting the flaps, and closing up the shells is certainly a 2 min-or-less proposition.

The two minute timeframe is in comparison to a canvas-sided popup, to show the ease of the Trailmanor system. In this respect, comparing apples to apples, there is no question that the TM comes out ahead. When I look at it (and I do recall hearing that from something somewhere) it's just what I said: closed to open and sealed. That's where the comparison should be, imo.

Then again, I've been popping the shells open a LOT lately, and dropping them closed when I'm done, so I've gotten quite fast at that process ;)
 
Love it . . .

Don't know where we heard it, either from our dealer or TM, but every time we set up or take down our 3326, we mumble to ourselves '2 minutes', the time they say your supposed to be able to set up or take down a TM.

Two minutes! Too cool. That is a very good name....:)

Takes me that long just to find my shoes in the morning!
 
The 11 y.o. son says, "Let's name it Homer", like in home. DH thinks it sounds like Homer from the Simpsons. Not sure yet on this one. Still waiting for the right name. Maybe Homer is not so bad after all...
 
Ours is "minnie" cause it's a Trailmini. But it's about as small as Minnie Mouse! My car is the "baby beluga" because it's the smallest of the white fleet of cars/trucks at work; I have an ornament of one hanging from the rearview mirror.

Judy
2010 Trailmini
2007 Buick Rendevous
 
We call our TM "Bupkus". Here's why. Everytime my wife buys something I would look at her and say, you get everything I get bupkus. She looked over at me one day and said, your "Bupkus" is sitting in the driveway!

Phil
 
Thanks everyone for the input. I'm leaning towards Homer. Maybe we'll call the Tahoe Marge since it's big and blue, like her hair. :)
 
We just calls ours the shell. Like turtles hauling a shell around. Just the way I feel going only 55 down the highway.
 

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