Towable versus Motorized RV?
Hi everybody! I have posted here in the past, but it was when we were renting RVs. Now, after renting RVs over the years, we have decided to buy. I always thought we would buy a motorized RV. Howev...
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The debate again....bottom line it's preference.....
We've owned both. Previously a 35' TT and towed it with an F250. Now we have a 32' Class C motorhome. Our preference is the motorhome. Mainly due to simplicity. We can get in, crank it up and go. We don't have to hook it up or unhook it. It's much easier to back into a site with, plus we don't need as big of a site to park the truck in addition. Driving is much more comfortable with the motorhome than with the truck/trailer. You are constantly having to see where the back of the trailer is going. We were about 55' or more in total length hooked up with a pivot point in between. Even with the WDH and sway control, a good wind or truck coming up beside you, you give you a push to the side. There's a difference in the way the motorhome handles it than the truck/trailer on that pivot does. People with towables will try and use the excuse of "I don't want to care for an additional motor". I used to think the same way when we had our towable. But I looked at the numbers and realized that was silly to think that way. Since you already have a truck and plan on using it for other things, then by all means save the money and go the towable route. Our thing was that we didn't have a truck, nor did we need one. So that was an additional cost for us. We traded in a mini van for it. The truck got 11-12 mpg not towing anything. Towing it got 8 mpg. So it really wasn't feasible for us to have as a second vehicle. We live 35 miles from my work and I drive a little commuter car. My wife works from home most of the time, but has to drive that 35 + miles every so often for meetings. Her driving the truck into town cost us $20 a trip. Plus the cold winter days or rainy days she would use it to take our kid to the bus stop and sit there idling...After a few years of that, and figuring most of our trips were to the beach 4 hrs away, we decided to keep the TT stored at the beach (campground would put it on site for us) and trade in the truck for an SUV for my wife (twice the gas mileage). We ended up getting a used pop up to pull behind the SUV for trips to the mountains. That was short lived. We got a great deal on our current motorhome and traded in the TT and pop up on it...
We've owned both. Previously a 35' TT and towed it with an F250. Now we have a 32' Class C motorhome. Our preference is the motorhome. Mainly due to simplicity. We can get in, crank it up and go. We don't have to hook it up or unhook it. It's much easier to back into a site with, plus we don't need as big of a site to park the truck in addition. Driving is much more comfortable with the motorhome than with the truck/trailer. You are constantly having to see where the back of the trailer is going. We were about 55' or more in total length hooked up with a pivot point in between. Even with the WDH and sway control, a good wind or truck coming up beside you, you give you a push to the side. There's a difference in the way the motorhome handles it than the truck/trailer on that pivot does. People with towables will try and use the excuse of "I don't want to care for an additional motor". I used to think the same way when we had our towable. But I looked at the numbers and realized that was silly to think that way. Since you already have a truck and plan on using it for other things, then by all means save the money and go the towable route. Our thing was that we didn't have a truck, nor did we need one. So that was an additional cost for us. We traded in a mini van for it. The truck got 11-12 mpg not towing anything. Towing it got 8 mpg. So it really wasn't feasible for us to have as a second vehicle. We live 35 miles from my work and I drive a little commuter car. My wife works from home most of the time, but has to drive that 35 + miles every so often for meetings. Her driving the truck into town cost us $20 a trip. Plus the cold winter days or rainy days she would use it to take our kid to the bus stop and sit there idling...After a few years of that, and figuring most of our trips were to the beach 4 hrs away, we decided to keep the TT stored at the beach (campground would put it on site for us) and trade in the truck for an SUV for my wife (twice the gas mileage). We ended up getting a used pop up to pull behind the SUV for trips to the mountains. That was short lived. We got a great deal on our current motorhome and traded in the TT and pop up on it...
