New to Travel Trailers - Nissan Pathfinder V6 TV
Hello everyone and thank you all in advance for taking the time to give me your thoughts and advice.
To start off, I am totally new to Travel Trailers. My wife and I are having a lot of the same discussions that I'm seeing in some of the posts here but most of the posts I've read have been older than 5 years so I thought I'd throw where we are at in our thinking out there and see what a group with experience would advise.
As the Subject says we have a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder V6 4x4 which has a max tow of 6000lbs with a weight distributed hitch. We have 3 children ages 2-6 at present so our current leaning is towards two double bunks as the girls can sleep together (although triple bunk options intrigue us too). No pets to worry about though.
We spent some time looking at Hybrid/Expandables but have been leaning towards a TT that is all enclosed with no 'tents'.
I guess it boils down to a few main questions to start:
1) My understanding of what I can or should tow with my TV is limited but improving so any advice in that regard would be greatly appreciated. My current feeling is that something of a dry weight about 4200-4300 lbs should be my max. Does this make sense or can I go higher? Does it make sense to go higher?
2) We have been looking at trailers between 18 and 26 ft (without hitch). Any recommendations with this particular TV? We eventually want to upgrade to a pickup like an Ecoboost F150 but that won't likely happen for at least 4-5 years.
3) Any specific recommendations on trailers? We like Jayco Jayfeather 228, Jayco Jay Flight 23MB, Jayco Jay Flight SLX 264BHW, Lance 2185. I think that gives some idea but again, the whole weight piece has me wondering what I should do more than anything.
Again - thanks for the advice. I look forward to seeing what all your thoughts are.
Chris Horton
The Great White North, BC, Canada
To start off, I am totally new to Travel Trailers. My wife and I are having a lot of the same discussions that I'm seeing in some of the posts here but most of the posts I've read have been older than 5 years so I thought I'd throw where we are at in our thinking out there and see what a group with experience would advise.
As the Subject says we have a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder V6 4x4 which has a max tow of 6000lbs with a weight distributed hitch. We have 3 children ages 2-6 at present so our current leaning is towards two double bunks as the girls can sleep together (although triple bunk options intrigue us too). No pets to worry about though.
We spent some time looking at Hybrid/Expandables but have been leaning towards a TT that is all enclosed with no 'tents'.
I guess it boils down to a few main questions to start:
1) My understanding of what I can or should tow with my TV is limited but improving so any advice in that regard would be greatly appreciated. My current feeling is that something of a dry weight about 4200-4300 lbs should be my max. Does this make sense or can I go higher? Does it make sense to go higher?
2) We have been looking at trailers between 18 and 26 ft (without hitch). Any recommendations with this particular TV? We eventually want to upgrade to a pickup like an Ecoboost F150 but that won't likely happen for at least 4-5 years.
3) Any specific recommendations on trailers? We like Jayco Jayfeather 228, Jayco Jay Flight 23MB, Jayco Jay Flight SLX 264BHW, Lance 2185. I think that gives some idea but again, the whole weight piece has me wondering what I should do more than anything.
Again - thanks for the advice. I look forward to seeing what all your thoughts are.
Chris Horton
The Great White North, BC, Canada
