Going back to a Pop Up
I've had travel trailers now for 10 years.
I guess I'm a minimalist at heart because while I love the idea of having a camper that's actually a second home that I can live in comfortably, it also comes with the maintenance costs, repair costs, and insurance costs.
I just got sick of repairing it all the time and paying for all the constant seam caulking and unfortunately leak repairs.
Since I'm not camping much anymore and hardly with the family at all, it just seems stupid to be putting big bucks out yearly. I also just don't have the time for the constant repairs that it always needs.
Then I'd like to buy a new house in the near future and the Travel Trailer really limited my options. I don't want to store off site with the vandalism and thefts that happen at these off site storage places let alone their expensive costs.
So I traded in my Jayco 26BH. I'm going back to my despised Rockwood brand Pop Up. I will say that these new pop ups are really built nice compared to what they were 13 years ago, and are actually built better than the Jayco Pop Ups by a HUGE margin. I thought the Jayco Pops Ups were garbage, design, quality, and workmanship.
While I wanted a storage friendly camper, I actually found the best for size, convenience and amenities. I bought a 2019 Rockwood Premier 2716G. This is a low wall but has the very large 14' box.
Believe it or not, it's just as big inside as the 26BH, has a lot of storage but nothing compared to the 26BH obviously, and has larger beds and a huge 80" X 50" dinette in a 2.5' deep slide out.
Since I always camp in unlevel sites, the 26BH was always time consuming leveling at these state parks, so the quick leveling of the Pop Up, added to it's setup should be a wash between setting up the 2.
Here's some picks of the new Rockwood 2716G
Click here for the pics
Size wise comparing the 2716G to the 26BH, they're pretty equal, but with the Pop Up having larger beds, and dinette.
I guess I'm a minimalist at heart because while I love the idea of having a camper that's actually a second home that I can live in comfortably, it also comes with the maintenance costs, repair costs, and insurance costs.
I just got sick of repairing it all the time and paying for all the constant seam caulking and unfortunately leak repairs.
Since I'm not camping much anymore and hardly with the family at all, it just seems stupid to be putting big bucks out yearly. I also just don't have the time for the constant repairs that it always needs.
Then I'd like to buy a new house in the near future and the Travel Trailer really limited my options. I don't want to store off site with the vandalism and thefts that happen at these off site storage places let alone their expensive costs.
So I traded in my Jayco 26BH. I'm going back to my despised Rockwood brand Pop Up. I will say that these new pop ups are really built nice compared to what they were 13 years ago, and are actually built better than the Jayco Pop Ups by a HUGE margin. I thought the Jayco Pops Ups were garbage, design, quality, and workmanship.
While I wanted a storage friendly camper, I actually found the best for size, convenience and amenities. I bought a 2019 Rockwood Premier 2716G. This is a low wall but has the very large 14' box.
Believe it or not, it's just as big inside as the 26BH, has a lot of storage but nothing compared to the 26BH obviously, and has larger beds and a huge 80" X 50" dinette in a 2.5' deep slide out.
Since I always camp in unlevel sites, the 26BH was always time consuming leveling at these state parks, so the quick leveling of the Pop Up, added to it's setup should be a wash between setting up the 2.
Here's some picks of the new Rockwood 2716G
Click here for the pics
Size wise comparing the 2716G to the 26BH, they're pretty equal, but with the Pop Up having larger beds, and dinette.
