Pros and Cons of Travel Trailers...
We are doing a segment about the pros and cons of travel trailers on our next RV Family Travel Atlas podcast. I was hoping to tap into some forum knowledge here. What are your favorite and least fav...
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Compared to what? A tent, fifth wheel, motorhome, cabover truck camper........????
Basically travel trailers can be pulled by almost anything, unlike fifth wheels. That leaves the tow vehicle choice to be a van, SUV, or truck. For large families that might be better as seats in trucks can be limited to six.
The TT allows the full bed of the truck or most of an SUV or van used for storage. Unlike a fifth wheel that uses some of the pickup bed and a truck camper that uses all of it.
TT's tend to have floors at one level, are usually lower to the ground compared to fifth wheels and most A motorhomes and often are lighter than some other types of motorhomes or fifth wheels.
Most TT's but certainly not all are in some ways less expensive. There are exceptions like Airstream that make TT's with an MSRP of over $140,000. But, no engine and no transmission to buy and maintain.
TT's and other types of RV's are often well suited for large families with bunks, outside kitchens, and often larger fresh, black and gray tank capacities.
I am sure others will chime in but it would have been better if you asked to compare to what other types of RV's you are intrested in.
Basically travel trailers can be pulled by almost anything, unlike fifth wheels. That leaves the tow vehicle choice to be a van, SUV, or truck. For large families that might be better as seats in trucks can be limited to six.
The TT allows the full bed of the truck or most of an SUV or van used for storage. Unlike a fifth wheel that uses some of the pickup bed and a truck camper that uses all of it.
TT's tend to have floors at one level, are usually lower to the ground compared to fifth wheels and most A motorhomes and often are lighter than some other types of motorhomes or fifth wheels.
Most TT's but certainly not all are in some ways less expensive. There are exceptions like Airstream that make TT's with an MSRP of over $140,000. But, no engine and no transmission to buy and maintain.
TT's and other types of RV's are often well suited for large families with bunks, outside kitchens, and often larger fresh, black and gray tank capacities.
I am sure others will chime in but it would have been better if you asked to compare to what other types of RV's you are intrested in.
