What Do I need to know?

We started with the smallest pop up Coleman made many years ago. Then graduated to a 19 foot travel trailer and from there to a 25 footer.
Now we have a 40 footer on a permanent site that I will never pull and we found the exact same model pop up that we used to have and grabbed it for commuting back and forth to Florida.

My take on our tiny trailer
1. it is a pain to set up and take down in a rain storm
2. It has no shower so we have to use the camp ground one
3. I can move it around by hand if I need to
4. there is very little maintenance compared to a lot for the bigger trailers
5. It has small wheels which translates to more stress on the bearings (just grease them once a year and drive slower and there is no problem).
6 I used to go 70 hauling the bigger trailer. Now I get in the right lane and go 60. It is a much more enjoyable trip.
7 I no longer need a big eight cylinder truck and just down graded to a 6 cylinder Toyota Tacoma (my 5'-2" wife is happy since she can now see over the dash board and actually drive the truck)

All and all we love the little one and I will never haul a big one again

With all that said I wouldn't want to spend an extended time staying in it.

We are lucky and have the big one that is like a ranch house

Jack L

Sound like you've towed before, but I'm gonna mention anyway that backing the Pop Up, it will react to steering input quicker than a bigger trailer. Make sure all interior lights are off and cool before lowering the top. If you close down wet, need to get it opened and dried out when you get home. When dropping the roof, we stop about 4 times to make sure the Canvas is tucked in and not getting bunched up, and when it is all the way down, we go for a walk and give it 5-10 minutes to let the air out of the folds in the Canvas before latching the top. When sliding in the beds, double check that the Canvas is not in the way of the Bed Rail to avoid damage....same thing if you have a slide (which will need to be slid in before the beds). If you are going to be using the Awning, unzip the bag and roll it out before you raise the top....much easier.

Beer Belly wrote:
Sound like you've towed before, but I'm gonna mention anyway that backing the Pop Up, it will react to steering input quicker than a bigger trailer. Make sure all interior lights are off and cool before lowering the top. If you close down wet, need to get it opened and dried out when you get home. When dropping the roof, we stop about 4 times to make sure the Canvas is tucked in and not getting bunched up, and when it is all the way down, we go for a walk and give it 5-10 minutes to let the air out of the folds in the Canvas before latching the top. When sliding in the beds, double check that the Canvas is not in the way of the Bed Rail to avoid damage....same thing if you have a slide (which will need to be slid in before the beds). If you are going to be using the Awning, unzip the bag and roll it out before you raise the top....much easier.

Good stuff !

I agree

jack L

One thing to think about when shopping is access to the fridge with the top down. The one we had we had to popup at home to load the fridge, and the the same she we got home to unload. Most of the time we ended up using coolers in the back of the truck.
When we used a Honda Pilot to tow we didn't have room for a cooler so loading the fridge was a pain.