frankgibbons1947 wrote:
Congrats on your marriage! Now I will directly talk about the travel trailer brands you should choose and avoid.
First, avoid these TT brands, I found a very nice stat regarding what other RV'ers are avoiding.
1. Forest River travel trailer brand: 45%
2. Keystone travel trailer brand: 26%
3. Jayco travel trailer brand: 15%
4. Coachmen travel trailer brand: 5%
5. Winnebago travel trailer brand: 3%
6. Fleetwood travel trailer brand: 2%
7. Gulf Stream travel trailer brand: 1%
The survey detail is here along with lots of key reasons to avoid these brands.
Travel Trailer brands to avoid
Now, I'm giving my list of top travel trailer brands you should stick with.
1. Airstream Travel Trailer
2. Dutchmen Travel Trailer
3. Olivier Travel Trailer
4. Starcraft Travel Trailer
5. Lance Travel Trailer
Or if you're on a budget, you aint even looking at Airstreams and frankly if it rolls down the road fine, doesn't leak and all the appliances and lights work, that's 90% of the battle, IMO.
You'll have to maintain all of them and alot of the components are the same regardless of brand.
Just depends how much to mighty dollar is worth to you.
For example, one of my field engineers bought an older like 22' TT last year to live in because we had a job in the mountains. Gave $4k for it. Replaced a soft section of floor, some new flooring and some other minor stuff and new tires. He was into it for well under $5k. It worked for him 7 days a week for about 6 months. None the worse for the wear. Little small for 2 people IMO, but there's bigger ones out there. Heck, I've lived in the TC for a couple months at a time. Not an issue. Especially since you're down south, although N TX gets a little chilly sometimes.
I'd place a priority on having the most open living space you could to provide room for desks/tables for work space (for school). Otherwise you're engaged, I'd hop you enjoy each other's close company and presuming you're busy like most people, it's not like you're cooped up in it all day.
