Light weight TTs: how do they hold up when boondocking?

F150 and 30-foot trailer will not likely work as a combo. You'll run out of payload with tongue-weight plus all your stuff for full-timing.

Maintenance will also play a big factor into how the TT holds up. If you're handy and stay on top of things, anything will last longer than a neglected big-bucks unit.

Terryallan wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
I'd never buy a 150 to full time with.
bumpy

But now. they are not even putting real motors in 250s so it is a mute point.

if the motors, brakes, suspension, tranny coolers, etc. are the same, then get a 350.
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:
I'd never buy a 150 to full time with.
bumpy

But now. they are not even putting real motors in 250s so it is a mute point.

donn0128 wrote:
I understand boondocking. I understand full timing. I understand trying to keep cost down. What I dont understand is how your going to boondock for more than a coyple of days without more. Water propane and waste disposal are three major questions you need to addtess to yourself

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We boondock for up to two weeks at a time and then have to move. While on the move we dump and refill.

We use a ultra light for boondocking and it has held up well considering how rough the trails and weather is up there.

Bumpyroad wrote:
I'd never buy a 150 to full time with.
bumpy

Probably good advice.

I'd never buy a 150 to full time with.
bumpy

I understand boondocking. I understand full timing. I understand trying to keep cost down. What I dont understand is how your going to boondock for more than a coyple of days without more. Water propane and waste disposal are three major questions you need to addtess to yourself

Weight has very little to do with longevity. It's more based upon engineering and quality. For instance, pound for pound some aluminum alloys are stronger then steel, but way more expensive; titanium even more so. Plywood sheating vs. polyethylene sheeting; polyethylene has 1/3 the weight but 4 times the cost. So the moral of the story is, how is it constructed to make it lighter.

We've owned 2 lightweight trailers and they were great for boondocking. The only downside to the lightweights as they tend to have smaller holding tanks. Construction-wise they hold up fine as long as you get a decent trailer.