Looking for a quality used toy hauler for the family

also if the unit has wheel wells stand on the floor next to them as they have issues leaking and wrotting floors there as well as the floor in front of the ramp gate, if the gate leaks it wrotts the floor there too. if the unit has a fiberglass cap look in the front corner of the unit to make sure there's no signs of water as well. look at the leaf spring shackles as they are seldom checked and the cheap Chinese shackles used on all most all of them wear quickly and then let go on the road. even on that small of unit replace the tires with 10 ply!! **** the ramp gate and stand inside to see if you can see daylight, a lot of the ramp doors were built too weak and have been known to bow then leak! and all that otrfun said!!

We had a Jayco Talon 24', weighed 10,000lbs fully loaded, that included our rhino and one dirtbike. Very nice toyhauler for its size, strong well built.

I recommend it highly.....

There are a lot of toy haulers this size for sale in the Phoenix/Tucson area. If you're willing to travel into S. CA, this opens up a lot of opportunities as well. Craigslist, rvtrader.com, rv.net, etc. are good places to search. In AZ, there's the added incentive to purchase from a private party--AZ does not collect sales tax on private party transactions.

21-24 foot toy haulers are typically going to weigh 6,000 lbs. plus, empty. Add in real world gear, water, and toys, and you're talking about an additional 1500-2000 lbs! Near the max tow weight for your Toyota. Do NOT believe (or trust) the empty and tongue weight advertised in manufacturers sticker/brochures. They're rarely, if ever, accurate. From my experience, toy haulers of this length that weigh less, have usually cut a few corners to get the weight down--specifically the frame and surrounding ramp area structure. Tongue weight, even with 21-24 footers, can exceed the maximum payload for the Sequoia. Highly suggest verifying the tongue and empty weight with a scale before purchase.

Make sure you have a good, thorough PDI accomplished by someone you trust. Although most ignore it--it's important to also crawl underneath and check the the frame/chassis closely on any toy hauler--especially important to do on the Weekend Warriors. Any "seperating" seams underneath, inside walls, wheel wells (inside/outside), etc. are of concern! Any recent "repairs" (on any toy hauler) to the roof, walls, flooring, or frame, should be looked at closely with some suspicion. FWIW, it's easy to overlook (or cover-up) water damage--this kind of damage can be very expensive to repair.

There are lot of opinions about what consitutes a "good" toy hauler (or TT). IMO every toy hauler/TT, regardless of manufacturer or model, has the potential to be substandard. It could have been substandard the day it rolled off the assembly line--it could be substandard because the previous owner didn't do any preventative maintenance---there are no real guarantees--it's buyer beware. The RV industry is not like the automotive industry where quality has been refined with realworld results.

Good luck!

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New or used, use a good check list to guide you through inspections. In addition for toy haulers with pumps you should take 5 gallons of gas and dump in the RV, run the generator and be able to pump gas back into your tank.

Here you can find Tom Boles' Pre-Delivery Checklist

Thank you for the tip biker. What are some other things I should look for. I hear of dome companies having problems with cracked frames. I'll have to check my owners manual to see how much tongue weight it can support.

What ever you select, make sure it has aluminum framework throughout. There are many You-tube videos of repairing dry rot in toy haulers found in ramps which get wet.

There are some out there but finding used toy haulers are pretty rare so when you find one that is priced where your budget is you might want to jump on it provided that it's not a total piece of crap.

One word of caution for you though is to make sure the tongue weight isn't going to bust the hitch right off the Sequoia. Typically the tongue weight on a TH is significantly more by design to offset the weight of any toys behind the rear axle. My TH can get close to 2000lbs of tongue with full tanks and no toys.

Could you fit a side x side in it?

I just bought a 2013 Forest River 19rr which is a 23 foot light toy hauler. I paid just a bit over 15k for a well equipped model. It is easily towed by my Ford F150. It is very comfortable for that size toy hauler.