My 2017 quest for the perfect TT!

Distance and price range will probably leave you disappointed, but they are awesome trailers anyhow.

With your parameters, lets get as close as we can. This Nash, built by Northwood, has all the 4 seasons features as the Arctic Fox, but is built with a wood frame, and built very well, same heavy duty trailer frame as well.

This Nash 24M in Golden, CO says $18K OBO
2014 Nash 24M

Nash 24M brochure

Edit:
So this one ought to do the trick, bunkhouse, less than 800 miles from you, 2014 Nash 25C. Pack your bags or pick it up to the way to CA!
2014 Nash 25C

Nash 25C brochure

normal_dave wrote:
Well, you did say within 1,000 miles... a little pricey, but, you get the Heavy Duty features of the Artic Fox without the higher resale.

This is a Northwood Snow River. The ad headline marks it incorrectly, it is actually a Snow River 254LSS
2014 Snow River 254LSS

It's a discontinued floor plan:
Snow river 254lss ad, Canada pricing

older discussion on this forum

EUREKA! I have finally found a floor plan I like. This the creme de la creme as far as I am concerned. It is the Outdoors RV 27DBHS. If I could find this trailer within a thousand miles of me from Texas to Washington, in my price range, I would go get it. Or an Arctic Fox with the same or similar floor pan. Or any other model of Outdoor RV with this floor plan.

Here it is boys. This is the one I want.

Have you looked at this Arctic Fox 22H over in Las Alamos? seems to check off all your boxes...maybe a little short, but claims to sleep 6.
2012 Northwood Arctic Fox 22H

Here's an identical model in Montana with better pics to look at:
2012 Arctic Fox 22H (Montana)

Interesting life on the road. Yes, there is a lot to consider and it's not good if you need it quickly. I really like the Nash/Northwoods that normal-Dave posted. That looks like a high quality rig but may be hard to find one close enough. You do need to try to zero in on a range of what might work. Then research how any of those prospects were built. OSB vs plywood, alum vs wood etc. After selling his ultra light TT my son was dead set on plywood floor and arched roof.

There are always different ways to look at something too. I bought what I figured would be disposable in X years and then move on. I suppose if pressed for time you may settle on something that works for now and sell it later. Dont worry, you are broke in to craigslist and will do just fine if selling another. :)

Well, you did say within 1,000 miles... a little pricey, but, you get the Heavy Duty features of the Artic Fox without the higher resale.

This is a Northwood Snow River. The ad headline marks it incorrectly, it is actually a Snow River 254LSS
2014 Snow River 254LSS

It's a discontinued floor plan:
Snow river 254lss ad, Canada pricing

older discussion on this forum

Oops. Double Post. Deleted

rjxj wrote:
That Fox Creek is almost identical floor plan to a 1997 Jayco Hawk I had. We couldn't snowbird in it too tight with no slide. furnace was under couch next to bed!!!! I woke up every time it kicked on. The good: anything without slide is probably lighter and stronger less potential trouble. Bad: stepping on each others toes????

I'm repeating some of this but I don't know about your experiences but I have certain requirements burned into me such as furnace distance etc from bedroom being VERY important. Obviously the bigger the rig the more likely that is or more possible. I never hear our furnace in our FW.

That's all good info for me to take into consideration. My Experience with RVs is pretty limited, although I have lived in them for quite a few years. When I was very little I traveled with my Dad (an street Evangelist) all over the country and we lived in a 23' Shasta. It was me, my brother and sister and a 18 year old boy my Dad picked up along the road that had a drug problem and Dad was trying to help him escape that life (Which he did). We lived on the road for years in that thing until a horrible wreck, which we all lucky to survive. That was back in the early 1970s. I did not own a TT until 1998 When I got the Wilderness 29S. I bought it because it was durable and on a steel frame. It was durable if nothing else. It had the insulation factor of 0 and you were either sweating or freezing to death. But it went through three winters in the Arctic in storage and not one single leak or damage, so something was made good. Of course I completely drained it before storing it, so there was nothing to freeze, but still; 50 below zero can still break stuff even with no water. Anyway, I brought it back to Texas and lived in it on my homestead land until I finally got my double-wide in 2011. I gave it away last year to a young couple that needed it and it is still going. Like I said, durable, if nothing else.

I got my 2005 Kodiak in 2014 because my truck had a had 4500lb towing limit and I needed something small and light. Even the 3100lb Kodiak was too much for the transmission and I had to install and aftermarket Derale Atomic Trans cooler to keep the temps down. Even then I still burned up the transmission and had to have it rebuilt.

So, long story short. I have never really have taken a real close look at all the aspects of TTs when purchasing them before. With the Wilderness, I was just looking for durable and cheap. With the Kodiak, I was just looking for lightweight and cheap. Now though, I am not looking for cheap. I am looking for reasonable and well built. I plan to use this TT heavily over the next five years and plan to keep it for many years after.

There Arctic Fox keeps coming up as the TT that fits all of my criteria, except for bedding. I wish I could find and owner of one that could tell me how long the dinette is when it makes down to a bed. That was the problem with Kodiak. The dinette made down to a 5'10" bed and I have a 6'2" son. Some models have a couch, but I can tell form the pictures that it is too short.

tragusa3 wrote:
I meant no disrespect. There was much to laugh at and much to learn for folks on all sides of the conversation.

None taken at all. I laughed out loud when I read you post. I hate how so much expression and emotion is lost in black and white text. No matter how hard I try, I always seem to fail at expressing the proper emotion I am trying to convey when I write on forums. It really is a horrible forum of communication. I much prefer in person communication over everything modern man has invented.

That Fox Creek is almost identical floor plan to a 1997 Jayco Hawk I had. We couldn't snowbird in it too tight with no slide. furnace was under couch next to bed!!!! I woke up every time it kicked on. The good: anything without slide is probably lighter and stronger less potential trouble. Bad: stepping on each others toes????

I'm repeating some of this but I dont know about your experiences but I have certain requirements burned into me such as furnace distance etc from bedroom being VERY important. Obviously the bigger the rig the more likely that is or more possible. I never hear our furnace in our FW.

I meant no disrespect. There was much to laugh at and much to learn for folks on all sides of the conversation.