Choosing a small travel trailer
We are shopping for our first travel trailer and may have it down to 2 that fit our needs. One is a North Trail by Heartland, model NT21FBS, it is 26'6" with 1 slide. The other is the Keystone Bullet ...
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See my sig. DW liked the big bathroom, the storage, and the fact there is no wall at the foot of the bed. Having the bathroom and bed at opposite ends isn't an issue with us since we seldom have guests sleeping in the trailer. We sometimes miss having a couch but have added two folding chase lounges for those times we want to watch TV.
There was a running change made in 2013 going from a shallow step-up slide to a deeper flush one. We opted to buy our TT out of town to get the flush slide. The whole trailer sits higher (3 steps instead of 2) but I appreciate the added ground clearance.
I'm not sold on the wide track axles. It tows fine but I don't like the tire scuffing on hard turns.
It has an enclosed underbelly and heated tanks, but it'll be a PIA if I ever need to do any repairs under the trailer.
The toilet doesn't drop straight into the holding tank. "Stuff" builds up at the bottom bend unless you use a lot of water during a flush, and when we're dry camping water use is an issue.
With an angled kitchen sink you seem to lose usable counter space. I didn't like having to run the coffee maker power cord over the edge of the counter so I added an outlet to the bottom side of the cabinet next to the microwave. There's no counter in the bathroom so I added a small shelf to add some space.
Overall, yeah we'd do it again. There are many campsites we like that have a 30' maximum length and the 21FBS length and floorplan works for us.
My $.02, YMMV.
There was a running change made in 2013 going from a shallow step-up slide to a deeper flush one. We opted to buy our TT out of town to get the flush slide. The whole trailer sits higher (3 steps instead of 2) but I appreciate the added ground clearance.
I'm not sold on the wide track axles. It tows fine but I don't like the tire scuffing on hard turns.
It has an enclosed underbelly and heated tanks, but it'll be a PIA if I ever need to do any repairs under the trailer.
The toilet doesn't drop straight into the holding tank. "Stuff" builds up at the bottom bend unless you use a lot of water during a flush, and when we're dry camping water use is an issue.
With an angled kitchen sink you seem to lose usable counter space. I didn't like having to run the coffee maker power cord over the edge of the counter so I added an outlet to the bottom side of the cabinet next to the microwave. There's no counter in the bathroom so I added a small shelf to add some space.
Overall, yeah we'd do it again. There are many campsites we like that have a 30' maximum length and the 21FBS length and floorplan works for us.
My $.02, YMMV.
