Have you gone from a larger rig to a smaller one?

NO.

We went from a 25ft Airstream to a 35ft motorhome to a 35ft 5th wheel to a 19ft Airstream to a 23ft Airstream. So we went up down up.

Our first RV was a pop-up. From there we moved up to a 30ft TT. After we flipped that one, I decided we'd never have another big RV. We bought a nice little 25ft TT, no slides 2 years ago and we couldn't be happier.

I love that there is very little upkeep. We do mostly weekend camping with the occasional week-long camp-out. Our rig is parked permanently now, due to health issues, but we don't have any desire to buy something bigger, at least not at this time.

We went from a 37 foot A to our current 25.5 foot A. That took us from 101" wide down to 94". Loving the change!!!

Wow, thanks folks! For correcting my misconception :).

I am starting small, and wondered if I was fated to always be moving to huger and huger. Though, TTT, I have gone the opposite direction with sticks and bricks :).

In the year 2000 we downsized from a 34 foot fiver to the present 30 foot fiver we have today. We find our 30 to be just the right size for the two of us.

went from a 34 ft two slide MH to a 17 ft TT with no slides. 14 mpg instead of 7?
bumpy

Naio wrote:
I'm starting to get the impression that people always move up in size, and never down :). Is there a downsizing movement in RVs like with houses?

We started out with a 39' Class A diesel pusher. It was so big, we had to carefully plan our trips, and carefully plot our our exits and turns.

Thinking smaller would be easier (just me and my wife) we traded it for a 32' Class A gasser.

The smaller one was easier to drive, but still too large for many of the parks and beaches we wanted to visit.

So we traded that one on a 24' Class C - a Winnebago View - which we kept for four years, and traveled from coast to coast in.

It was a great size for two people to travel and camp in, and not really too big to explore the backroads.

But when we decided to trade, we went for something even smaller - a series of Class B+'s, including a 22' BT Cruiser.

Having learned how we really use our motorhomes, we recently decided to go even smaller - to a 17' Class B, a Roadtrek 170 Popular.

It's definitely small on the inside, but still has a kitchen, bath, bed, shower, generator and all the amenities.

I like it because I can use it as a daily driver (whenever I feel like it), I can park it anywhere, take it to the smallest beach parking lots, and still use it on a cross country camping trip.

The Roadtrek 170 is built on the Chevy 2500 Express Van platform and has the 6.0 V8, and we've been averaging 14mpg around town, and 17mpg on the highway (according to my Scangauge).

We probably won't be going down in size from here. A 17' Class B is really not suitable for camping with more than two very friendly people. But for our lifestyle, it's the right choice.

Bill

Not yet but as we get older I can see it happening.

Went from a 30ft TT to a 25 this past winter. The 30 was 12 yrs old and we were ready for something new anyway. I have found the 25 to be easier to tow, easier to park, and easier to store in the back yard. One thing that didn't improve much is fuel economy. So far we have been very satisfied with the 25, mostly since the kids are grown and it's back to just two of us. Just got back from 4 days this afternoon.