How long is too long when looking at new TT

[das]

Hoping to upgrade our current 28'9" TT to something larger with more room. We are leaning toward the Keystone Premier 34BHPR that is 37' long. I know that many manufacturers make TT's longer but looking for opinions from others that camp with longer TT's to see if there are other disadvantages to them other than towing a longer and heavier trailer. Do you ever have troube fitting into camping spots?

[rbpru]

For the DW and me a 25 footer is just right. It pulls well and fits in any CG we have gone to.

We do not need anything larger.

Others would find it way to small.

[PawPaw_n_Gram]

das wrote:
Hoping to upgrade our current 28'9" TT to something larger with more room. We are leaning toward the Keystone Premier 34BHPR that is 37' long. I know that many manufacturers make TT's longer but looking for opinions from others that camp with longer TT's to see if there are other disadvantages to them other than towing a longer and heavier trailer. Do you ever have troube fitting into camping spots?

Do you max out camping spots where you go now?

Do those campgrounds not have longer spots?

An 18 foot trailer will fit where a 22 footer will not. Any length trailer is going to have some places it cannot go.

Only you can tell if your camping style would be limited by a longer trailer.

Handling and moving a 37' trailer isn't that much different from a 30' trailer - at least it wasn't for me when I made a similar change over a year ago. I do find places where I can't take the bigger trailer that I know I could have taken the smaller one. But it has never been a 'problem' just watching carefully.

One potential issue is the swing of the rear end of the longer trailer. My old trailer had about 8-10 ft between the back axle and the rear bumper. This one has almost 17 ft. That makes the rear bumper kick out much farther to the outside of a turn, especially in a tight campground, than the old one did.

I've never hit anything on the inside of a turn, but I do have some small scratches and dents from the outside of turns with this TT.

Yes, some places have a size limit. The only place I've ever heard of which will go out and measure trailers in the CG is the NP mentioned above.

[skipnchar]

There will ALWAYS be more spots that can handle a 30 footer than a 37 footer. Usually a trailer that long is considered a "park model" not a travel trailer but there is no real reason you can't use it that way unless it has residential plumbing etc. For what it's worth, there are also a lot more sites that handle a 28 footer than a 30 footer. I've only been thrown out of one campground with my 34 footer and that was a NPS campground at Mt Rainier. When I asked them why I was asked to pack up and leave I was told it was impossible for a trailer that long to travel through their campground. Keep in mind this was several HOURS after I'd set up on my site where I parked in front ofo the trailer in position to hook up and had 8ft. left over for parking. It wasn't any harder to drive OUT of the campground than it had been to drive in.

[Bill___Kate]

As has been said, assuming you have an adequate, nice heavy, long wheelbase towing vehicle, a trailer that long will tow fine. We went from a 30' 6600 lb trailer to a 35' 8800 lb trailer, and notice little difference with our E350 diesel van. It does sometimes reduce the number of suitable campsites, but that hasn't been a problem for us the places we normally go. The extra room is really nice!

[Oasisbob]

You will be too long for some camp grounds. Many USFS sites are smaller. Bigger is not always better. I see alot of wasted space with bigger trailers. IMHO

[chevor]

Depends on what your gonna pull it with. Myself have an easier time backing a longer trailer, just need more room to maneuver in turns.

[therink]

das wrote:
Hoping to upgrade our current 28'9" TT to something larger with more room. We are leaning toward the Keystone Premier 34BHPR that is 37' long. I know that many manufacturers make TT's longer but looking for opinions from others that camp with longer TT's to see if there are other disadvantages to them other than towing a longer and heavier trailer. Do you ever have troube fitting into camping spots?

I can't offer a valid opinion without knowing what you are towing with. You need a lot of truck to safely tow 37'.

[Dog_Folks]

We are also considering upgrading to a 37 footer. The actual towing down the road won't change.

Getting into some campgrounds,(narrow roads) will become more of an issue.

There will some sites that we expect not to be able to get into. When we bought our thirty footer we did so because we planned on staying in National Forests a lot. As it turned out we did not.

Other than national forests, with their older sites, most parks can easily handle 37 feet, maybe just not in every site.

We are not going to worry about it.

[Lantley]

My last TT was 39' long. With the proper set up and adequate TV a long TT is no problem.
I was not totally satisfied with my prior combo until I upgraded to a Hensley Arrow hitch. Nevertheless the combo was great.
While ultimately I was always able to find a spot . A longer TT can present challenges finding and maneuvering into a camp site vs. shorter models

[donn0128]

There is no way I would ever attempt a TT that big. Just too much that can go wrong. IMHO anything over 30 feet becomes unwieldy really fast.