Upsizing from PUP to TT - What do we need?

One thing you're going to find out that different from a PUP. With a PUP, you have all those canvas sides that open up and you get really nice air breezes inside. With a TT the windows are not as generous. You'll feel claustrophobic for a while, and in hot weather (without electricity), you'll be living in a pressure cooker. You'll want air conditioning!

You may need to rethink where you camp when the weather gets hot or you may find yourself investing in a pup tent and sleeping in it just to cool down.

chezmoose wrote:
We've never used a battery in our PUP. We just used lanterns and battery lamps for light, and coolers for food and drink. Ours did not have a water pump or a fan on the furnace (40 years old!), so never really needed power. I'm assuming we'll need a battery upgrade for the new TT just to run the water pump and fridge(?). Am I correct in understanding that the fridge still uses a little power even when running on propane?

What about under the stabilizer jacks? Do we need any type of pads on soft ground? We just used chunks of 2x4 on the PUP.

The new TT should come with an adequate battery for your electrical needs - fridge(on propane) and water pump included. If you dry camp, you'll need some sort of means to recharge the battery every couple of days. If you're using your shore line, the battery should recharge automatically while plugged in.
I use some small 4"x4" decorative pavers for under my stabilizers. I'd use something a little wider than a 2x4.
On an earlier post, you asked about between wheel chocks..... our first trip in our Roo 23SS, we didn't have the between wheel chocks. DW was frantic about the movement. I ordered the appropriate items when we got home and haven't been without them since. But, that's your call - chock your wheels and see what you think.
Larry

2x4 will work for the TT stabs as well.

DutchmenSport wrote:
One thing you're going to find out that different from a PUP. With a PUP, you have all those canvas sides that open up and you get really nice air breezes inside. With a TT the windows are not as generous. You'll feel claustrophobic for a while, and in hot weather (without electricity), you'll be living in a pressure cooker. You'll want air conditioning!

You may need to rethink where you camp when the weather gets hot or you may find yourself investing in a pup tent and sleeping in it just to cool down.

Yes, that does worry me somewhat. We considered buying a hybrid but just weren't that thrilled with most of the ones we looked at. We do have a big enclosed screen tent, could always sleep in our zero gravity recliners or buy a couple cots!

The flip side of losing the canvas is QUIET. When we moved to a small motorhome from our good old pop up, we were amazed that we no longer heard the generators, parties, running vehicles. Lost the bird calls, too. We go sit outside when in the mood for them.

Don't worry, your DW will let you know what you need! Mine had the brilliant idea of leaving everything in the pop up. We loaded up with everything we needed, headed out to camp, then stopped at Superstore and got a "few things" to top it up. All for the best except the fancy silverware with glass handles that wouldn't fit in their tray. Luckily they broke easily.

We lost our campfire cooking pots. The soot just didn't fit in with the new "house". The meals got quicker and even better.

Like you, we always boondocked, though never outside of a campsite with no toilets. I actually took away the power cord because we never used it and space was valuable. Now we do often boondock away from campsites. Still never plug in or hookup or generate. No Television. Two batteries and charging from the engine serves our needs very well.

Enjoy your new adventure!

Harvey, I *am* the DW, so rest assured, I have a list a mile long! :W
We are not planning to get rid of the PUP right away (DH has a sentimental attachment to it) so are planning on buying mostly new stuff to outfit the new TT. Will probably borrow the percolator, pots and pans and a few odds and ends from the PUP but just buy new for the smaller items.

New camper will probably have a little better ground clearance than the old PUP but we'll have to be more cautious about overhanging branches, etc.

We're closing the deal on Friday but probably won't bring the new camper home until most of the 2 ft of snow on the ground goes away.

Harvey51 wrote:
The flip side of losing the canvas is QUIET.

I think that is the part of a TT that the DW and I dislike most. We are almost always boon-docking and want to hear the birds, river, wind thru the tree's, etc.