I'm at a year and a half and already "thinking" about my next move up..

I kept my last trailer for 8 years and plan to keep this one as long or at least until we decide to upgrade/downgrade. Since we have a loan the more important factor will be making certain we have some sort of equity in this trailer before doing anything.

We had our old bumper pull Raptor for 3 years, but we didn't use it much because we actually didn't really like it and my husband wasn't that comfortable pulling it (we originally didn't have enough truck for it), and our RZR barely fit in it (it rubbed on the wall in the garage). He did next to no research before purchasing it and I was just the girlfriend at the time so I didn't get a lot of input :) It pretty much looked like new when we traded it in. This new one we plan to keep for a long time....I can't imagine going any bigger and unless some new fantastic plan comes out with a large enough separate garage, I don't see how we could go smaller either. We did a ton of research and looked at it and every other available option over the span of a year. There's still a few small things I'd change if I could, but none we looked at checked all the boxes... this one checked the most. But, we bought this thinking of the future. We're in our mid 30s and maybe thinking of having one kid, so there's room for hypothetical kid. And, should hypothetical kid happen, we may want to get a 4 seat RZR, so the garage is big enough for that too.

JAC1982 wrote:We had our old bumper pull Raptor for 3 years, but we didn't use it much because we actually didn't really like it and my husband wasn't that comfortable pulling it (we originally didn't have enough truck for it), and our RZR barely fit in it (it rubbed on the wall in the garage). He did next to no research before purchasing it and I was just the girlfriend at the time so I didn't get a lot of input :) It pretty much looked like new when we traded it in. This new one we plan to keep for a long time....I can't imagine going any bigger and unless some new fantastic plan comes out with a large enough separate garage, I don't see how we could go smaller either. We did a ton of research and looked at it and every other available option over the span of a year. There's still a few small things I'd change if I could, but none we looked at checked all the boxes... this one checked the most. But, we bought this thinking of the future. We're in our mid 30s and maybe thinking of having one kid, so there's room for hypothetical kid. And, should hypothetical kid happen, we may want to get a 4 seat RZR, so the garage is big enough for that too.Yeah that where we are - we have a 2 yo boy and want enough garage space for his future toys as well as ours.. I really want a sep garage but with a 5th wheel I can't use my bed for add'l toys so that leaves us prob steering towards and open model with around 16' of garage. I look at our current TH ( our first) as kind the practice purchase to see what you really want and need. IMO The quality on my current trailer is pretty darn good ( Livin Lite all aluminum ) so have pretty much accepted the fact the next one may not be as good quality wise..

I've still have my first one I bought new in 2003. I have kept it under covered storage when not in use.

Txsurfer wrote:JAC1982 wrote:We had our old bumper pull Raptor for 3 years, but we didn't use it much because we actually didn't really like it and my husband wasn't that comfortable pulling it (we originally didn't have enough truck for it), and our RZR barely fit in it (it rubbed on the wall in the garage). He did next to no research before purchasing it and I was just the girlfriend at the time so I didn't get a lot of input :) It pretty much looked like new when we traded it in. This new one we plan to keep for a long time....I can't imagine going any bigger and unless some new fantastic plan comes out with a large enough separate garage, I don't see how we could go smaller either. We did a ton of research and looked at it and every other available option over the span of a year. There's still a few small things I'd change if I could, but none we looked at checked all the boxes... this one checked the most. But, we bought this thinking of the future. We're in our mid 30s and maybe thinking of having one kid, so there's room for hypothetical kid. And, should hypothetical kid happen, we may want to get a 4 seat RZR, so the garage is big enough for that too.Yeah that where we are - we have a 2 yo boy and want enough garage space for his future toys as well as ours.. I really want a sep garage but with a 5th wheel I can't use my bed for add'l toys so that leaves us prob steering towards and open model with around 16' of garage. I look at our current TH ( our first) as kind the practice purchase to see what you really want and need. IMO The quality on my current trailer is pretty darn good ( Livin Lite all aluminum ) so have pretty much accepted the fact the next one may not be as good quality wise..Yeah that would be the only thing that could cause us to get a bigger one, like if we had a kid and he/she wanted their own toys instead of the RZR. Or, I might want my own RZR someday... his and hers LOL!

How long do you keep your Toy Haulers? | Good Sam Community

mjrfd99
Explorer
Jul 06, 2017
18 yrs and going strong
OldSmokey
Explorer
Jul 05, 2017
we recently gave our 2009 KZ to our oldest daughter, so about 8 years
2001400ex
Explorer
Jul 01, 2017
joebedford wrote:
2001400ex wrote:
joebedford wrote:
Too much depreciation driving a new one off the lot.

Not if you shop around.
I don't think you're going to save 35% by "shopping around".

I don't know, last one I paid 17,500, had about 3,500 additional into it for hitch, batteries, tires, bed, etc. And I sold it for 18,000 4 years later. All depends on the deal you get. $5k less than local dealer buys a lot of depreciation.
joebedford
Nomad II
Jul 01, 2017
2001400ex wrote:
joebedford wrote:
Too much depreciation driving a new one off the lot.

Not if you shop around.
I don't think you're going to save 35% by "shopping around".
2001400ex
Explorer
Jul 01, 2017
joebedford wrote:
Too much depreciation driving a new one off the lot.

Not if you shop around. I tried buying from a local dealer for the third time. But they are still $5,000 more then if I drive 350 miles (their first offer was about 10k higher). Even after asking for the bottom price a few times. Crazy thing is, the toy hauler I was asking to buy from them has been on their lot for 3 weeks and they haven't even listed it for advertising yet. Or cleaned it. When we looked at it, it was still messy from shipping.
Bedlam
Moderator
Jul 01, 2017
Txsurfer wrote:
I really like my 24 but the fact we have to roll everything out to put the bed down gets a little old when you are doing midway stops. A sep forward bedroom is our main criteria for the next one. I know I'll miss the 24 at some point tho

Our 22' TH was like this but had a slide with jack knife sofa. We would sleep next to the toys on midway stops.

We just bought our fifth RV since 1988. This averages out to about seven years per RV.
joebedford
Nomad II
Jul 01, 2017
Too much depreciation driving a new one off the lot.
Txsurfer
Explorer
Jul 01, 2017
I really like my 24 but the fact we have to roll everything out to put the bed down gets a little old when you are doing midway stops. A sep forward bedroom is our main criteria for the next one. I know I'll miss the 24 at some point tho
lincster
Explorer
Jul 01, 2017
I kept my first trailer for 2 years and then moved up to a 41' 5th wheel with 21' of open garage.
I couldn't see how much bigger I could go from there, so I knew I would have it for a long time.
Have had my current trailer for 12 years and don't see any reason to get rid of it anytime soon.
2001400ex
Explorer
Jul 01, 2017
My first one was 4 years. I think I have my 21 Shockwave sold now, 4 years later. I feel like it's that people keep their first one or two less years, until they find out what they really want. Or needs change. My first one was a 27 foot bumper pull. Way too big and heavy. Then the small one. Now we want a fifth wheel. :)