any downsides to a HW?
I have been full-timing in a '70s Apache hard-sided pop-up for over a year. I'm thinking of getting a different trailer. Here are the considerations: - GVRW under 4000 - easier break-down and set-u...
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Fabric wall popups are really nice tents. Hard side RVs are really cramped condos. Only you can decide which sort of environment is better for you. If you generally hate tent camping, the pup probably isn't for you, regardless of how many amenities it adds. If you LIKE tent camping, except for a few irritations, the pup may be perfect. So how to decide? Go buy a cheap Walmart tent and air mattress and do some FAIR weather weekenders. If you LIKE it, the pup will probably work for you. If you're appalled and horrified by the dirt, bugs and proximity of the outsideness of the world and need a spa treatment the moment you get home....
You can probably tell which camp I'm in... ;)
I do LOL when some folks express horror at the thought of spending months at a time in a pup. I've got friends who have spend months at a time walking a long trail with everything they have in their BACKPACK, so the pup would probably feel like absurd luxury to them. To each their own. But don't let somebody else tell you what yours is.
Oh, downsides to a HW vs a low wall popup?
- Need more than a 3,500# TV rating. The ability to tow a pup with an efficient FWD vehicle is one of its great assets that is lost when you go HW.
- The TV rear view mirror no longer works. Trailer blocks it. Works great in my minivan and low wall pup.
- Blows more in cross winds due to greater sail effect. My low wall has zero effect on steering feel under almost any conditions - including passing by speeding semis.
- Good luck putting the awning up or down after the roof is up, like when a storm is approaching. You'd need a ladder to reach it. I can do my low wall with just my 5 gallon gray water bucket as a stool.
+ I'll let others extoll their virtues. I don't like 'em.
You can probably tell which camp I'm in... ;)
I do LOL when some folks express horror at the thought of spending months at a time in a pup. I've got friends who have spend months at a time walking a long trail with everything they have in their BACKPACK, so the pup would probably feel like absurd luxury to them. To each their own. But don't let somebody else tell you what yours is.
Oh, downsides to a HW vs a low wall popup?
- Need more than a 3,500# TV rating. The ability to tow a pup with an efficient FWD vehicle is one of its great assets that is lost when you go HW.
- The TV rear view mirror no longer works. Trailer blocks it. Works great in my minivan and low wall pup.
- Blows more in cross winds due to greater sail effect. My low wall has zero effect on steering feel under almost any conditions - including passing by speeding semis.
- Good luck putting the awning up or down after the roof is up, like when a storm is approaching. You'd need a ladder to reach it. I can do my low wall with just my 5 gallon gray water bucket as a stool.
+ I'll let others extoll their virtues. I don't like 'em.
