Bay of Plenty · Jamie, currently parked in Te Puke
A Te Puke towable RV-cert, lived in for two seasons
A 7.2m towable on a tandem-axle trailer. NZS5465 self-contained certified. Lived in on a friend's lifestyle block for the orchard season, then towed south for winter.
The story
Jamie wanted a tiny home that could move with the work. The orchards in the Bay run April through August; the rest of the year is whatever's going. A fixed dwelling didn't fit. A caravan didn't have the spec for a winter in Cromwell. The towable RV-cert split the difference.
Cambridge Cabin Co built it on a heavy-duty tandem-axle trailer with a 3,490 kg gross mass — fits an ordinary class-1 licence. Self-contained certification was issued by their on-staff certifier on handover. Once on site in Te Puke, it tied into a 16A blue-plug shore-power lead and a 3,000L water bladder; the greywater dispersed onto the orchard's existing field.
Cost the owner roughly $45 a week to live in over the season — power and water on the friend's account, no rent, no rates because it's not a building.
Scope notes
- Heavy-duty galvanised tandem-axle trailer (NZTA-rego'd)
- NZS5465 self-contained certification on handover
- 12V/240V dual electrical, shore-power inlet
- Composting WC + 65L freshwater + 65L greywater
- Diesel hot water, two-burner LPG hob
- WoF current; rego held in builder's name during commissioning
Spec
- Trailer length: 7,200 mm
- Internal floor area: 17.0 m²
- Sleeps: 4 (loft + fold-down)
- Gross trailer mass: 3,490 kg
- Tare: 2,180 kg