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Captain_Obvious
Feb 19, 2014Explorer
First camp out with the wife in a tent - she froze.
Rented a tent trailer - not too bad, though putting it away in the rain wasn't fun. Never did get the all the mud out of the van though.
So we bought a tent trailer. Didn't much care for it - she still froze.
So we sold it, and bought a older travel trailer that needed way too much work.
Liked it, but the repairs just were too much.
We looked at trailers for several weeks. We finally found the floorplan we liked, and after looking at a few more trailers, we found the trailer for us. That was almost 2 years ago and no plans to change.
The takeaway? Don't buy the first one you see. Make a list of 'must haves' and stick to it. Don't be afraid to cross trailers off your list for the smallest reason. We passed over several very nice looking (and less expensive) trailers because they didn't have a storage cabinet here and there, or it was missing a bunk here, etc.
Rented a tent trailer - not too bad, though putting it away in the rain wasn't fun. Never did get the all the mud out of the van though.
So we bought a tent trailer. Didn't much care for it - she still froze.
So we sold it, and bought a older travel trailer that needed way too much work.
Liked it, but the repairs just were too much.
We looked at trailers for several weeks. We finally found the floorplan we liked, and after looking at a few more trailers, we found the trailer for us. That was almost 2 years ago and no plans to change.
The takeaway? Don't buy the first one you see. Make a list of 'must haves' and stick to it. Don't be afraid to cross trailers off your list for the smallest reason. We passed over several very nice looking (and less expensive) trailers because they didn't have a storage cabinet here and there, or it was missing a bunk here, etc.
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