Driveable vs towable for x country trip

Welcome to the forum.
My vote is for one you drive.
You'll be traveling a lot and will have everything available while rolling down the road or sitting in a 5 mile traffic back up.

There are pros and cons to every type of RV. I prefer the type you drive. Others will have different opinions.

Do what is best for YOU.

Enjoy your travels.

yes you will get many answers based on what someone has and loves! :C

I've had both.
""IMHO"" The time spent unhooking, hooking back up leveling, and the being 'on all the time' while driving pulling a TT started sucking the life out of me while RV'ing.

Switched to a MH and haven't looked back. Pleasure to drive, Pull in, put it in park and open a cold one while watching the others spend their time unhooking, etc etc. :C

I agree with gbopp. Do what feels best for you. You can always sell what you have down the road and get something else. Good luck and have fun on your journey!

Several of the educational rallies (RV-Dreams, Escapees, etc.) have a good comparative list of the pros and cons. Some of the ones I remember are:

1. With a motorhome, you give up some of the living space to the driving space. (Foot-for-foot, towables are considered roomier inside.)

2. With a towable, you have the disadvantages listed by rockhillmanor above: more time hitching/unhitching/leveling (unless you have auto-level on a fifth wheel). We lucked out with a level spot last night, however - just dropped the stabilizers and went to bed in our fifth wheel (just a one-night stay).

3. Fifth wheels have more storage space inside (have been told this by several people who have had both). The large, buss-style outside storage compartments on the big class As may be about the same as the large basements on fifth wheels.

4. On a stormy night, you can just park a Class A, hit the auto-level button, and go to bed without getting outside.

5. With a class A, if there is a drive train problem, your home goes into the shop. With a towable, you can live in the RV while the tow vehicle is repaired.

6. You can tow a "runabout" car with a Class A or larger C for sightseeing. If there are two of you, you get to ride together this way, too. With a towable, you either have to use the tow vehicle to run around or have someone follow in a "chase car." My wife prefers this as she gets some alone time and listens to her music or books on tape. With two-way radios, she can also alert me if something doesn't look right from behind the rig. She also scouts ahead for the best camping spot (she gets the final say on that subject!).

These are just a few that I can remember...

Rob

One $.03 thought. If you have a Class A or C and tow a vehicle you have two engines/transmissions to deal with. If you tow something there is only one engine.

I'm a single RVer. I drive a 'C' and pull a Jeep Wrangler toad for sight seeing. My first RV was a Class B. But I found that I was more of a visitor than a camper. If I pulled out of the RV park to go to the store or to go exploring, my spot in the CG was often taken when I returned. Now, the RV park is where I leave my 'C' while I'm exploring or just shopping.
If its raining outside, I don't get wet getting to the bathroom (which is more important as I get older.) Finally, the chances of having engine problems with both vehicles at the same time are nearly non-existent.

rockhillmanor wrote:
yes you will get many answers based on what someone has and loves! :C

I've had both.
""IMHO"" The time spent unhooking, hooking back up leveling, and the being 'on all the time' while driving pulling a TT started sucking the life out of me while RV'ing.

Switched to a MH and haven't looked back. Pleasure to drive, Pull in, put it in park and open a cold one while watching the others spend their time unhooking, etc etc. :C

We also have had both and this is the answer

We have done 3 x country trips in a tt/truck and two in a class a. The a wins easily.

The biggest advantage to an A with a toad is the ability to separate the two and still move them. It is difficult to drop a trailer without a campsite; you can drive the A to any visitor center or parking lot and tour for the day in the toad.

In tight spaces, we can unhook our toad to maneuver. If one gets in a tight spot with a tt, there isn't much to be done except keep trying. Our tt/truck combination was 53' long. While our A/toad combination is 51' long, we can drop the toad and the length down to 34'. There are roads and campgrounds we couldn't do with the tt/truck that we can with our class a.

After fulltiming in a trailer for 6 months we switched to our bus and will not even consider another pull behind unless we permanently park.

I think you have already answered your own question. (Not enough room for a pickup). My choice is irrelevant to you (pickup and trailer). With a motorhome and small toed you can traverse the small tight streets and leave the rv parked.

We are travelers, not so much campers. We have visited all the lower 48 plus Alaska in class a's with a toad and would not even consider a pull behind. The convenience of pulling into a boondocking site, be it a Flying J, Walmart or roadside pullout, pushing a few buttons to level and run the slides out, another button to start the generator to make dinner, go to bed. Next morning push a few buttons to reverse the procedure and we're on our way. When we get to our destination, we find a campground, dump tanks, refill fresh water, unhook toad and go sightseeing. Couldn't be easier.