New to travel trailers. Seeking guidance
Hi everyone. While I am not new to camping I am new to the whole RV style of camping. My name is Jason. My wife and I are in the market looking to purchase a new (not used) tow behind travel trailer...
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A lot of good advice on this thread, and some not so good. I don't think you will have much difficulty sorting out what is not relevant to your situation.
For what it's worth I will share some personal information for your consideration. I too have a Tundra. My camper is about 20' so I never had much concern about capacities. But I weighed the truck and camper (loaded for a 5 day trip) at a CAT scale and was a little surprised at the result. All the numbers were good, but I was fairly close to the Tundra's load capacity. I think of all the numbers, load capacity probably runs out first so that is the one to focus on.
I've owned two campers, both purchased new, and I never regretted either one. To maximize your chances of making the right choice, I recommend doing lots of daydreaming about the choices available to you. For example:
If you hava corner bed and share it with someone, one of you will be crawling over the other. This was the case in our first camper. We were young and flexible so it was not so bad. Now we are neither young nor flexible and a walk around bed is a must have.
Consider meal preparation. If you do most cooking outside and occasionally prepare simple meals inside, kitchen counter space won't be much of an issue. But if you expect do more elaborate meals look for a better kitchen.
And of course you will have to deal with an occasional rainy day. Is the dinnete comfortable enough for extended lounging or do you need something better like a sofa?
So try to spend a fair amount of time in any camper you are considering. Imagine what it would be like sleeping, cooking, loounging etc.
For what it's worth I will share some personal information for your consideration. I too have a Tundra. My camper is about 20' so I never had much concern about capacities. But I weighed the truck and camper (loaded for a 5 day trip) at a CAT scale and was a little surprised at the result. All the numbers were good, but I was fairly close to the Tundra's load capacity. I think of all the numbers, load capacity probably runs out first so that is the one to focus on.
I've owned two campers, both purchased new, and I never regretted either one. To maximize your chances of making the right choice, I recommend doing lots of daydreaming about the choices available to you. For example:
If you hava corner bed and share it with someone, one of you will be crawling over the other. This was the case in our first camper. We were young and flexible so it was not so bad. Now we are neither young nor flexible and a walk around bed is a must have.
Consider meal preparation. If you do most cooking outside and occasionally prepare simple meals inside, kitchen counter space won't be much of an issue. But if you expect do more elaborate meals look for a better kitchen.
And of course you will have to deal with an occasional rainy day. Is the dinnete comfortable enough for extended lounging or do you need something better like a sofa?
So try to spend a fair amount of time in any camper you are considering. Imagine what it would be like sleeping, cooking, loounging etc.
