From class A to T. T.

We went from a 32' Avion TT to a 38'Diesel MH and would never go back to a TT. There are so many features and pluses (to list)on a MH for our use that we would never change.

I have. I went Tent-Popup-Class A-TT.
My Class A is a 1977 GMC Motorhome. Great machine, really cool, but at the end of the day, it is a 1970's GM car. It is the best built (frame wise) RV on the planet, but that drivetrain did me in.

Trailers are just simple, and if your TV is your daily driver, you generally know what to expect.

I went from a Beaver Monterey 36 foot diesel pusher to a Duramax towing a 21T Komfort non slide trailer in 2002 .
I still have the Duramax / Komfort setup .
Although we have stayed a month at a time in winter at Outdoor Resorts - Cathedral City we discovered that we much prefer camping without hookups .
I did not liking towing a Towed .
I do like having a 4wd duramax which easily tows the 7280# gvw 21T .
The systems in the 21T are less complex than those in the MH .
There are few repairs needed and any marginal handyman can fix what goes wrong with a TT .
We have more ground clearance with the DMax/21T and this suits the more beautiful camp spots that are often the last 2 miles down a gravel road .
Our cost of campsites is very low because we often park in the National Forests using " dispersed camping " .
The most we pay is $ 9 per night on the National Parks Pass .
Our 21t has 50+6 fresh , 45grey, & 45 black .
There are plenty of opportunities to dump our tanks for free when we are on the move .
It takes us very little time to drop the trailer .
I use my battery Makita drill motor to lower the stabilizers .
Put out the awning and a mat .
We spend most of our time outside of the trailer .
We generally seek out a simple streamside site .
On a few urban type stops we have found abandoned government parking lots such as the old forest service or dmv .
The govmint loves to move into a new building at the end of their 10 year lease which leaves the building lessor with an empty unrentable building .
I am a big fan of a 9200# gvw diesel pickup towing a 7280 # gvw TT .
We have a walkaround queen which takes 4 18 gallon rubbermaids underneath .
The spare tire is underneath the TT and that leaves plenty of room for a HD bike rack on the back of the TT .
We use hd #2 AWG jumper cables to tie the 2 duramax batts with the 2 TT batts .
We can run what we like for 3 days and by then the pickup gets driven so the 2 dmax batts get charged .
Because our trailer is not long and weighs less than the tow vehicle we are very mobile and curves ,winds , and steep inclines are not an impediment .
We use an extracab diesel 6.5' box with a locking snugtop canopy .
We can park most places without an issue .
We carry the heavy stuff in the pickup box and we are often about 8300# on the pickup and 5400 # on the trailer axles .
The trailer tracks perfectly partly because with 4wd and a diesel engine we are 4600# on the front wheels .

We Did. Bought the Class A intending to travel quite a bit. But my consulting business skyrocketed, and the National just sat in the storage facility. It was paid for, but just thinking about that asset just sitting there wore on us.

So 4 years ago we sold it and found this wonderful 25 foot Rockwood for 5K that bothers us none if it sits unused.

We plan on getting back to a Class A in about 4-5 years as we semi-retire. I like the onboard genset of a class A which gives us many more options when traveling. But dont get me wrong.....we love our TT as well!

We did this spring. We went from a 2009 Holiday Rambler Admiral that we bought new and back to a trailer. We traveled for 5 years and last year we just sat at our northern seasonal site most of the summer and in South Carolina at our winter site all winter. We decided that we might as well sell the coach while it was still worth quite a bit if we weren't going to continually travel and buy a trailer that we'll just move twice a year.

The trailer gives us a large living room, a bigger kitchen and bedroom.

kknowlton wrote:
Not exactly the same route, but close: we went from a small Class C to a popup. Two of the main reasons:
1) The combination of vehicle and "home" into one unit meant that when repair was needed, we lost the use of the "home" and often had to cancel camping plans; if this had happened to us on a longer trip, we would have had to move into a hotel & buy meals, which we hadn't budgeted for
2) (and the bigger reason) Once we got set up in a campsite, then found we needed something, like firewood or groceries, etc., we had to unhook utilities, put away leveling blocks, essentially break camp just to get those items, then go through setting up camp all over again when we returned to the site. Having a detachable trailer means we can leave the unit in the campground and drive somewhere to get needed items, have repair done on the tow vehicle, etc.

We went from a class c to a tt for the same reasons. Also, the class c was more expensive to register and insure. Another reason was sight seeing...the class c was impossible to drive and park in a lot of places. Also, I can back the tt along side my house and don't have to pay storage fees. Couldn't do that with the c.

Not exactly the same route, but close: we went from a small Class C to a popup. Two of the main reasons:
1) The combination of vehicle and "home" into one unit meant that when repair was needed, we lost the use of the "home" and often had to cancel camping plans; if this had happened to us on a longer trip, we would have had to move into a hotel & buy meals, which we hadn't budgeted for
2) (and the bigger reason) Once we got set up in a campsite, then found we needed something, like firewood or groceries, etc., we had to unhook utilities, put away leveling blocks, essentially break camp just to get those items, then go through setting up camp all over again when we returned to the site. Having a detachable trailer means we can leave the unit in the campground and drive somewhere to get needed items, have repair done on the tow vehicle, etc.