I think I bought too big

By all standards that is not a big trailer. Like the rest of the folks have said just live with it a bit you might find you like it. When you get to the 30 footers and up now that's a big trailer. Yours is just right. Relax and just enjoy it.

Sounds like about the perfect size to me!
Enjoy.

FrankShore wrote:
I'm beginning to regret buying this large Winnie Minnie - I should have done more homework on buying this large a trailer and am seriously considering selling it for something smaller and lighter.
Frank

1. I also think your trailer is not that big; it's actually a good size for the sort of state and national park/forest campgrounds we like.
2. Your truck is serious overkill for a trailer as light as yours. I'm an old Air Force guy, so I LIKE serious overkill, of course. If you get a smaller lighter trailer, it will most likely make little (if any) difference to your mileage and towing experience. You will taking a soaking selling your now-used Minnie Winnie and buying a new trailer. There is no way any fuel savings would offset that.

My advice is to take your trailer to an RV park with smaller campsites (like a KOA) and park it amongst the other trailers and 5th wheelers. You'll be amazed at how much your trailer just shrunk!:B

Don't freak out yet! Our 32' fiver was our first ever RV of any kind, plus our first truck! When we drove off the lot we were both terrified!! LOL. Our first night in a campground was a comedy of errors and nerve wracking moments. We escaped without damaging anything and quickly learned plenty! This was in February. By the end of the summer we had gone north into the Adirondacks , through Lancaster county, through tunnels, up to NY and back again. We just ordered a 35 footer. Not because we want more space, but because we need bigger holding tanks, 5o amp, more hot water, etc.

Give it a chance, believe me, if we can do it I'm sure you can too!

For me I think the 26-foot size would probably be my limits... Since we really like to get back off the trails and do alot of NATL FOREST roads etc the 26-foot is probably about as big as one would go and still be able to egress those areas.

You certainly see alot of the 29-34 foot trailers on the roads... The rear living room with the large picture windows overlooking the lake where you are camping at sure carries alot of weight on your choice haha...

I am at the bottom of expenses with my 12-foot POPUP box trailer. Gets great gas mileage, very minimum upkeep expenses, low cost insurance-state taxes, etc, most easy to maneuver almost anywhere we go to. Driving 450 miles on one tank of gas in my F150 truck doesn't hurt at all... That gets me from King George VA to the ELKMONT Camp in the Smoky mtns in TN in one 8HR swoop. I don't even know the trailer is behind me...

Our OFF-ROAD Trailer has all the modern appliances and suits the two of us just great. We probably justify the less move around space inside the trailer by saying it makes us do more living outside of the trailer.

All about choices I reckon...

Roy Ken

Frank, all in all it is a fairly small trailer. Take it out for a few weekends and enjoy all the comforts of it. If you are having trouble maneuvering/parking it, practice with some cones in an empty parking lot. You have a beautiful camper. Relax and enjoy.

No way is that TT too big. Looked at one on line for sale. If I'm reading correctly it is 26', which to us is the perfect size and you have the perfect truck to pull it. Enjoy! We would take it off your hands but have a very very limited budget.

Yes,bigger gives you more room,but it also makes it more difficult to get into certain refueling stations,manuver in camp grounds and back into campsites.And then some sites are too small.

We were stepping on each others feet this past winter in our 24 ft TT so we bought a used 29 foot fifth wheel. Its parked next to the TT right now and for a moment I had a sinking feeling of oh my god its a monster. No......its a beauty and it has a lazy boy chair waiting for me. Its far bigger but that's what we need. I'm going to take it out locally and practice backing up, parking and taking it through various places. Give it some time. If you are like me, I;m always second guessing myself when I buy something but it always ends up being the right thing.

Don't be hasty. Your Minnie isn't that big or heavy. Use it for at least this season because even if you do decide to trade it in, I don't think it will make much difference in the trade in value.