Switch to Bumper Pull?
My knees are starting to give out on me, and so I'm considering selling my Rockwood 5th Wheel, and buying a Bumper Pull. Going up and down the steps from the living room to the bedroom can sometimes b...
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We just went from a 28 foot class A motorhome to a bumper pull, 27 foot TT. I liked the motorhome. My thoughts are that if you use it a lot a motorhome is great. It cost a lot more to own than a 5er or TT. If you don't use it very much it's a money pit that gets worse simply by sitting. I did almost all of my own maintenance and repairs on the MH and it seemed like I was doing that a lot. Two oil changes, 4 filters, lube the chassis, $2,700.00 for tires, generator repairs, fuel filters, radiator repair, axle seal repair, master cylinder replaced, exhaust gaskets, air bags, relays, resistors, switches, exhaust, etc, etc.. In the motorhome the area around the front seats is wasted while camping. But, with the motorhome I could cruise at higher speeds more comfortably than pulling the TT. Maybe that was just me. At 70-75 that motorhome would track straight as an arrow and wasn't wanting for power or breathing hard. It would pull mountains all day.
The 27 foot travel trailer has a slide so, with the use of every inch of floor space and the slide it gives us a lot more room. I don't much like towing but, pulling the toad had it's dynamics as well. At the campground I think that the TT is more practical. It's basically a small house.
If my life changed so that I could start taking long, extended trips with a lot of moving around I would get another motorhome. But, for what we do the TT is definitely the better choice. We go someplace and stay a few days to a couple of weeks. I considered going with a truck and a 5er. But, we looked at all the reasons we RV and decided that the TT was the way for us to go. My sister pulled a travel trailer from Oregon to Tennessee, then went South to Florida and went back to Oregon by way of the Southern US. So, long road trips are entirely doable with a bumper pull. BTW, he was towing with a 1996 Dodge 2500ram diesel.
The 27 foot travel trailer has a slide so, with the use of every inch of floor space and the slide it gives us a lot more room. I don't much like towing but, pulling the toad had it's dynamics as well. At the campground I think that the TT is more practical. It's basically a small house.
If my life changed so that I could start taking long, extended trips with a lot of moving around I would get another motorhome. But, for what we do the TT is definitely the better choice. We go someplace and stay a few days to a couple of weeks. I considered going with a truck and a 5er. But, we looked at all the reasons we RV and decided that the TT was the way for us to go. My sister pulled a travel trailer from Oregon to Tennessee, then went South to Florida and went back to Oregon by way of the Southern US. So, long road trips are entirely doable with a bumper pull. BTW, he was towing with a 1996 Dodge 2500ram diesel.
