Best Small RV Can Only Pull 3500lbs

2gypsies wrote:
Back to the OP..... she was asking about travel trailers, not pop ups.

True....

Back to the OP..... she was asking about travel trailers, not pop ups.

It must of been a real old pop up. Because I know the ones since at least 2000 (the year of the one we owned) had bunk ends that the top was made of a vinyl type material and the sides were sunbrella. Never an issue.

Our first camper was a pop up. Never again. Wet canvas was its demise. Got home late in the year with wet. Opened it up to dry it out. Every time it would get close to being dry it would rain before I could get home from work. Eventualy it got a good wet heavy snow on it and collapsed. That was the end of that trailer.

Big Katuna wrote:
I didnt like canvas during storms. Flapped and made a ruckus. Breaking camp in a storm was terrible too.

Then you have to deal with wet canvas when you get home.

If you have a hard sided trailer, what do you do about all the outside stuff when breaking camp? We literally could have our pop up broken down in less than 15 minutes. Wet canvas? We opened it up when we got home and let it air out while we unpacked and cleaned it. Same thing people due when they put away their awnings wet. Never had an issue with the flapping canvas noise...or at least it never bothered us.

Bumpyroad wrote:

wbwood wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

Jebby14 wrote:
I'd look for an 8 or 10 foot box popup. lots of space once open and easy to pull.

does the OP want to deal with canvas?
bumpy

Nothing wrong with canvas...Have you looked at the latest pop ups? They are awesome....a lot more room than a little casita...

too much hassle for setting up. watched one in the site next to me once setting up, not for me. putting away wet, not for me. hard to heat/AC, not for me. just want to be sure the OP goes into this with eyes wide open.
bumpy

There's the problem...you watched someone else but never experienced it.

Yes a hard sided camper is easier. A motorhome is even easier.. I've had all of those types. But for what a pop up camper is, Putting up or taking down in the rain is not a big deal. Would I do it in a downpour? Heck no. I wouldn't go unhitch the TT in a downpour either. Or put the jacks out or level it. Or hook up the hoses and electric.

Just like any other type of unit that you have to do anything outside, you plan accordingly to the weather. But, we have done it when it's wet. Wasn't hard to heat or AC. We had ours when living in Georgia. As you know, the humidity is not great there. AC worked flawlessly....Didn't have a heater, but we used a ceramic electric heater without issue. If a bad enough storm came up, we would get in the SUV or go to a bath house. No matter what you are in (and especially at under 3500 lbs as OP mentioned), it won't make a difference.

I didnt like canvas during storms. Flapped and made a ruckus. Breaking camp in a storm was terrible too.

Then you have to deal with wet canvas when you get home.

wbwood wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

Jebby14 wrote:
I'd look for an 8 or 10 foot box popup. lots of space once open and easy to pull.

does the OP want to deal with canvas?
bumpy

Nothing wrong with canvas...Have you looked at the latest pop ups? They are awesome....a lot more room than a little casita...

too much hassle for setting up. watched one in the site next to me once setting up, not for me. putting away wet, not for me. hard to heat/AC, not for me. just want to be sure the OP goes into this with eyes wide open.
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:

Jebby14 wrote:
I'd look for an 8 or 10 foot box popup. lots of space once open and easy to pull.

does the OP want to deal with canvas?
bumpy

Nothing wrong with canvas...Have you looked at the latest pop ups? They are awesome....a lot more room than a little casita...

I'm looking at the Shasta Retro ,too cute thanks for the link.I'm not see any in my area to look at yet.
I contacted Casita and had them send me a price list, I was shocked that I can order a brand new 2016 for less than most are wanting for a used one. They are have a sale going on and all models are 3k+ off. I'm in the works of renting one next weekend to see how I like it. This forum has been suck a huge help!!

marquette wrote:
I don't know about the Casita but I have looked at the Scamp quite a bit. Even drove to the Scamp factory to look at them. Two things my wife and I noticed that we decided didn't work for us on the 13 & 16 ft models. When you collapse the rear dinette into a bed the person against the rear wall gets a short side of the bed because of the curved corners. We also found the dinette was tight to get in and out of and sit at. So my advise would be to make sure you find either a Scamp or Casita of the model that interests you to actually get inside of and check out before ordering from a brochure. Even though it is a bit of a project trailer we ended up with a 13 1/2 ft 1987 Scotty trailer that is in the 2000 lb range. My normal TV is a Suburban but I have towed the Scotty about 125 miles with out 2004 6 cyl Jeep grand Cherokee and it did fine. Plenty of braking, towed 60-63 mph except for hills and the JGC's suspension was able to handle the tongue wt. The JGC does have the towing package