newbie who would appreciate some advice
Hello to everyone, first timer getting ready to buy a camper. Have done lots of research, won't bore you with the details but let me give you the short short version... Would like to get a ca...
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Dusty,
I was in a very similar situation, wanting the flexibility of the TH over the standard bunkhouse model. Plus you get the larger water tanks and generator for dry camping, which honestly sounds a lot more fun to get away a bit.
Weight was a big factor for pin, diesel eats a lot of that up and payload probably just over 2k to maintain the 10k GVWR. You can up that a bit factoring tire and axle weight ratings, but technically you can still be over very easy so its your comfort level with liability.
We had ordered an XLR 300x12 I think it was for the lower pin weight around 1950 published but had to cancel last year due to wife's injury. We then got a dog, which required a topper on my truck to drive said dog around. I got sick of dog (actually wifes complaining about dog she had to have) and got rid of it, but kept the topper.
Since we had a topper we went with a travel trailer toy hauler, Keystone Carbon 33. It gets you up to 13k total, believe dry weight around 9 so you get 4k worth of cargo in it, ceiling height is pretty high as well with 12.5 exterior height.
Price for the TT with a lot of options including Onan 4k generator was probably quite a bit less than Puma you specced out and I have been pleasantly surprised so far. Just an option that might work for you, easy to control and not near overweight, most of amenities at a smaller cost.
I was in a very similar situation, wanting the flexibility of the TH over the standard bunkhouse model. Plus you get the larger water tanks and generator for dry camping, which honestly sounds a lot more fun to get away a bit.
Weight was a big factor for pin, diesel eats a lot of that up and payload probably just over 2k to maintain the 10k GVWR. You can up that a bit factoring tire and axle weight ratings, but technically you can still be over very easy so its your comfort level with liability.
We had ordered an XLR 300x12 I think it was for the lower pin weight around 1950 published but had to cancel last year due to wife's injury. We then got a dog, which required a topper on my truck to drive said dog around. I got sick of dog (actually wifes complaining about dog she had to have) and got rid of it, but kept the topper.
Since we had a topper we went with a travel trailer toy hauler, Keystone Carbon 33. It gets you up to 13k total, believe dry weight around 9 so you get 4k worth of cargo in it, ceiling height is pretty high as well with 12.5 exterior height.
Price for the TT with a lot of options including Onan 4k generator was probably quite a bit less than Puma you specced out and I have been pleasantly surprised so far. Just an option that might work for you, easy to control and not near overweight, most of amenities at a smaller cost.
