When do you upgrade

Good, careful scouting and careful driving of an appropriately sized TT can make many hunting sites available.

I think single RV to be used for comfortable locum for 3 and with boat towing comparing to single person hunting trip is too far apart.
Either you have heavily compromise, or get 2 RVs.

No magic answer, bud. You just do what you can afford, need and want. In that order.

Your on a pretty sure "growth curve".
The TC needs to grow to keep the missus happy, the truck needs to grow to house the troops, and how do you take the boat?
First thought, can a someone else tow the boat?
Second thought, can you change the boat to something you can handle?
A larger truck MAY allow a larger camper and a boat to be towed, but it wont be free.

toedtoes wrote:
After you do lots of homework and know it's the right change/addition.

How often do you have hookups while camping for AC and an indoor shower?

Is a north/south bed still OK if it has a partial wall on the fourth side?

"Not much more weight" - in comparison to what? With a TC, all the weight is part of the truck's payload. With a TT, the bulk of the weight will be in the truck's towing capacity. Also, with a trailer, it will have to be significantly longer to account for the lack of the cabover bed and have more floor space.

Not a large outlay of cash - how much is too much?

Loss of durability - the bigger the TT and the lighter the TT, the less durability you will have.

Potential issues - you are talking about having two campers instead of one. By default that means at minimum twice the work you have now.

Have you considered alternatives - like using tents for the boys when all four of you go camping. Adding a screen room to your gear can give you a protected space outside of the camper.

How long will the boys be camping with you? If they are hitting their teens, they may focus on other things like friends. Again, letting them use tents, etc, could open up a lot of space for you inside the camper.

Timing is everything in the used market, especially now.

Current camper is a 1995 Northland Grizzly 860. I'd have to go look at the tag for weight, but don't want to go much heavier. It's why I avoid slideouts.

Would like to get something in the early 2000's. Currently a 2007 Lance 815 for sale for $7500 which seems low for this summer. I would have to pay for that and sell the old one which shouldn't be too hard. Max cash outlay in this case would be $5K after the sale of the old camper.

I wouldn't mind using tents, but wife isn't going to be as open to it. On our next excursion, I might sleep in a tent to make it more comfortable. Our boys are 5 and 13.5 so there is still some time.

Having a wall on the north south bed isn't a big deal as long as we can get in without climbing over each other. That is the challenge with the east/west bed. And no one likes to sleep up under the cabinets at the nose end of the camper.

We often have hookups when the wife is with us because she likes the comfort. Reality is that we will eventually get a trailer, but that won't be going into the mountains with me for hunting season and I can't tow the boat with a tow camper whereas I can with a truck camper.

After you do lots of homework and know it's the right change/addition.

How often do you have hookups while camping for AC and an indoor shower?

Is a north/south bed still OK if it has a partial wall on the fourth side?

"Not much more weight" - in comparison to what? With a TC, all the weight is part of the truck's payload. With a TT, the bulk of the weight will be in the truck's towing capacity. Also, with a trailer, it will have to be significantly longer to account for the lack of the cabover bed and have more floor space.

Not a large outlay of cash - how much is too much?

Loss of durability - the bigger the TT and the lighter the TT, the less durability you will have.

Potential issues - you are talking about having two campers instead of one. By default that means at minimum twice the work you have now.

Have you considered alternatives - like using tents for the boys when all four of you go camping. Adding a screen room to your gear can give you a protected space outside of the camper.

How long will the boys be camping with you? If they are hitting their teens, they may focus on other things like friends. Again, letting them use tents, etc, could open up a lot of space for you inside the camper.