XC Trip with 12yo - TT or PUP? WWYD?
My son and I want to travel around the country when he is in 7th grade (a year from now). We have an old '92 Terry Travel Trailer (TT) currently. Out tow rig is a '10 Toyota Tundra 5.7L 4WD with a top...
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Only you know what kind of shape your soon to be 28 year old TT is and idk how big, heavy it is.
Yes your truck will pull ALOT. But with just 2 of you and ALOT of miles, ALOT of mountains and alot of stops, I'd shy away from a big, old, long TT.
Little TC with no features, like a Hawk, would be horrible IMO. Not only is it a glorified tent, but now you have zero space leftover for storing stuff since the "camper" takes up the whole bed and payload plus some.
Since you're pretty much bound to be towing something, it may as well be easy to tow, full featured, easy to use, dry and comfortable.
This is what teardrops like Rpods or other brands like the Cherokee Pup you were looking at, excel at.
Big enough that it's full featured and 2 beds or more and small enough that it tows easily, not hard to maneuver, doesn't need all the wdh/sway control stuff, so easy to unhook for day trips or 1 hour trips. Can stop for the night with virtually zero setup time.
My vote goes for a small hard side trailer. Plenty of them under $15K, like new, or less if more used.
And if the cost is a concern, then think about it being a "long term rental". Buy a used one next fall when RV prices are lower, or early in the spring. Take your trip, make a few payments if cash isn't available, then put it up for sale about 2 weeks before you get home. Shouldn't have much depreciation at all. Even if it costs you a couple thousand, that's about $33 a night for a 2 month trip or about 20% of rental cost.
Insurance is dirt cheap on it and I wouldn't even register the thing if selling it in the short term. Renew the tags for your old Trailer and slap em on the new one. (the last sentence will get some folks twitterpated here, but that's how you do stuff on the cheap)
Good luck on the search.
Yes your truck will pull ALOT. But with just 2 of you and ALOT of miles, ALOT of mountains and alot of stops, I'd shy away from a big, old, long TT.
Little TC with no features, like a Hawk, would be horrible IMO. Not only is it a glorified tent, but now you have zero space leftover for storing stuff since the "camper" takes up the whole bed and payload plus some.
Since you're pretty much bound to be towing something, it may as well be easy to tow, full featured, easy to use, dry and comfortable.
This is what teardrops like Rpods or other brands like the Cherokee Pup you were looking at, excel at.
Big enough that it's full featured and 2 beds or more and small enough that it tows easily, not hard to maneuver, doesn't need all the wdh/sway control stuff, so easy to unhook for day trips or 1 hour trips. Can stop for the night with virtually zero setup time.
My vote goes for a small hard side trailer. Plenty of them under $15K, like new, or less if more used.
And if the cost is a concern, then think about it being a "long term rental". Buy a used one next fall when RV prices are lower, or early in the spring. Take your trip, make a few payments if cash isn't available, then put it up for sale about 2 weeks before you get home. Shouldn't have much depreciation at all. Even if it costs you a couple thousand, that's about $33 a night for a 2 month trip or about 20% of rental cost.
Insurance is dirt cheap on it and I wouldn't even register the thing if selling it in the short term. Renew the tags for your old Trailer and slap em on the new one. (the last sentence will get some folks twitterpated here, but that's how you do stuff on the cheap)
Good luck on the search.
