Justifying the cost of a Travel Trailer
I have been thinking about getting a small travel trailer, less than 20 foot. It is just myself, don't need anything big and I can tow up to 3,500 lbs. I don't know if buying one would justify the...
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Terryallan wrote:
Describe light rain. Like the downpour in Charleston where the water was a foot deep and still falling, or the lite rain in Linville where the water was pouring off the pup like pouring it out of a boot. Lasted for 2 days. Appears you have never broke camp in the rain. Lite rain my foot.
The last 3 years owning the pup. It rained every time I started toward the pup with the crank in my hand. And I don't mean a drizzle.. Sooner or later you will be putting it up, or down in real rain. then you may understand.
Again. I loved our pup days. It allowed us to go places we never could have went. But as I got older, It just became too much trouble. Got tired of putting it up three times for every trip, and having to walk to the bath house in the middle of the night.
I've had 2 brand new Pop Ups and 2 brand new travel trailers. Only once have I had an issue with rain and was due to my impatience.
Unless you are in a bad flood, the rain will slow or quit eventually. I've never seen when it hasn't and we get flash floods often. I have closed up the pop ups to many times in the rain to count and never had issues. Yes, you do have to open them up to dry at home just as you would with a tent, since it is tenting but you can do that at your leisure. If you put the camper in a garage at your home, condo, or apartment, you don't have to open all the way up, just far enough to pull the tent out to dry.
In Northwest Indiana, we get bad thunderstorms so I know rain.
rollindowntheroad stated he didn't want a pop up, but I have never had anyone ever help with setup or break down. It's very easy to do by yourself unless you're camping in a true soft top tent trailer, where it would be more difficult.
While a Pop Up has nothing to do with this thread, I got rid of my travel trailer because I could NOT justify it's expense for it's limited use. I stayed in the hobby by going to another camper type and I stated why. That's from the experience of having 4 campers and camping for years.
