opinion please

Desert Captain wrote:
"YMMV" = Your mileage may vary :B

It is close to impossible to find any trailer that does not incorporate the word "Lite/Light" into its marketing. Lite/light? being relative terms the practice has been taken to extremes. If a TT is in fact manufactured very lightly it will come at a cost either in terms of structural integrity or the lack thereof or a serious cost increase to reflect the use of Azdell and other high end more efficient materials.

Along with weight numbers length numbers share a great deal of ambiguity. A 29 {like the OP described}, might be 33' - 34' overall or 29' overall marketed as a 26 - 27'. Payload of a TT often referred to as OCC/ROCC is another dead give away as to the quality that may or may not be present. If a 29 footer has 1,200# of payload or less something is seriously wrong.

A 29ish' TT is rapidly approaching the point where a single 13,500 BTU AC is simply not going to get the job done. Is the furnace less than 20,000 BTU? They are on the cheap models. Does it come with two Group 27 or larger batteries? Two 20# {minimum}, propane cylinders?

Can you load the TT for a normal camping trip and come home with full black and gray tanks without going over GVWR? This should be no issue for a well built trailer as dump stations are often backed up {no pun intended}, at the end of a weekend.

Frankly if I ever go back to a TT I would be looking g for something built like the proverbial tank like an Arctic Fox just to name one and mating it to an adequate tow vehicle. If you have enough truck there really is no reason to go super, uber, ultra, very, trail or any other form of "Lite/Light.

Once again...

As always.... Opinions and YMMV.

:C

But every now and then you find one light, and well built with plenty of carrying capacity. Mine has 2589lb of carrying capacity. Yellow sticker 4811, and GVWR 7400, And because of the greater R value of the Azdel sides. the AC actually keeps it cooler than the previous 27' TT. Only time it ever seems to run all the time is late in the afternoon on a sunny 100F Myrtle beach day.

BTW. AZDEL is great. light strong, and won't rot. also because of it's more popular use. the price is coming within reach of folks like me. Once it was only used on higher end MHs. But now it has become affordable to be used on mid range TTs.

As for the black tanks. I don't use dump stations. Just don't want to. IF I don't have full hookups. We use the CG facilities, and the black tank stays empty. So I don't know how it would tow with full tanks. they have never been full on the road. The fresh tank hasn't had water in it since it was filled at the factory, and I drained it after the first wintrerization.

Sure there are other light campers. and there are more conventionaly built heavy camper. This is just the one that fit my needs the best. Sleeps 10 comfortably, and has plenty of room inside. I didn't want a deep slide. I don't like a slide that takes up most of the site. This one only has a 18 inch deep slide. It is the length of the side, but not deep. It has a door that enters into the bathroom from out side. Which took some getting use to, but we now love, and a manual awning. which I also love.

Honestly though. It is bigger than I want at this point in my life. I would like to shrink it by 7 or 8 feet, and have it sleep only 2 / TWO.