How did you decide on which TT to buy ?

[NanciL]

We have had four trailers in our long lifetime and we bought them all based on floor plan.
The biggest problem has been that each has had the perfect floor plan, but have been the lowest quality trailers.
On our last one we searched on the net all over the country, and came back with the same thing -floor plan vs quality and ended up once again getting the low quality one with the floor plan we were looking for

Luckily I am handy and have been able to rebuild things and repair other things.
I just wish a few of the high end companies would have a bigger selection of floor plans.

So how did you buy ?

Jack L

[_1nobby]

rvshrinker wrote:
Spent two years shopping for both tow vehicle and trailer.

I required:

- true four season capability
- durable and quality built, to handle rough dirt roads and not to have things break all the time
- under 27 feet to fit in most national park campgrounds
- decent size grey and fresh water tanks for boondocking
- good for kids and friends so zeroed in on bunk models

In the end went with Outdoors RV 23DBS bunk model, picked it up 5 weeks ago. Have slept in the driveway many times since, and one real overnight trip. Love it so far. Can sleep 8 in a pinch, 5 very comfortably, and last night the kids were ‘sweating’ with the heat set at 60, a few blankets, and an outdoor temperature of 23 degrees. Plan to take this skiing in a couple weeks as well as weeklong summer trips and multiple weekends throughout the year.

I wish there was a "LIKE" button on this forum.

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[rvshrinker]

Spent two years shopping for both tow vehicle and trailer.

I required:

- true four season capability
- durable and quality built, to handle rough dirt roads and not to have things break all the time
- under 27 feet to fit in most national park campgrounds
- decent size grey and fresh water tanks for boondocking
- good for kids and friends so zeroed in on bunk models

In the end went with Outdoors RV 23DBS bunk model, picked it up 5 weeks ago. Have slept in the driveway many times since, and one real overnight trip. Love it so far. Can sleep 8 in a pinch, 5 very comfortably, and last night the kids were ‘sweating’ with the heat set at 60, a few blankets, and an outdoor temperature of 23 degrees. Plan to take this skiing in a couple weeks as well as weeklong summer trips and multiple weekends throughout the year.

[_1nobby]

It had to be under 25 feet....to fit in the driveway.
It had to have 4 wheels (2 axles)
It had to have kitchen counter space.
It had to have large holding tanks.
It had to be made well with above basic products.
It had to be lightly used.

THEN...I looked at floor plans....and NO slides.

[FrankShore]

In no particular order:

1) Construction
2) How It's Assembled
3) Construction
4) Warranty
5) Manufacturer Reputation
6) Construction

I'm glad to be rid of the Minnie Winnie and the Arctic Fox. Glad to have a Lance with the quality construction and superior materials utilized.

[Vintage465]

Once my wife found that there were trailers with a rear U-Shaped dinette and a giant window, that was the starting point. I wanted 22' to 24'f, aluminum frame,no slide. We wanted a walk around queen sized bed. After doing some research regarding wall thickness on aluminum framed trailers we went with Creek Side 20fq. Also I really think they do have a better frame than most. Someday we may go to something that has the free standing barrel chairs. And it'll likely be an Outdoors RV or Northwoods product.

[pasusan]

We have had some sort of TT since we were married in '77. We had the perfect trailer for us 2 traveling across the country for our honeymoon. Then we had the perfect trailer for our family - taking our kids camping. We knew what we liked and what we wanted next - the shortest trailer with dedicated beds for just us 2 (again). I drew up a floorplan that would work for us - then we found the exact trailer on eBay. Once we knew what we wanted we had to look at a few before we found the one that was in perfect condition. Still totally happy with what we have.

[Bears_Den]

We went to RV shows for 3 yrs and each yr came back to the same floor plan and finally bought it. No regrets with our decision.

