How Long Should Our Travel Trailer Be?
We are looking at purchasing a travel trailer and I'm trying to figure out how long we should be looking at... There are only two of us - so we don't need a ton of beds. We are also fairly minimali...
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You will be getting up to a pretty large trailer if you want one that leaves enough empty space for a four-foot desk. It also might have a lot of furnishing you don't want or need. RVs are built with all of the space against walls used by some furnishing, and to create open space they use slideouts, putting the space in the middle of the room.
I suggest you look at RV layouts with the idea of what size has the furnishings you want, and another piece you don't want, that you can sacrifice to build a desk into the space. If I finally decide to full-time, my jackknife sofa will be coming out to install a workspace. Sofa is in an 8-foot, 30" deep slideout, so it would be room for a 2x7 desk, at least.
There are floor plans that include desk space, with a shallow built-in desk. My motorhome put a 18x30 inch desk/vanity in the bedrrom, and I've seen a larger desk inthe living room of an Airstream TT in the 26 to 32 foot range. Probably not as long as 4 feet, however.
Depending on budget, there are high-end manufacturers that custom build towable RVs, just as there are custom builders for motorhomes (Sportmobile, Winnebago Specialty Vehicles). A lot of custom builds are to your purpose, creating an office/workplace combined with a living space, or sometimes just the mobile office.
In towables, also look at toy-haulers. These often have a compact living area up front, garage and some convertable living space in the back. That can be as small as what is needed to haul a couple dirt bikes, on up to enough to carry a small car. I've watched a 34 Ford cabriolet roll out of a fifth wheel toy hauler.
I suggest you look at RV layouts with the idea of what size has the furnishings you want, and another piece you don't want, that you can sacrifice to build a desk into the space. If I finally decide to full-time, my jackknife sofa will be coming out to install a workspace. Sofa is in an 8-foot, 30" deep slideout, so it would be room for a 2x7 desk, at least.
There are floor plans that include desk space, with a shallow built-in desk. My motorhome put a 18x30 inch desk/vanity in the bedrrom, and I've seen a larger desk inthe living room of an Airstream TT in the 26 to 32 foot range. Probably not as long as 4 feet, however.
Depending on budget, there are high-end manufacturers that custom build towable RVs, just as there are custom builders for motorhomes (Sportmobile, Winnebago Specialty Vehicles). A lot of custom builds are to your purpose, creating an office/workplace combined with a living space, or sometimes just the mobile office.
In towables, also look at toy-haulers. These often have a compact living area up front, garage and some convertable living space in the back. That can be as small as what is needed to haul a couple dirt bikes, on up to enough to carry a small car. I've watched a 34 Ford cabriolet roll out of a fifth wheel toy hauler.
