5th wheel vs Bumper Pull!~ help a newbie
Been all over the East Coast pulling a tent trailer with a fs pickup- easy-peasy. The wife and I are now looking towards upgrades and retirement. Started looking at Bumper Pulls and now really le...
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From what I can see, travel trailers are generally lighter construction while some Fivers are much heavier (GD Momentums/Solitudes, DRV, Artic Fox, etc). If you need something for more temp extremes, I would think the heavier thicker walls and double pane windows help quite a bit. If you're just summering it so to speak, then something lighter might do.
I've never owned a pickup before. When I looked at the myriad of trailers available it was and is bewildering. There are so many models/types! But we have a family of 5 with triplet 6 y.o. boys. Our thought process is "we want the boys to be comfortable but we don't want them right next to our bedroom". So we have concluded that a toy hauler would be perfect because the kids have their own separate compartment that is heated and cooled, and some trailers even have their own bathroom back there. And the toy haulers can carry up to 60 gal of gas for the on-board generator. Running your generator on gas is a lot cheaper than running it on propane.
There's no way a travel trailer would work for our needs.
Toy Haulers tend to be heavy. We also need to carry as much water as possible, with commensurate grey tank. All that adds weight.
Kids have bikes. Kids have toys. Now they want a dog. We like to BBQ. More weight.
So I went and bought a F450. Big capacity. Big payload. Big truck. This is my first pickup. Crazy eh? But I won't be want for capacity.
Too bad California just raised the diesel tax 20 cents/gal.
My point is figure out what you need/want in your trailer. Add in all the stuff you're bringing along. Then you know what you need.
I've never owned a pickup before. When I looked at the myriad of trailers available it was and is bewildering. There are so many models/types! But we have a family of 5 with triplet 6 y.o. boys. Our thought process is "we want the boys to be comfortable but we don't want them right next to our bedroom". So we have concluded that a toy hauler would be perfect because the kids have their own separate compartment that is heated and cooled, and some trailers even have their own bathroom back there. And the toy haulers can carry up to 60 gal of gas for the on-board generator. Running your generator on gas is a lot cheaper than running it on propane.
There's no way a travel trailer would work for our needs.
Toy Haulers tend to be heavy. We also need to carry as much water as possible, with commensurate grey tank. All that adds weight.
Kids have bikes. Kids have toys. Now they want a dog. We like to BBQ. More weight.
So I went and bought a F450. Big capacity. Big payload. Big truck. This is my first pickup. Crazy eh? But I won't be want for capacity.
Too bad California just raised the diesel tax 20 cents/gal.
My point is figure out what you need/want in your trailer. Add in all the stuff you're bringing along. Then you know what you need.
