Mammoth Overland TL Tall Boy Trailer Evaluate

Mammoth Overland is scheduled to roll out the primary Genesis Version of their new Tall Boy overlanding trailer earlier than the top of the 12 months. We obtained an early preview, nevertheless, spending a few days with the prototype tenting off-grid excessive within the mountains close to its Woodinville, Wash., manufacturing unit.

The Mammoth Overland TL Tall Boy is a uniquely designed and constructed off-road camper trailer constructed proper alongside Vashon Plane’s Ranger airplane. The TL makes use of the identical aircraft-quality manufacturing tools, aluminum supplies, and a spotlight to element. It ought to end in a trailer that can serve its house owners for generations.

Right here’s what this new Tall Boy overland trailer has to supply households who love off-roading, tenting off-grid, and doing it in a high-quality camper trailer designed particularly for such functions.

In brief: Mammoth Overland’s latest entry within the off-road trailer market comfortably sleeps 4, has a rest room, 6’3” headroom, and is rock-solid in design. But its aircraft-grade aluminum physique makes it gentle sufficient to be towed by most mid-size pickups and SUVs. 

Off-Street Camper Trailers

Overlanding and backcountry tenting have attracted lots of curiosity from youthful households who love the outside and getting far-off from the every day hustle and bustle of city/metropolis life at any time when time permits. The everyday RV journey trailer isn’t designed for that kind of use, particularly when the pavement ends and the highway to that out-of-the-way vacation spot turns to gravel, sand, or dust. That’s why “overlanding,” or “off-road” trailers have grow to be the campers of selection.

The draw back of the everyday overlanding/off-road trailer is they’re often inbuilt both a model of a teardrop-style sleep-inside design, or as a cargo-style trailer arrange with a roof-top tent to allow them to be towed over difficult backroads.

Teardrops sleep two inside and usually have lower than 4 toes of headroom, whereas the roof-top sleeping quarters of cargo trailer designs put you 9 toes above the bottom. So, making an attempt to accommodate a household of 4 in both could be difficult, particularly with regards to having a rest room and a cushty sleeping house.

The bigger, tandem-axle off-road camper trailers have extra space and options, however can simply prime $100K. 

Mammoth Overland Tall Boy Evaluate

Mammoth Overland’s 2,900-pound 2025 TL (Tall Boy) overlanding tenting trailer stands 9 toes tall and comfortably sleeps 4. It’s a limited-production, all-aluminum overlanding trailer that actually raises the roof on these norms, as I came upon whereas tenting within the prototype.

Not solely is the TL “Genesis Version” ruggedly constructed to resist essentially the most difficult of backcountry roads and off-road Jeep trails, but it surely additionally has an inside ceiling top of 6’3”, comfortably sleeps 4 on its king mattress in entrance, and 6’2” lengthy twin bunks on the road facet. It additionally has an inside lavatory with a bathe, which is a key function for any family-oriented off-road trailer.

The Tall Boy can be one of many lightest and least costly of “camper-style” tandem-axle off-road trailers to hit the market with an MSRP of $72,000 totally accessorized. And none of at the moment’s off-road/overlanding-type campers are constructed utilizing aircraft-grade supplies, design, manufacturing, and high quality management. There’s a cause for the latter components of the Tall Boy.

Plane Manufacturing Method

“My strategy to the event of our off-road trailers might be a little bit bit totally different than different off-road trailer producers,” says Scott Taylor, Mammoth Overland’s president, who additionally had a protracted profession as a manufacturing supervisor of quite a few Boeing navy and business plane applications. Scott can be the President/COO of Vashon Plane, Mammoth’s mum or dad firm.

“We designed this trailer with an plane producer’s mindset: to make it actually sturdy, actually gentle, and elegantly useful with minimal transferring elements. Our aim was to construct a ‘generational’ off-road trailer; one which may very well be handed right down to the subsequent technology, and the subsequent,” says the long-time pilot.

