Considering another Pop Up BUT

rbpru wrote:

You can get a lot of almost equal features in a PUP or you can look for a used Hi-LO or Trailmaner. But, you start approaching the price of a TT rather quickly.

The pop ups I am looking at, cost the same or more than what my TT was brand new only a few years ago.

The highwall Rockwood HW276 is a 14' box and closer to what we need but it still lacks so much compared to our TT. Local dealer has it for $14K with Air Conditioner, w/o tax, w/o title and such. Bought from them before and they are as cheap as you'll find them.

The Jayco pop up in the same floorplan is a joke. It has so much wasted space with no storage anywhere and you need a ladder to climb up to the dinette. Jayco has the worst pop up designs anywhere. Can't believe they let them go that bad as 10 years ago and even older, were much better. They also charge such high MSRP prices.

SO even paying more than my TT, I can't get close to the TT's features. But that was Okay. All I wanted was about 2 hanging canvas pantries and a hanging canvas wardrobe. I also wanted a freezer like the Rockwood HW276, and the storage.

The Rockwood HW276 would probably actually work, but I don't know if I could talk the wife in paying more, and having much less. If the HW276 was around $11K, it would be much more doable. Also, the only dealer is that dealer within 200 miles, and that dealers service department is about as bad as it comes. In fact the 'want ad' for service techs left me in disbelief. They are not even requiring any certifications or anything, just want 'know how' and maybe some experience. I don't want to have to beg another dealer to fix it, like the first time I had too, and then have to drive 200 miles to get simpler things done that I can not do.

In fact, this dealer is the only one within an hour and half drive in either direction, that is even selling pop ups. Other dealers just have stopped stocking them on the lot. You can buy one unseen and unheard, and order it. But I don't like surprises and I don't buy anything without seeing and test driving first.

But if I were to do it, the HW276 looks like a good choice.