What the RV Industry needs and how it works.
I haven't posted for a while. Mostly happy trouble free camping has kept me a lurker. Trouble free however must have context, i'm a handy guy. A small insurance claim and having a kid has me assessing...
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I'll be the odd man out here. Personally, I think it's a great time to be RV shopping. Many different styles, floorplans, lengths etc.
What I did six years ago was to buy a trailer that had the basic floorplan that I wanted, then proceeded to make fairly simple interior changes, such as relocating the TV set, modifying the dinette to be more of a work station with room for a large computer monitor for photo editing.
I've added many smaller changes for better org in storage. Added a mor-ride slide out drawer in the outside pass thru compartment, which makes it easy to get things out that are stacked on it, and also provides a stand-up workplace for small projects. When I am out traveling, I'm usually out for at least three or four weeks, and often for several months ( especially winter, which is Arizona for me ), so I need my tools with me for all the normal "household" projects.
That's my take on it, find something that will work for you, then modify to suit. Think of the trailer as a blank canvas, and as I always say about these things, "some assembly required".
I was glad to be able to get this trailer new, so inexpensively. I was willing to trade away some so called ( hoped for ) quality, for a less costly buy-in.
EDIT: for what it's worth, I've had no failures of any of the lippert parts on my trailer in six years, and almost 50K miles of towing. Even the suspension is still stock and functioning fine. However, I do "oil all the pivot points" with my trusty oil can. I'm like the old brakeman on a steam locomotive with my oil-can.
What I did six years ago was to buy a trailer that had the basic floorplan that I wanted, then proceeded to make fairly simple interior changes, such as relocating the TV set, modifying the dinette to be more of a work station with room for a large computer monitor for photo editing.
I've added many smaller changes for better org in storage. Added a mor-ride slide out drawer in the outside pass thru compartment, which makes it easy to get things out that are stacked on it, and also provides a stand-up workplace for small projects. When I am out traveling, I'm usually out for at least three or four weeks, and often for several months ( especially winter, which is Arizona for me ), so I need my tools with me for all the normal "household" projects.
That's my take on it, find something that will work for you, then modify to suit. Think of the trailer as a blank canvas, and as I always say about these things, "some assembly required".
I was glad to be able to get this trailer new, so inexpensively. I was willing to trade away some so called ( hoped for ) quality, for a less costly buy-in.
EDIT: for what it's worth, I've had no failures of any of the lippert parts on my trailer in six years, and almost 50K miles of towing. Even the suspension is still stock and functioning fine. However, I do "oil all the pivot points" with my trusty oil can. I'm like the old brakeman on a steam locomotive with my oil-can.
