Towing with 2013 XLT w/Tow Package
Hey all! New to the forums and doing a bunch of research. I've done a search with people asking if a 2013 explorer can pull xyz TTs and most recommend for this particular TV either a popup or HTT. W...
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e-light wrote:
I would say your numbers look OK.
My advice would be to buy a smaller used camper to see how your family likes camping. Here is what happened to me...
First camper was a Jayco 10' popup, 2500 lbs loaded. Tow vehicle was a 2005 Jeep Libery. Years of towing my boat and a couple of years of towing the camper killed my Jeep...so...
Bought a Tundra...plenty to tow my popup and boat. But...
Family LOVED camping...and the little popup wasn't cutting it...so
Bigger camper...and to haul the bigger camper...bigger truck.
Hopefully all is good now :-)
But my advice is to buy something small and used that you like. Try it out for a year or two. Find out if your family likes camping, if they do figure out what you want in a new camper. Then you'll be in a position to get exactly what you want, camper and tow vehicle wise.
I would have saved myself some money if I had just went straight to a bigger truck when my Jeep died. But I figured (incorrectly) that we'd stick with the popup for a while...
I know my family loves camping. My wife's done it her whole life and I've been into it since college. We typically go at least 2x/yr, mostly because we were doing it tent style, and we'd always go with friends that had the trailers and amenities tent camping lacked so we were always good. But now, we're in a position to at least entertain a trailer and just looking at options. In the next 2 years hopefully I'll be getting a truck, and I know that opens up an endless circle of upgrading from then on, but honestly, I think a HTT of this size will do for a good while. My step son loves a tent, and we pretty much just sleep in the trailer. Otherwise we're outdoors hanging out.
