Looking for a new travel trailer, where to start?

Another consideration is the holding tank capacity. The Keystone only has a 30 gal. gray tank...My experience with a bunkhouse and kids is that's going to be a problem...

Stuff you don't think about pops up later. i.e. holding tank size, counter space, pantry, slides that block the bathroom or frig when they are in.

Good luck with your search.

Askibum02 wrote:
I'm looking for a new travel trailer, and I don't know where to start.

Always start with what your truck is rated to safely tow and don't be fooled by those pie-in-the-sky "tow ratings". ;) Both those trailers you've mentioned are pretty big and could easily push beyond the limits of most 1/2 ton trucks, especially when it comes to payload capacity. A trailer with bunk beds infers you it won't be just 2 adults in the truck when towing so keep in mind that the weight of people and cargo in the truck count against it's payload capacity, often leaving insufficient capacity to account for trailer tongue weight transferred to the truck once hitched up. :( Family trailers like this also tend to run GVW awfully close to GVWR because all those extra people means a lot of extra "stuff" that an adult couple alone wouldn't be dragging along.