Sleep With a View

Throughout our tenting journey, we made good use of the indoor lavatory, in addition to the array of USB and 110V plug-ins. And, we beloved the sturdy two-piece door — the steps drop down like an airplane — that was very safe. The opposite facet of the Tall Boy that my spouse and I each thought was effectively achieved was the view the a number of oval-shaped roof home windows alongside the roof sides gave of the encircling space.

“Home windows have been an essential a part of the preliminary design. I wish to expertise being exterior whereas flying my Vashon Ranger,” Scott defined previous to us leaving the manufacturing unit, towing the TL behind his four-door Jeep Wrangler. “The identical factor is how I really feel about overlanding: I wish to be exterior experiencing nature. So let’s be exterior after we’re inside, have the openness of not being enclosed and cooped up.”

As for sleeping lodging within the Tall Boy, the thick king-sized foam mattress up entrance could be very snug. Two huge RV-style home windows on either side permit an incredible view and are totally adjustable to open so far as wanted for air flow. They’re additionally fitted with bug screens and shades like a conventional tenting trailer.

Down beneath, on the road facet, are two 24” W x 6’2” L bunks adjoining to the slender aisle and throughout from the toilet. The higher bunk could be shortly and simply deployed so it hinges down from the wall to show the decrease bunk into a snug sofa.

Out of doors Cooking

Exterior is the kitchen. It’s situated on the off-side rear and serves because the again wall of the pass-thru storage compartment. The aluminum unit swings out, locking in place to supply a steady cooking platform with a two-burner propane range, small sink, and handy 42-quart, 12V freezer/fridge. The sink is fairly small, and on the prototype mannequin, it drained out on our toes — the manufacturing fashions can have a distinct sink drain setup. 

Along with the swing-out kitchen, the TL additionally has a nifty foot-wide, 3-foot-long drop-down facet panel for a prep desk — or a serving desk. And, it opens to disclose a three-shelf pantry that may be accessed from inside or exterior.

We used the desk to carry a transportable Kenyon SilKEN smokeless electrical 110V grill that plugged right into a receptacle contained in the physique opening. The TL has USB, 12V, and 110V plug-ins conveniently situated all through the trailer.

We used it to carry a transportable Kenyon SilKEN smokeless electrical 110V grill that plugged right into a receptacle contained in the physique opening.

Storage Options

Within the roomy rear storage compartment is a 50-gallon contemporary water tank, sufficient to final a household of 4 for a number of days off-grid tenting. The storage compartment can carry lots of gear, which is nice as a result of storage inside could be very restricted until gear is laid on prime of the beds or stuffed into the vertical shelf on the entryway.

Up prime of the Genesis Version Tall Boy is the 23Zero 270-degree awning that spreads out to supply cowl from the kitchen and across the rear of the tenting trailer. Deploying it requires a ladder — or climbing up the square-tube ladder mounted on the entrance of the TL. It’s also possible to carry 500 kilos of substances secured to the roof rack of the Tall Boy.

Tall Boy Towing

On the highway and on the path, the Tall Boy tows simply as a result of it has about 400 kilos of tongue weight, which makes trailer-induced sway nonexistent — no less than, that’s the way it towed behind Scott’s four-door Wrangler. The lengthy tongue, Lock ‘N’ Roll articulating hitch, and tandem Timbren Axle-Much less suspension helped isolate the Jeep from the trailer when the terrain obtained a little bit twisty and tough.

The lengthy tongue, 400-pound tongue weight, and Lock ‘N’ Roll hitch serve the Mammoth Overland Tall Boy effectively. Twin spares are a pleasant contact, too.

2025 Mammoth Overland Tall Boy Evaluate Wrapup

General, the Tall Boy Genesis Version tenting trailer seems to be and appears like it might be a superb match for younger, adventuresome households. The aircraft-style monocoque design of the physique is designed to resist the pains of being towed over tough terrain corresponding to that discovered within the Pacific Northwest, and the inside supplies four-season consolation and an incredible view of these kinds of environment.

As Scott says, “I feel we put a brand new spin on overlanding trailers with the Tall Boy. Our aim was to construct a rugged, dependable off-road trailer that  could be good for the mother and pa with two youngsters who love tenting off-grid, towing with a mid-size pickup, Jeep, or SUV.”