Advice for semi-newbie on used TTs
Hi everyone, I camped a lot growing up, and my husband and I camped (tent and pop-up) when we were younger with fewer children. Our children are older now (teens, pre-teen) and we want to start cam...
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Bunks are a 'must-have' for us (we have 4 kids). It is so nice to have dedicated space for each kid, and to not have to tear down and set up beds, tables, etc. every morning and night. Plus, the kids really like sleeping in their bunk.
Our TT comes in between 6k and 6500 lbs depending on how long we are going for. We get by towing it with our Suburban. It has no slides and is just under 30' long overall. It is a very basic model, and probably costs little more than a fully optioned popup. We camp a lot in national forest, park, and state campgrounds, and have never had an issue with length (but only just barely -- there have been a few instances where we would have had a hard time finding a spot if we were a couple feet longer).
To me, it all depends what you want to do with the trailer. We usually take shorter (1-3 night) trips. We don't spend much time inside the TT at all -- most of our camping is destination oriented, and we are out doing things all day when we go camping. There is no television (we had the dealer keep it), and we do all our cooking outside. So, we are only in the TT to sleep, maybe for breakfast on a chilly morning or the odd rain storm. So it works great for our needs. We know others who seem to spend most of their time camping inside the trailer; ours would not work for us if that is what we did!
Our TT comes in between 6k and 6500 lbs depending on how long we are going for. We get by towing it with our Suburban. It has no slides and is just under 30' long overall. It is a very basic model, and probably costs little more than a fully optioned popup. We camp a lot in national forest, park, and state campgrounds, and have never had an issue with length (but only just barely -- there have been a few instances where we would have had a hard time finding a spot if we were a couple feet longer).
To me, it all depends what you want to do with the trailer. We usually take shorter (1-3 night) trips. We don't spend much time inside the TT at all -- most of our camping is destination oriented, and we are out doing things all day when we go camping. There is no television (we had the dealer keep it), and we do all our cooking outside. So, we are only in the TT to sleep, maybe for breakfast on a chilly morning or the odd rain storm. So it works great for our needs. We know others who seem to spend most of their time camping inside the trailer; ours would not work for us if that is what we did!
