re-entering camping - what would you buy?
My wife and I and two young boys, with dogs, are looking to get back into camping. We had a Coleman Sante Fe pop-up trailer for years, sold it two years ago, and now are keen to get back into it. My boys are pumped and keep re-telling camping stories. I did not know they missed it that much!
We own a 2011 Silverado 1500, quad cab, short box, tows 9500lbs I think. It has a brake controller built in, and a 5.3 engine. This truck looks like it needs to tow!
Travelling from Ontario to Yellowknife, North West Territories, for work and want to drive there with the TT. Can do it in 8 days, but want to do it over 2-3 weeks to see the sites. I am a big guy and those 74X60 queen size beds are too small. I need a 80X60 queen bed or able to retrofit the smaller beds for more leg room. I want two big bunk beds, like those double-double bunks. Slide outs for more room, outside shower, and outside kitchen would be nice.
I am looking at the StarCraft Autumn Ridge 289BHS: option B, or maybe the Autumn Ridge 278BH.
Will be using it for family fishing adventures, probably off the grid a lot, but will not pass up a serviced lot. Will also use it as a guest house when visitors come by over the summer.
New or used? weight distribution hitch? Sway bar? Just a ball hitch?
Will not camp in the thing over the winters in the arctic of course, but will it self destruct just sitting at -40? I may want to drive it south when the winter comes.
Any advice is appreciated.
We own a 2011 Silverado 1500, quad cab, short box, tows 9500lbs I think. It has a brake controller built in, and a 5.3 engine. This truck looks like it needs to tow!
Travelling from Ontario to Yellowknife, North West Territories, for work and want to drive there with the TT. Can do it in 8 days, but want to do it over 2-3 weeks to see the sites. I am a big guy and those 74X60 queen size beds are too small. I need a 80X60 queen bed or able to retrofit the smaller beds for more leg room. I want two big bunk beds, like those double-double bunks. Slide outs for more room, outside shower, and outside kitchen would be nice.
I am looking at the StarCraft Autumn Ridge 289BHS: option B, or maybe the Autumn Ridge 278BH.
Will be using it for family fishing adventures, probably off the grid a lot, but will not pass up a serviced lot. Will also use it as a guest house when visitors come by over the summer.
New or used? weight distribution hitch? Sway bar? Just a ball hitch?
Will not camp in the thing over the winters in the arctic of course, but will it self destruct just sitting at -40? I may want to drive it south when the winter comes.
Any advice is appreciated.
