Storage (or lack thereof) in a teardrop?
I'm looking hard at small trailers that will work for me by myself, or with a couple of grandkids. Two that hit all the weight/sleeping space/tank capacity marks are: Forest River R-pod 172 Jay...
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Neither one of those is really a teardrop, they are rather small conventional travel trailers with rounded ends. These are about the size of "full-size" travel trailers in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
At this size, there will be no storage space. The trailer is for travel, it is not a mobile home. When we traveled in a trailer this size in the early 1960s, we each had one bag, something between a backpack and a modern carry-on size. They fit under the queen-size gaucho or on the floor of the dinette.
For the two models you are looking at, most of the storage will be under a bed (and you can put your bags down in the available floorspace). Both are designed to provide living/sleeping space for a small family doing weekends, rather than a permanent home for a single.
For the model lines your are considering, R-Pod 179, or Hummingbird 17RK or 17RB (depending whether big kitchen or dry bath are more important) offer a bit more, but not very much, storage space for a semi-permanent resident.
At this TT size and weight you will usually get more closet and cupboard space in a more box-shaped trailer, rather than this pseudo-teardrop shape.
I am in the RV I am in because my wife, when we were looking, considered interior storage space to be most important to our use of the RV. This is something I would have missed while shopping then, but I better understand it now.
At this size, there will be no storage space. The trailer is for travel, it is not a mobile home. When we traveled in a trailer this size in the early 1960s, we each had one bag, something between a backpack and a modern carry-on size. They fit under the queen-size gaucho or on the floor of the dinette.
For the two models you are looking at, most of the storage will be under a bed (and you can put your bags down in the available floorspace). Both are designed to provide living/sleeping space for a small family doing weekends, rather than a permanent home for a single.
For the model lines your are considering, R-Pod 179, or Hummingbird 17RK or 17RB (depending whether big kitchen or dry bath are more important) offer a bit more, but not very much, storage space for a semi-permanent resident.
At this TT size and weight you will usually get more closet and cupboard space in a more box-shaped trailer, rather than this pseudo-teardrop shape.
I am in the RV I am in because my wife, when we were looking, considered interior storage space to be most important to our use of the RV. This is something I would have missed while shopping then, but I better understand it now.
