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Wayzalot

The Wayzalot was a wooden homemade fifth wheel trailer built from 1996 to 1999, it first appeared on the road in October 1999. This “Rolling Home” was fashioned after the Artisans who traveled in their decorated truck campers to the Renaissance Fairs in the 1970’s and lived in their decorated truck campers. Hardy and Terry Evans designed and build the Wayzalot on a custom heavy duty Rockwood steel frame and  7000 # Tor-Flex axels. All the while Hardy was building the fifth wheel, friends often asked, “what is this going to weigh?” and Hardy would say I have no idea. One day Hardy said, “ I think the fifth wheel named itself tonight, we will call it the Wayzalot.” The Evans were way behind the Artisans who traveled in their decorated truck campers but way ahead of the tiny house movement.

Description: The Wayzalot length was 30 feet long and 8 feet wide. It weighed 12,000 empty. It has a 5 foot porch on the rear and the inside was 24.5 feet long and 8 feet wide. It had fresh water tank and a black water tank. Once the tanks were placed and the plumbing decided, the rest of the trailer was framed in with 2”x 3” planks and balloon framed just like a house.For the cabin feel, the interior had cedar paneling, with cross beams for support. Three skylight were built into the metal roof.The Wayzalot featured a full bathroom with shower and tub, 1930’s knob and tube wiring, a train sink from the North Shore Electric line for the bathroom sink and a custom made pottery sink for the kitchen, stained glass windows, church wall sconces, and numerous antiques built into the design of the Wayzalot, including a 1905 fuse panel and pre 1939 light bulbs. It had a built in bookcase, small kitchen table and a click clack couch. The upper bedroom featured a queen size bed. It had solar panels, backup batteries and its own generator and self contained if needed.

History The Wayzalot appeared at many events around the country, and the Evans traveled in it about 4 months of the year from Boston the California for eleven years, appearing at many car, tractor, RV shows and vintage camper meets. The Wayzalot traveled on the National Road for the 200th anniversary of the National Road in a Tin Can Tourist Caravan. The Wayzalot was featured on the Travel Channel on a special called RV Crazy in 2004 and many magazine and newspapers for 11 years. The Wayzalot was seen at the Chicago RV show 2001, and 2005 in Rosemont, Illinois, as well as an RV show in Peoria, Illinois, and the Good Sams Rally in 2004, in Hutchinson, Kansas.

In May of 2010, The Wayzalot was hit by an semi truck on Highway 65, in Indiana and was declared a total loss. The Evans were able to salvage many original antiques from the Wayzalot and used them when they rebuilt a smaller version, another fifth wheel trailer which was 22 feet long, and 8 feet shorter than the Wayzalot and it weighed three thousand pounds lighter than the Wayzalot, thus the name, the Wayzless. ￼

External links Wayzalot Website (www.wayzalot.com)