I know where the PUPs are

I know where my pup will be starting Wednesday this week. It will be in PA with maybe another 50 Aliners.

Sadly, I was not camping but on the road this weekend and saw not one PUP and very few campers at all up and down I-30 between here and Texas. Hopefully, there were all somewhere else - maybe somewhere cooler and less humid!

chevyman2 wrote:
OK I obviously do not know where "every single" PUP on the entire planet is. My point here is this.

On our way back home Sunday from our own camping weekend. I counted 23 PUPs that was being towed down the interstate (opposite direction of what we were driving). Why is this a big deal?
1-I have travelled down interstates for years now and most trips I dont see even 1 PUP
2-We was on the interstate for only 36 miles.
3-That does not include the 5 I seen on the the 20 miles of 2 lane we travelled after turning off the interstate.

Funny enough, we was the ONLY PUP at the CG this weekend

I agree, you hardly ever see them on the road compared to years ago.

I don't have one now but I used to. Fast forward quite a few years and I went out to buy a new one. Yikes the prices were so high. I then started looking at used and same thing there.

So, IMHO from experience, prices on PUP's are way too high. A family of 4 can buy a TT for MUCH LESS. Add that to all the new 'lightweight' TT's on the market and you can see why so many campers are switching to a small TT instead of a PUP.

That's why I think there are so few PUP's on the road nowadays. It's less expensive to buy a TT, AND they have a whole lot more room for less $$.

That's what I ended doing I bought one of those lightweight TT's with a slide and it cost less than a used PU. Hard to justify buying a new PUP that costs more than a nice TT.

I am surprised that more PUP manufactures haven't gone out of business or dropped their PU lines.

So, IMHO from experience, prices on PUP's are way too high. A family of 4 can buy a TT for MUCH LESS. Add that to all the new 'lightweight' TT's on the market and you can see why so many campers are switching to a small TT instead of a PUP.

That's why I think there are so few PUP's on the road nowadays. It's less expensive to buy a TT, AND they have a whole lot more room for less $$.

That's what I ended doing I bought one of those lightweight TT's with a slide and it cost less than a used PU. Hard to justify buying a new PUP that costs more than a nice TT.

I am surprised that more PUP manufactures haven't gone out of business or dropped their PU lines.

Boy, would this start an argument on Popup Portal! LOL

To many, it's camping in a box vs. feeling and hearing the sounds of the outdoors.

Price-wise, I've seen the BEST highwall (Rockwood HW296) go for $15,500 new. Aren't most new TTs that much or more? I personally paid $9,500 for my 2012 Clipper 126.

Mileage is also significantly better with a pup, and you don't need a full-blown truck as the heaviest non-highwall trailers are less than 3,000 lbs. dry. Ever see a WDH on a pup?

Some enjoy camping with all the conveniences of home. We have never even put water in the water tank of either of our trailers (since 2006) and are usually outside the trailer, even in winter. A lot of pup owners are the same or similar.

This all being said, the natural progression as popup campers get older seems to be sell the pup and get an HTT or TT because they are easier to set up. That's what we are planning to do.

I am still shocked by how big some TTs and fivers are. It was one of the many pleasant surprises of our first trip back to the states in ten years.