GREEEN Couple... Some questions
First time poster. First time RVer. We decided to find something our Tacoma V6 could tow. We do not wan't a "home on wheels" Just something small where spending more time outside is key. With that...
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I've seen the 13-foot molded fiberglass TTs pulled by the likes of Toyota Highlander or Honda Pilot. A 16-17 footer is certainly within the range of what you can pull with a V-6 Tacoma (or even the SUV equivalent, which tends to be a bit heavier empty).
At 13-foot, the dinette is usually the only eating and sleeping area, unless you have the TT built with sofa and bunks or a two-person dinette in place of the wet bath. I don't know that Casita offers that option in the U.S. market, do know they build with front bunks for export to Asia.
At 16-foot, almost everyone offers a second dining space for two people, so that the big dinette can be left in its double bed configuration. Be aware this bed is short, as TTs in this class tend to be about 6 1/2 foot wide, or less, interior. But tall people might also have headroom issues as well as bunk length issues.
If you can spare the pickup bed for installation of a hitch, a Tacoma can very likely pull the Scamp 19, a tiny fiver with a loft bed over the hitch. The industry used to build small tongue-pull TTs with a loft over the hitch (we had one in the early 1960s) but I haven't seen those in this country for a while.
There are also a few truck camper models sized for mid-size trucks like the current Tacoma or Colorado, but to keep the weight down you would have to choose one with quite primitive accommodations, much like what you might find in a very basic tent camper.
At 13-foot, the dinette is usually the only eating and sleeping area, unless you have the TT built with sofa and bunks or a two-person dinette in place of the wet bath. I don't know that Casita offers that option in the U.S. market, do know they build with front bunks for export to Asia.
At 16-foot, almost everyone offers a second dining space for two people, so that the big dinette can be left in its double bed configuration. Be aware this bed is short, as TTs in this class tend to be about 6 1/2 foot wide, or less, interior. But tall people might also have headroom issues as well as bunk length issues.
If you can spare the pickup bed for installation of a hitch, a Tacoma can very likely pull the Scamp 19, a tiny fiver with a loft bed over the hitch. The industry used to build small tongue-pull TTs with a loft over the hitch (we had one in the early 1960s) but I haven't seen those in this country for a while.
There are also a few truck camper models sized for mid-size trucks like the current Tacoma or Colorado, but to keep the weight down you would have to choose one with quite primitive accommodations, much like what you might find in a very basic tent camper.
