Have any of you traded in Class A Motorhomes for Toyhaulers?

I am in the process of going from a Class A diesel pusher to a Toy Hauler. I originally got the DP so I could pull a trailer with my RZR 900 4 because 2 years ago I had a F150 and couldn't justify spending the money on both a truck and toyhauler. For family vacations, we'd pull my wife's Murano on the trailer. Now I can sell the trailer and not have to pull a car with us on family vacations. And on riding trips, I won't be "stuck" at the campground and have to rely on friends if I need to go to the gas station or grocery.

2 years later, I now have a 2011 F250 Diesel and the wife didn't like having a motorhome, so we are trading it in (if it's not sold by the time our toyhauler is ready in mid May) and are going with a 2017 Jayco Seismic Wave 310W.

The one thing I don't like is the style toyhauler where you pull your toys up into your family room, so I needed one with a garage of 12'6 or more since my 900 4 is just under 12'

Had two class A's gas and DP. Never again! Traded DP for my VRV and we'll be trading that for a Momentum 397TH when we go FT.

I went the opposite way but, already stated there are trade offs both ways. You just need to decide which trade offs are more important to you. Our biggest thing was that the vacation starts when you leave the house, no potty stops unless I really-really need to go. I do miss having seperate vehicle to drive but it is usually not an issue.

We currently have a 42' Diesel and we are moving down to a 5th wheel toy hauler. Dry camping in Colorado means we have to make our way down some pretty rough spots that a diesel pusher is not made to do. Once we went down a path to see if our spot was available and had to commit to it. Then found out it was full so we had to back up. Backing with a 10ft utility trailer in tight places was not fun. Pretty certain this maneuver would have been easier with a fifth wheel. Plus, we're tired of taking a separate vehicle with us in addition to the trailer/toys and MH. Win - win for us.

You need to look at the DRV FullHouse. It has the most luxury feel but still has a garage. Most toyhaulers seem to be setup for the younger weekend crowd.

You can see prior to our fuzion all we had was A's. It is a big change but having a TV and trike at camp site is great. I would do it again

SuzzeeeQ2012 wrote:
We currently have a 37 ft motorhome with cargo trailer to haul RZR and car. Husband is considering a toy hauler with garage...this way we could just get one with a garage for the rzr and then we'd have a vehicle. I wish rv dealers would let us look without them hounding us so we could just look :)

I like the homelike feel of a motorhome, the toy haulers I've seen have pretty hard surfaces, I like carpet lol

Just wondering any experiences in changing to this type of set-up :)

TIA

sorry haven't done the switch, but agree with the RV dealers. Some RV dealers are worse than car dealers, but it seems very few just let you look anymore.

Are the hard surfaces your talking about in the garage or the actual living space? If in the garage, we bought a nice scrap piece of padded carpet and it custom cut to fit the garage.

1jeep wrote:
my toy hauler is 38', 12 of it is garage, yes the actual living space is smaller than our previous 32' travel trailer. However we have a much bigger bedroom and use the garage for kids/guests.

there will be compromise no matter what direction you gothere will be compromise no matter what direction you go.

true that.

good things to think about. Love that set up too :)

dedmiston wrote:

Trackrig wrote:
Let's say you go from a 37' MH to a 37' toy hauler. If 17' of it is for the garage, that only leaves you with 20' of living space. Yes, I know you can kick the RZR outside and sit it the garage, but..... Can the two of you see yourself living in a 20' fifth whl or a 20' TT?

Unfortunately, we're all faced with the same problem, there's no really good way to take it all with you. I've looked at this a couple of times and have considered a trailer with the RZR and short toad like a Jeep on it. Still not a really good solution.

My hunting partner tows a Chevy diesel CC 4X4 truck behind his MH with his RZR on the truck bed.


Bill

17' garage? That's not the norm.

my toy hauler is 38', 12 of it is garage, yes the actual living space is smaller than our previous 32' travel trailer. However we have a much bigger bedroom and use the garage for kids/guests.

there will be compromise no matter what direction you go.