Monthly Archives: July 2015

Online Forum Aims to Assist Airflyte Owners

One of the readers of The Small Trailer Enthusiast, Dustin Smith, has started an online forum geared toward owners of the 2014-2015 Shasta Airflyte reissues. Airflyte Hacks was formed to be an online gathering place for owners to share experiences, modifications, improvements and hacks.

Airflyte_Hacks_headerPer the Airflyte Hacks website, “The goal of this website is to learn from each other, and build an archive of information that will last as long as our trailers do. This is not a social club. We will not be organizing outings. There are lots of other great trailer groups out there (including several just for the re-issues) that provide those kind of social forums wonderfully, and we are not trying to replace them.”

I find these types of internet resources much more favorable than social media pages such as Facebook. It gives members the opportunity to search archives and previous threads that pertain to information they’re looking for in an easier to find manner.

You can register for the site at http://www.airflytehacks.com.

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Little Guy Featured in FOX Reality Show

Little Guy Worldwide has jumped into the national spotlight with the debut of a new FOX network reality show called “Home Free”, which airs Wednesday nights at 9pm ET.

The premise of the show involves a competition between eight different families who are renovating homes in the Atlanta area, with guidance by contractor Mike Holmes. While they’re on location, the families are living in Silver Shadow teardrop trailers by Little Guy.7734505778_fbf9d47653

(photo courtesy http://golittleguy.com)

Chris Baum of Little Guy Worldwide has been making the rounds promoting the show and Little Guy’s participation. He was here in Indianapolis where he spoke with affiliate FOX59 at their studios (Hey Chris, don’t forget your friends at The Small Trailer Enthusiast the next time you’re in town! :-D).

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GreenLight Collectibles Introducing Shasta Airflyte Diecast

Back in November 2014, Indianapolis, Indiana based diecast collectible manufacturer Greenlight Collectibles introduced a diecast series called Hitch & Tow, which featured four different vehicles hauling some sort of trailer, be it a cargo trailer or the popular Airstream Bambi hauled by a 1967 Chevrolet Impala.

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There have been two other Hitch & Two series introduced to the market since then, and both have featured an Airstream Bambi hauled by a different vehicle.

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However, GreenLight’s Series 4 Hitch & Tow will feature a 1:64 scale 1962 Dodge D-100 pick-up truck and an early 1960’s era Shasta Airflyte. The Series 4 addition will hit the market sometime in the fall of 2015 and will retail for $9.99.

19126148864_7e6552150a_zIn an e-mail from Josh Hollandsworth of GreenLight Collectibles, he tells me of the Shasta diecast, “This is authentic to scale 1:64 in size, shape and proportions. The beautiful thing about this casting is that both the trailer shell and the chassis are metal which you don’t see in 1:64 very much these days. We did this not only for value, but for the quality as well as it feels like a more substantial and accurate piece.

18357829151_135bc029a3_zJosh further told me, “These trailers are licensed by Shasta and every piece is reviewed and approved along each step of the process by them: casting creation, 3D, test shots, car artwork, decorated pre-production samples, packaging artwork and final production pieces. This is to help ensure authenticity along every step of the way.

With the popular resurgence of the Shasta Airflyte reissue travel trailer over the past year, these diecasts will surely be a huge success once they hit the store shelves later in 2015. But look for more Airstreams and other vintage trailers to be produced by GreenLight in the future. Says Josh, “Expect at least one per release and we’re working on getting more vintage trailer castings as well to release every couple releases. For the Airstreams, we have a whole wall of ideas.”

To learn more about GreenLight Collectibles and some of their other diecasts, you can find their Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/glcollectibles/albums or find out more at their main web site at http://www.greenlighttoys.com.

 

 

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Forest River Recalls Shasta Airflyte Reissues

Shasta RV parent company Forest River is recalling 249 of the 1,941 (12.8% of production) Shasta Airflyte reissued trailers due to incorrect Federal Certification Labels, according to RV Pro magazine. The labels incorrectly state the trailer tire size, gross axle weight rating, gross vehicle weight rating and cargo carrying capacity. Incorrect labeling opens the door for the trailer to be overloaded and thus increasing the risk for tire failure. DSC_0291

Forest River will notify affected customers and dealers will install the correct label at no cost to them, with the recall starting sometime this month. To find out if your Shasta Airflyte is affected, owners can contact Forest River at (574)825-8717, and mention recall number 54-06052015-0047.

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