TT assistance

Jkmrich wrote:
Thanks for the info Dutch!

I agree with Dutch. We have basically the same trailer dutch had. What we found is that for campsite issues, once above about 25 ft it doesn't make much difference in site availability. If you can get a 30ft in highly likely you can get a 35ft in. It's those 25ft or less spots or old sites with narrow roads that are an issue and tyhe design was for quite short trailers.

what can be an issue is the opposing slides. Occasionally we found manuvering into a site to get both slides out with clearance took some careful thinking and placement. but again, size wouldn't matter is was a case of being almost 24ft wide with the slides out.

And frankly, a long trailer quickly becomes easier to back than a short trailer.

In all our travels, (30K+ miles) and 45-60 days/year camping for the last 10 years we have never had a situation where we couldn't camp near or at where we were interested. Yes, in a few cases we were limited to which sites, and occasionally not our first choice of campgrounds, but still very nice. And we seldom camp in RV parks, maybe 1/4 of the time in state parks, most often in FS or more primitive campsites. Which are usually have the big spacing between site, but the tightest roads and shortest pads.

So..... while a 30-35 ft has some disadvantages, the advantages for us outweigh them.

Waking up in the morning, having coffee in the couch looking our three big windows to the outdoors....... priceless.

nice living room to stretch out in every evening.... priceless.

Thanks for the info Dutch!

We had a 31 foot Keystone Springdale and then went to a Keystone Outback 298RE (Rear Living room), same as ktmrs (above), except it had a closet slide in the bed room.

In my opinion, going from the 31 foot to the 35 foot showed no difference. They towed the same, both took the same campsites (length), and backing was just about the same, after a couple attempts and got comfortable, never a problem again.

Now, if storage is the reason to stay 30 feet or under, I understand. But if for some reason there is a difference in 4 or 5 feet... well ... there really isn't. Once you hit 30 feet, it's all about the same, might as well go for the gold and get the 40 footer.

Go to ThorIndustries.com and select the RV and drill down to each manufacturer. Click on the blue button near the bottom, "Meet the companies". You'll be blown away with what's out there, and who ThorIndustries children companies are.

Good luck!

Spend some time on mg web sites looking at floor plans.

Thanks for the info. I haven’t seen one under 30ft either, Just wondered if some of you had. So many models and options!

A quick check of my local dealer website shows lots of options, but opposing slide models begin at 31 feet.

there are many rear living opposing slide trailers, we have one, but like that I have seen it's over 30ft, almost 35ft. Go on the various mfg websites and see what you can find. For example Keystone website will let you see cougar, outback, springdale, sprinter and many more brands. likewise for other major brands.

Getting around your comment on why a salesperson wouldn't know much about units that he/she DOESN'T sell (why would they?), opposing slides on shorter TTs are not that common. The Winnebago 27RBDS has opposing slides and has a 30' 7' box. However, it is not "rear living" but rather the more common "middle living."