I use to come on here a lot, always dreamed of owning a pop up trailer. My daughter had twins and life got busy and I sort of put that on hold. tonight my brother in law called, they bought a trailmanor 3124 KB in 2012 for 29,000 and have decided to upgrade. The dealer would only give them 10,000 for it so they decided to give me first shot at it.They really take good care of their things I have no doubt its like new. The tow vehicle would be a 2011 v6 toyota highlander. I would need to store it down the street because of HOA. It looks pretty nice, I am the one that likes to camp but my husband knows its a good deal and it on board for that reason. The grandkids are almost 3 just thinking we could have a blast in it.Any opinions are welcome! Thanks.

The trailer will weigh between 4000 and 4500# ready to travel! maybe slightly less. About 600# tongue weight. If your Highlander can handle that it sounds like a great deal, it will deprecate pretty slowly starting from $10kSince it is not a high wall TT going down the road the V6 might pull that pretty decent.

I assume you have the towing package on the highlander? that gives you 5,000 lbs. towing. without it you have 2,000 rating.I pull my 3500 lb dry TT with mine satisfactorily. for serious towing/traveling I would prefer a tacoma, etc.bumpy

I don't have a tow package on the highlander, I read that in the owners manual and figured it was something I could purchase before purchasing the trailor. Is that correct?

Have you spent any time inside the rig. I like TrailManor's and had one for a couple of season before upgrading BUT if it doesn't fit your camping lifestyle it's no deal! Be sure you understand about the toilet; recirculating I believe, and what is the process for dumping.

Dick_B wrote:Have you spent any time inside the rig. I like TrailManor's and had one for a couple of season before upgrading BUT if it doesn't fit your camping lifestyle it's no deal! Be sure you understand about the toilet; recirculating I believe, and what is the process for dumping.also some of the ones I looked at required you to lay down the wardrobe cabinet to collapse it and assembling the bathroom was sort of like solving a puzzle. but since his Highlander is only rated to tow 2,000 lbs. I don't think it is too feasible. and no , I don't know how to make it into a 5,000 lb. towable unit.bumpy

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hmknightnc
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
The trailer will weigh between 4000 and 4500# ready to travel! maybe slightly less. About 600# tongue weight. If your Highlander can handle that it sounds like a great deal, it will deprecate pretty slowly starting from $10k

Since it is not a high wall TT going down the road the V6 might pull that pretty decent.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
I assume you have the towing package on the highlander? that gives you 5,000 lbs. towing. without it you have 2,000 rating.
I pull my 3500 lb dry TT with mine satisfactorily. for serious towing/traveling I would prefer a tacoma, etc.
bumpy
spumoni
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
I don't have a tow package on the highlander, I read that in the owners manual and figured it was something I could purchase before purchasing the trailor. Is that correct?
Dick_B
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Have you spent any time inside the rig. I like TrailManor's and had one for a couple of season before upgrading BUT if it doesn't fit your camping lifestyle it's no deal! Be sure you understand about the toilet; recirculating I believe, and what is the process for dumping.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Dick_B wrote:
Have you spent any time inside the rig. I like TrailManor's and had one for a couple of season before upgrading BUT if it doesn't fit your camping lifestyle it's no deal! Be sure you understand about the toilet; recirculating I believe, and what is the process for dumping.

also some of the ones I looked at required you to lay down the wardrobe cabinet to collapse it and assembling the bathroom was sort of like solving a puzzle. but since his Highlander is only rated to tow 2,000 lbs. I don't think it is too feasible. and no , I don't know how to make it into a 5,000 lb. towable unit.
bumpy
lfloom
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Call Toyota and find out what was the difference between the Highlanders with/without the tow package.

My first pup was a 10ft coleman, but still my Toyota minivan was not up to it, but the only thing that was needed was a transmission cooler (and of course -brake controller, wiring, hitch, etc)

OTOH, I think even 5000 tow capacity might be too little. I have the lightest Trail Manor (2417) and I would use a 5000 tow capacity vehicle for my next TV purchase, I wouldnt want to do that with the largest trailmanor.

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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
hmknightnc wrote:
The trailer will weigh between 4000 and 4500# ready to travel! maybe slightly less. About 600# tongue weight. If your Highlander can handle that it sounds like a great deal, it will deprecate pretty slowly starting from $10k

Since it is not a high wall TT going down the road the V6 might pull that pretty decent.

even with towing package the my hitch was 5000/500 which that tongue weight would exceed .
bumpy
Turbo_Diesel_Du
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Been there, done that. Got tired of the "do it yourself" bathroom design and having to crawl over each other to go to bed or bathroom. No room in it to really take a shower. Gave new meaning to "soap on a rope". f you dropped it, you'd be out of luck picking it up unless you're 4 ft tall and real skinny. (which I am neither). JMHO
spumoni
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Thanks for all the info, I will call Toyota about the towing but it seems that is for sure my major concern. I am sure I would be happy with the unit just want to make sure I won't need to buy a new car to tow.
xteacher
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Sorry, but if you don't have a tow package, it's a no go on your Highlander.