AJR wrote:
Gjac
I don’t know your age or health. I can tell you this. Since 2004 when I bought my first 19’ TT. Not a single item associated with any RV has managed to stay the same weight. With time they all seem to gain weight. Funny how that works. The same is true with steps. The fewer the better now days.
Now if you are still using a P30 I know the cost of maintenance of one those chastises. I had one. Nothing is cheap. That was one of the reasons I went to class Cs. First a Ford & now a Chevy. Good mechanics can service them at reasonable prices. Also fewer steps and more doors. I now tow a car. None of the “towing” accessories necessary for hitching up on the road weigh more than a pound each. You know that if you tow with your P30.
With age getting off of my knees has become more of a task. I am not up to getting leveling gadgets off of the ground anymore. I like pushing a button to level. I also like the holding tanks sizes I have now. My two TTs had smaller tanks.
I do not miss banging a shin bone on a hitch. Nor do I miss grease on my pants. Or mucking around with the weight distribution bars on my second TT on a nice day.
I will be 74 in Feb and yes have knee arthritis and a torn meniscus in left knee, 3 torn rotator cuff tendons in left shoulder. I can pull, just can push 3 lbs over head. And yes spent a small fortune on that IFS front end, that is what also caused me to look at a small Class C or small TT. My wife never liked the large A or how it leaned when traveling mountainous roads out west. Two front end failures did it for her. I think a C would be somewhat better but would be almost the same HT as my A. Some like the BT Cruiser or Phoenix Cruiser have a lower profile and I hear owners say they like the way they handle. The real trade off for me now, is the RV will probably be used less and less as we get older, having a truck as a DD,(see above post to Gdetrailer) vs a MH that sits on the side of my house most of the time. Does that off set the difficulties of a TT set up? Also will the truck TT combo handle better that a 24 ft Class C? I am trying to determine those answers.
