TC vs Pull Behind...????
I've had my pop-up truck camper a few months now. Only had the opportunity to use it three times. So far, I'm not sure I made the right decision....I'm thinking I might be better off with a Toy Hau...
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I went from a Weekend Warrior TH to the Arctic Fox TC with enclosed trailer. We do miss the spaciousness and capacities of our TH, but we have gained flexibility in our travel.
I had to unload the TH before pulling into many spots and if the toys could not operate in the campground, I had to reload the TH to take them out for fun or load them on the truck. When boon docking this was not an issue and the 150 gallons of water and 40 gallons of fuel powering the 5.5KW generator never left us wanting.
Now we take the TC alone, with cargo basket, with utility flat bed or with enclosed trailer based on what we want with us. When we take just the TC with us, we can go anywhere a car does as long as we have height clearance. When at a campground, I have my enclosed trailer set up with tools and spare parts that would never have fit in out TH. When we want to take our toys. We can leave the TC at camp or take it with us and the enclosed trailer carries all the toys. We no longer have to "advertise" what we are carrying because it does not have to be off-loaded in the campground to recover our living space.
To compensate for additional capacity, the enclosed trailer has two 42 gallon fresh tanks and a 30 gallon rolling gray tank. Fresh water is transferred to the TC via a 300 GPH water pump or it can be used to wash off the toys before returning them to the trailer. Our TC has dual group 29 batteries and dual 30# LPG tanks. We also have 90W of solar charging in the enclosed trailer and additional LPG tanks if we run low (on board TC 2.5KW generator runs on LPG).
We still miss having a comfortable couch to share with each other and may consider converting the dinette in the future, but life is pretty good right now...
I had to unload the TH before pulling into many spots and if the toys could not operate in the campground, I had to reload the TH to take them out for fun or load them on the truck. When boon docking this was not an issue and the 150 gallons of water and 40 gallons of fuel powering the 5.5KW generator never left us wanting.
Now we take the TC alone, with cargo basket, with utility flat bed or with enclosed trailer based on what we want with us. When we take just the TC with us, we can go anywhere a car does as long as we have height clearance. When at a campground, I have my enclosed trailer set up with tools and spare parts that would never have fit in out TH. When we want to take our toys. We can leave the TC at camp or take it with us and the enclosed trailer carries all the toys. We no longer have to "advertise" what we are carrying because it does not have to be off-loaded in the campground to recover our living space.
To compensate for additional capacity, the enclosed trailer has two 42 gallon fresh tanks and a 30 gallon rolling gray tank. Fresh water is transferred to the TC via a 300 GPH water pump or it can be used to wash off the toys before returning them to the trailer. Our TC has dual group 29 batteries and dual 30# LPG tanks. We also have 90W of solar charging in the enclosed trailer and additional LPG tanks if we run low (on board TC 2.5KW generator runs on LPG).
We still miss having a comfortable couch to share with each other and may consider converting the dinette in the future, but life is pretty good right now...
