Travel Trailer vs. Motorhome (my situation)
I did a search in the Search box here for "travel trailer vs. motorhome" and it gets zero results. You can try it for yourself. I even tried "travel trailer motorhome". Nada. (that's Spanish for n...
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2manytoyz
Thanks for response. I'll reply to the 3 responses.
1 - You're comparing apples and oranges again (diesel vs. gas). For a big truck I'm thinking F250 gas; maybe F350 gas. As I remember they actually can tow a little more because the motor weighs less. New big gas truck + new travel trailer I estimate to be about 20% to 30% less cost than new gas motorhome + new Jeep Wrangler.
2 - I hadn't thought of unhooking the toad at a gas station with a high cover (may be hard to find?) but that's a good idea (if I had two drivers). I know this sounds crazy but for reasons I won't go into here my wife doesn't have her license.
3 - OK, it looks like the engine is significantly in front of you so I would say it's about equal to a big truck in crash safety, but not much safer as you were first saying.
Still, a big motorhome + a Jeep Wrangler is a possible solution for me. My plan is to walk around some $90K to $100K new class A gassers before I make a decision. I will probably also walk around a few fivers before I make a decision. At this time I'm still leaning in favor of the bumper pull, but I've spent more time inside those than the others. Before I pull the trigger I need to browse the other RV types some more. I saw a few at an RV show, but I need to see more again.
Thanks, Steve
Thanks for response. I'll reply to the 3 responses.
1 - You're comparing apples and oranges again (diesel vs. gas). For a big truck I'm thinking F250 gas; maybe F350 gas. As I remember they actually can tow a little more because the motor weighs less. New big gas truck + new travel trailer I estimate to be about 20% to 30% less cost than new gas motorhome + new Jeep Wrangler.
2 - I hadn't thought of unhooking the toad at a gas station with a high cover (may be hard to find?) but that's a good idea (if I had two drivers). I know this sounds crazy but for reasons I won't go into here my wife doesn't have her license.
3 - OK, it looks like the engine is significantly in front of you so I would say it's about equal to a big truck in crash safety, but not much safer as you were first saying.
Still, a big motorhome + a Jeep Wrangler is a possible solution for me. My plan is to walk around some $90K to $100K new class A gassers before I make a decision. I will probably also walk around a few fivers before I make a decision. At this time I'm still leaning in favor of the bumper pull, but I've spent more time inside those than the others. Before I pull the trigger I need to browse the other RV types some more. I saw a few at an RV show, but I need to see more again.
Thanks, Steve
