First time potential buyer of a TT- need advice

zimm wrote:

wbwood wrote:

zimm wrote:
Thanks. I do think renting one this spring will help decide how we'll use it. I'm going to try out tent camping hopefully this weekend and see how that does. At least she'll appreciate a TT after sleeping on rocks and sticks for a night! I'm an experienced backpacker, but I've never tried taking toddlers car camping...

You mentioned no pop ups or hybrid because she doesn't want the kids stolen. No offense, but tent camping is not going to really add any additional security. By all means if you want a hard sided trailer and can afford it, then go for it. But as one experienced with having owned 2 pop up's (with a child less than 2 years old with the first one and the other within the last couple years), a TT, and now a motorhome, I would not blink an eye about getting a pop up. Matter of fact, we bought one right before the motorhome and still had the TT. The pop up offers a lot for the person that wants to camp dry camp. Easy to tow and often lighter. The footprint is generally smaller, allowing you the option of parking it in smaller spaces, while being able to easily double the size of it when it's opened up. They make them where the dinette is a slide out. Beds are often king size. We gave up Rving/camping for about 7 or 8 years. I won't do that again. Even if it means back to a pop up. They are very versatile units.

Funny you should mention that. I'm reading up on pop-ups right now. If the difference comes down to affording a used pop up this summer and going camping, vs not being able to afford a TT and having nothing... that might outweigh the perceived security issues or extra noise from the neighbors vs having solid walls.

If you are camping the way you mentioned how you intended, then noise from neighbors really shouldn't be much of an issue.

Here's the used pop up that we bought a couple years ago. The owner wanted $2500 for it. We gave him $2000 or $2200, I can't remember exactly. But it was a steal at the $2500 price compared to what else was being sold at higher rates. When we traded it in with the TT on the motorhome. The dealer credited us twice what we paid for it and had it on the lot for even more.