retiredtraveler wrote:
You can get a decent little hard sided trailer for not much more weight for the same price or sometimes less.
Yes. But keep in mind, towing is not simply about weight. It's also drag. There is a huge difference between towing a pup that is lower than the roof of your TV and a trailer that is higher.
Yup. I have a family member who recently bought a T@G teardrop trailer to pull behind their Subie Forester (non-turbo). They were appalled to find they only get 15-16mpg towing this 1,000# dry trailer with their 4 banger wagon/ute. In contrast, I get 18mpg pulling my pup that weighs twice as much dry with our big honkin' "minivan" and its 250hp V6 engine. And I can STAND in my camper. That's how much difference wind resistance makes and it's why anybody with a full height TT is real happy to break double digits for towing mpg and need a pickup to do it.
MikeUp has a way of sounding smug that some posters respond badly to (guilty at times myself), but I think he's really just trying to explain actual sales trends. Local observations at campgrounds don't negate those sales realities.
But sales trends don't necessarily demonstrate reason or logic in the purchase decisions being made. There are LOTS of societal trends these days that are irrational and incomprehensible to me. Folks choosing a TT over a pup is not in the top ten list, either.... People are weird. Who can fathom 'em?
