Second Trailer Purchase Advice
We currently have a Toyota Tundra with a relatively light tow capacity, and a correspondingly light 24' FunFinder BH model. We love our TT, but now that the kids are tween/teen aged, it is getting a ...
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I was wondering if you were planning to stick with the Tundra, which would probably be able to handle the 31' TT adequately (we have a 34-footer, which is labeled as a 31', and the truck has had no trouble with it; granted, we have the larger Tundra.) Makes a difference if you have the older, pre-2007 Tundra, of course.
We have found that our camping habits have changed since getting the large TT. We have definitely sized ourselves out of many state parks and national forests that we would otherwise have considered visiting, and even a few of those with sites long enough, actually backing into some of those sites has been dicey at best. In a couple instances, we had to request an alternate site. Just something to consider.
Remember that you will need a truck with enough payload capacity (GVWR, GAWR) to hold up the heavy pin weight of a 5er. If the 2500 you're considering will do that, and you want to continue camping in public CGs, you may want to go that route. At least, based on our experience, that's what I would suggest.
We have found that our camping habits have changed since getting the large TT. We have definitely sized ourselves out of many state parks and national forests that we would otherwise have considered visiting, and even a few of those with sites long enough, actually backing into some of those sites has been dicey at best. In a couple instances, we had to request an alternate site. Just something to consider.
Remember that you will need a truck with enough payload capacity (GVWR, GAWR) to hold up the heavy pin weight of a 5er. If the 2500 you're considering will do that, and you want to continue camping in public CGs, you may want to go that route. At least, based on our experience, that's what I would suggest.
