Hershey RV show / silly humans

69 Avion wrote:
Everyone has a different idea of what works for them. There is no "right" or "wrong" answer. If the units didn't sell, the manufacturers wouldn't make them. There is no doubt that the campers have come a long way. Some folks need the slide outs and basements. Some want the simple TCs that are lighter and can be taken back further than the heavy units. Some like the pop ups that can go back even further. Some need a travel trailer with a large floor area or a fifth wheel that is loaded. I have a 34' Avion TT and I don't use it anymore because it is too large for where I want to go. I use my little C-11 on a trailer. What many folks who don't have a TC don't understand is that the TC has the same basic amenities as a large trailer, but they are all strategically located in a small area. When you look at it, a TC takes much more thought in the layout to make it work. My family of 3 can live in comfort in the TC the same as our 34' trailer, but we end up taking much less "stuff".

30 years ago I started in a tent. Then a truck canopy. Then 18 years ago went to a 22' TT when our first son came along. After number 3and 4 came along, we thought we needed something bigger and got a great deal on a 30' TT with a 14' sofa dinette slide. We enjoyed it for 5 years, but after fuel costs continued to go up, and then we moved to an island in Alaska where length costs big $$$ on the ferry. We decided to go with the TC after trying two different Class C MH's. The TC we chose to make work, allows mild off road exploration, was modifiable to fit our family, was affordable, and allowed for two more beds via the front seats of the truck.

I say all that to say we were once ones that thought we couldn't fit in a family of 6 in a TC. Now we do it like its nothing. We are realizing that a minimalist attitude is quite a liberating/freeing experience. Now we didn't go new, but I rarely go new on vehicles, and have never gone new on RV's. Part of that is that I am a "fixer" and enjoy it. The othe part is that I struggle buying new, then loosing the so much value. So I try to find used in good shape, for a decent to fair price.

Now that we have gone to our Avion TC, I don't think I ever want to go back to a bigger RV, even though we still have our 30' TT, (back in the lower 48) we will most likely live in it while we build on a piece of property, and the camp in the TC. And we plan to go minimilistic on the house too now.

The longer we RV, the more we see that TCers tend to have a similar minimilistic tendencies.

Just some of my thoughts...

Garry in AK