Pop up camper vs hard sided camper

wildtoad wrote:
That’s quite a change from a Class A (of any size or type) to a truck camper (of any size of type). What is the DW trying to avoid that would have her want/accept a TC? Just curious. Lots of options.

You are right if it were my choice only I would stay with a short A and a small tow car. I think that offers more storage, more FW capacity, and obvious more room inside. We have had two front end failures do to a shop installing undersize ball joints. The first was at about 20 mph around a corner entering a hiway. The front end was fixed in PA. When I returned home some additional work was done and the correct ball joint was replace with an under size ball joint because the local shop told me the wrong one was installed. I told her everything was good now after the front end rebuild and we went out west the following year. On our return trip in Mt. rounding a curve at 60 mph the rh ball joint failed and the front end just collapsed I thought it was going to roll over but somehow manage to keep it straight and upright. The hot rubber or sparks from the front end started a fire in the grass on the side of the road and almost reached the MH before some people stopped and helped me get it under control until the FD came to put it out. It was a very unnerving event for her but she was so traumatized by the accident she wants to give up on RVing altogether. We did a lot of traveling and camping in two Hi top vans over the years which she drove as a DD. So I thought a smaller RV such as a TC, B or 24 ft Class C with a FW slide might make her feel safer especially out west in the mountains. I am not ready to give up and just stay in hotels yet.