[SoundGuy]

I'm impressed at how much research (i.e. work!) many put into this! :E We just went to our closest local dealer and picked a lot model we really liked. I suppose if he didn't have anything that appealed we'd have shopped further away but it never came to that. That was in 2013 and we've been quite satisfied with our choice. K.I.S.S. :W

[redwing10]

1st trailer was a pop-up for 20 years. Said I was done with pop-up to DW, time to get new hardside trailer. 1st I said I pick out trailer frame DW picks out floor plan. Reading about trailers I found out about Arctic Fox trailers Looked at trailer frame and that sold me witch maker to choose. As a welding Instructor I knew they where very strongly made better then other trailers. We drive a lot of back gravel roads here in CO and I bent up trailer frame on the pop-up. Know we have had a Arctic Fox 25Y for the last 3 years and love it.

[mountainkowboy]

BizmarksMom wrote:
My first trailer I bought based on floor plan. When it became obvious that trailer was not holding up to the dirt roads I drive down to get to my preferred boondocking spots, I started looking for trailers built with heavier suspensions and underbodies.

1) Nothing over 25' total, so I could still get into the campsites I like and down the roads I like.
2) Has to hold up to dirt and gravel roads. Nothing extreme, (I drop the trailer before I do that stuff) but definitely not smooth pavement.
3) My F150 was paid for, and I wasn't prepared to buy another truck right then.

I looked at the floor plans that met the above requirements, and chose my current Nash 22h.
My first question for people looking for their first trailer is "what kind of camping do you plan on doing?" If you are driving good roads into a KOA campground, a rolling luxury condo with all of the amenities will do fine. If you are driving 20 miles up a (decent) dirt road to a dry forest service campsite, you're going to need a different trailer.

Exactly!!! Well said

[BizmarksMom]

My first trailer I bought based on floor plan. When it became obvious that trailer was not holding up to the dirt roads I drive down to get to my preferred boondocking spots, I started looking for trailers built with heavier suspensions and underbodies.

1) Nothing over 25' total, so I could still get into the campsites I like and down the roads I like.
2) Has to hold up to dirt and gravel roads. Nothing extreme, (I drop the trailer before I do that stuff) but definitely not smooth pavement.
3) My F150 was paid for, and I wasn't prepared to buy another truck right then.

I looked at the floor plans that met the above requirements, and chose my current Nash 22h.
My first question for people looking for their first trailer is "what kind of camping do you plan on doing?" If you are driving good roads into a KOA campground, a rolling luxury condo with all of the amenities will do fine. If you are driving 20 miles up a (decent) dirt road to a dry forest service campsite, you're going to need a different trailer.

[CavemanCharlie]

I am on my 4th TT. I finally decided on the floor plan that I like about 5 years ago and found a used one locally. The quality of this 1993 Cobra Sunrise is great actually but, it is simply getting wore out. It was lightly used when I got it but, I use it every weekend all summer long (or more) and 1993 was a few years ago now. I can get another year or two out of it and I don't know what will happen after that. I will wait and see when the time comes. I am not optimistic about the future and I am not making any long term plans.

[Atlee]

When we bought our new one, we were replacing one a little smaller. The old one was only 24' 1" long, bumper to ball. The only seating was a sofa on a short slide, and it was directly across from the sink and stove. It was just too small for the two of us.

So we started looking around again. We didn't want anything too large, and one with no slide didn't bother us one iota. We also needed one that would explode my bank account and I didn't want any payments since I'm retired.

We ended up finding the Jayco Jay Flight 23RB checked off most of our boxes. it was only 27' 2", had a sofa, dinette, front island queen, no slide, and large bathroom with plenty of wardroom space. A bonus was the nearly 8 cuft fridge.

All RV choices usually have some compromises. One of ours is the stick and tin design. It doesn't have a pantry either, but it has lots of cabinets and the dinette has doors and a tub in each seat area. We put the heavy stuff on the floor in one of the tubs, and the light food stuffs up in a cabinet.

The size works very well for the two of us. And it's still relatively short so not many sites will be too small for us.

[want2snowbird]

We wanted a lightweight trailer that would fit in smaller sites like the Forest service campgrounds we prefer. We're a retired couple so a walk around queen bed with a dinette slide and a decent amount of storage met our floor plan requirements. We already had a 2500 hd pickup, so we'll be in great shape at around 4600 lbs loaded.