Looking for roomy small trailer

[jimch959]

My wife and I are ready to upgrade from a Little Guy teardrop trailer. We want a small lightweight (about 3000 lbs. or less) that won't feel claustrophobic after 3 months on the road. We've looked at lots of egg shells (Casita, Escape, Scamp, etc.), RPods and Alto Safari. But the one we most liked layout wise was the Retro 176S from Riverside. It has a front galley with a pop-out dinette and feels much larger inside than any other we've seen. We're not real keen on the retro styling or the "crawl over" queen bed. Are there any other small trailers out there with a similar layout that we should look at?

Thanks for your advice.

[TomG2]

Jayco has a few models in that size range. Friend picked up a 154BH. Bunk beds plus dinette. Front window. Goodyear tires. Under $12,000. 2,580 pounds dry. Two year warranty. Large dealer network. I went for the 195RB with a walk around bed and a few other features. Small tanks on both but some compromise is always necessary.

[stngls]

I looked at the retro trailers too and their tanks were too small for me I thought (10 gal black tank). So I ended up putting a deposit on a Venture Sonic 167VMS (3300 lbs with roof A/C, dinette slide out & elec awning). Large holding tanks, and lots of kitchen storage, full underbed storage and a dry bath.

[OBSPowerstroke]

The Lance 1575 is probably going to be the closest you'll get to a small trailer that feels big inside due to its huge dinette slide. It also meets your requirements of being under 3,000 pounds.



Some friends of mine have one and they have been very happy with it, even with two adults, a kid, and a medium size dog.

[fitznj]

Take a look at small toy haulers; They have a very open floor-plan and feel roomy inside with no cupboards to clutter the space. We looked at a Wolp Pup (#3,000) but there are others out there which are a bit smaller.

[ParkCountry]

Jim, I concur with you on the "crawl over" bed. We have an Arctic Fox 22H with that same setup and it is a royal PITA. Don't do it. You'll be sorry, especially if you're the guy always doing the "crawling over".

[DutchmenSport]

I have 2 suggestions. But the ultimate choice is yours and you have the option to toss my ideas out.

1: Riverside Retro: Click here.

2: Springdale Mini: Click here. Select Floor Plans. Look at the column for "mini's".

EDIT!!!!!

I should read the OP's original post a little more close. He's already checked into Riverside! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!

[RoyB]

If you look at the way Australia smaller trailers approaches this question you will see their trailer are really nice inside for the Living room and the bedroom areas...

They op to do all of the Kitchen items on the outside under the awning with all the kitchen appliances in the pull out setup drawers so to speak... When the meal preps are over you just simply clean up things and push the drawers back into their assigned compartments...

This free's up alot of floor space to enjoy your self more inside the smaller floorplan trailers I would think.

They only want to use their covered trailer for sleeping and home entertainment items...

To me this is not a bad idea for some of our smaller trailer concepts...

Most of us with small trailers are avid tent camping folks from years past. I like to keep the tent camping approach alive as long as I can To keep our tent camping memories as long as we can.

Going to the super large trailers that are more of a full home on wheels does not appeal to me at all and I look at those folks going that route as RV Travelers not so much of the RV Campers style of camping... I would do the same thing if all I wanted to do was drive the big motorhomes and hugh trailers all across the US all the time...

It just never appealed to me that much haha

I really do all of my camping in a 200-300 miles radius of my home location here in Virginia... Most of my camping is off-road without hook-ups...

I can still remember not all that far back in time that all you needed was a tent to keep you warm and dry and the only real supplies you needed was a bag full of D-CELL batteries for flashlights and tent lights and a can of white gas for cooking stove... The tent was for sitting and sleeping only. Just outside the tent was the cooking and eating areas...

My off-road POPUP campers almost provides for the same thing haha...

It is all just what you want to do with the RV trailers I guess...

Roy Ken

[jimch959]

Oxymoron or not, this layout seems very roomy compared to others in this class:

[Dick_B]

Isn't `roomy small trailer' an oxymoron?

[jarata1]

How small is small anything under 24 feet will feel small after 3 months

[K_Charles]

They are never any bigger on the inside then they are on the outside.