The Boler Turns 50!

Matt & Shari’s Green Egg!

UPDATE: Matt and Shari’s presentation has been rescheduled to 3:00 pm on Saturday the 18th August at the Red River Exhibition Park. A reminder that the event will be open to the public on this day – the gates will open at 10:00 am and admission is $10.00!

August 15th kicks off the beginning of a four-day event to celebrate the iconic Boler trailer’s 50th anniversary! Boler enthusiasts are set to travel from as far as Southern California all the way to Winnipeg’s Red River Exhibition park to attend the event. Winnipeg’s Mayor Brian Bowman will be attending on August 16th at 3:30pm to officially open the event; and a special open house for the public will begin on Saturday August 18th. Public attendees will be welcome to tour the trailers, chat with the owners while enjoying live music, a beer and wine garden, and various food trucks. The gates will open at 10 am and admission is $10.

Azimuth’s owners Matthew Longman and Shari McDowell are Boler enthusiasts who are excited to join in on the celebration and will be driving to Winnipeg with their own lime green egg in tow! For any fellow attendees Matt and Shari will be speaking from 11:15 am – 12:15 am on Friday August 17th as part of a workshop and demo presentation on Batteries and Solar for RV’s and trailers.

Be sure to go check out http://www.myboler.com/ for full details of the event schedule and location!

The inside of the Green Egg; lots of work being done.

Boler History

The Boler was one of the first moulded fibreglass trailers to be introduced in Canada and are known for their lightweight towing ability. The original Boler has inspired the design and manufacturing of many fibreglass moulded trailers since.

Raymond Olecko and his idea to manufacture a lightweight, fiberglass trailer came to fruition in 1968 when he approached Sandor Dusa, a fibreglass mould maker, to help him create his vision. Olecko wanted to build a compact trailer for his family to take on camping trips. Once complete Olecko realised they had manufactured a product that would appeal to the small, average income family who did not want to tow the standard heavyweight camper. They continued production and in 1969 moved to a larger facility to keep up with demand.

Rigged for power! This Boler is powered by ULL batteries and the 800W off-grid mini!

Before Olecko’s invention of the Boler trailer, he found success manufacturing and selling a fibreglass slingshot from the basement of his Winnipeg home. This unique design that could be ordered for either left or right-hand use was the first of its kind to be introduced to the outdoors/sportsman market and quickly gained popularity. He went on to register his slingshot business as Boler Manufacturing Co. and it was the success this business saw which lead to him continue the use of the Boler name for the fibreglass trailers (not to mention their uncanny resemblance of the Bowler hat!).

 

 

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