Looking for first Travel Trailer
Wife and I have been talking about getting a bumper dragger for cross country travel and camping (Boondocking) for a while. I envision us using it 6-12 times a year, as vacation balance for our respe...
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We recently sold our 28 foot class A motorhome and bought a new 27 foot travel trailer. Lessons: The price range for a 1 - 3 year old trailer is about the price of new, except without the warranty, new tires, bearings, roof, etc.. Any trailer under $10,000 that I saw was pretty high mileage and well, pretty close to junk. We jumped in deep and bought new. The modern travel trailers are light weight even with super slides. They have LED lighting which is great for dry camping. And the price isn't much more than late model used. And you can finance it and pay it off early, but have that flexibility in your budget.
I prefer the aluminum siding. The motorhome was laminate and had started to de-laminate and that's not really repairable. The weight difference in the modern world is barely noticeable. Our 27 footer with the super slide is still only 5500 pounds dry.
Personally, I would get a 3/4 ton to pull a toy hauler. It's a bit much for a 150/1500. I started out looking at toy haulers to haul my Valkyrie around but, came to my senses. My tow weight limit is 8200 pounds. I don't want to be at that number. My current weight of roughly 6500 road ready is plenty heavy. If I was pulling around the top number of 8200 I'm pretty sure I'd be irritable with bad hair.
I prefer the aluminum siding. The motorhome was laminate and had started to de-laminate and that's not really repairable. The weight difference in the modern world is barely noticeable. Our 27 footer with the super slide is still only 5500 pounds dry.
Personally, I would get a 3/4 ton to pull a toy hauler. It's a bit much for a 150/1500. I started out looking at toy haulers to haul my Valkyrie around but, came to my senses. My tow weight limit is 8200 pounds. I don't want to be at that number. My current weight of roughly 6500 road ready is plenty heavy. If I was pulling around the top number of 8200 I'm pretty sure I'd be irritable with bad hair.
