travel trailer

[bobbbee]

look to purchase a travel trailer with Murphy bed under 23 feet long. What brands to look at and which to stay away from.

Thanks in advance

Bob D

[socialstudiesmo]

The Jayco Hummingbird has one with a murphy bed.

17 MBS

[Rustycamperpant]

KZ Connect makes a few, here is one : https://www.kz-rv.com/products/connect-travel-trailers/lite-C201RB.html this is 20' with a slide out and Murphy bed option. We love our KZ.

[OC-RV]

We are purchasing a Venture Sonic SN220VRB. Comes with a Murphy bed that the wife can retire to
And I can watch TV at the dinette until I’m ready to go to bed. Just a possibility to consider. Take Care, John

[jhfxrtleeh1]

Grand Design has a 21 bunkhouse with a Murphy, and no slide -- Imagine XLS 21 BH. I think it's new this year -- we just looked at one last week. Decent holding tanks for the size; stove, microwave and fridge, and good sized bathroom. The only problem I had with it is the black leather (or fake leather?? I HATE leather) and the dark cabinets -- I don't think you have any color options, either. If it wasn't for that, we'd have a new trailer sitting in the driveway getting ready for a trip to the beach next week.

[Atlee]

That's why we have a lot of choices. For us, my wife usually goes to bed before I do, and usually I will wake up in the middle of the night and will sit up for a little while before going back to bed.

Couldn't do that if we had a Murphy bed, since the Murphy bed covers the sofa.

theoldwizard1 wrote:

Atlee wrote:

That said, TT's with Murphy beds do have a couple of short comings that should be noted. 1) The inconvenience of having to flatten the sofa and then drop down the Murphy bed every time one wants to go to sleep. 2) In the old styles, not sure of the newer floor plans, the Murphy beds models lost most of the pass thru storage to the Murphy bed.

I would gladly spend the additional time to set up a Murphy bed in exchange for decent sofa and not having to look a bed that is likely going to just catch "stuff" all day long that will have to be moved before sleeping.

Newer Murphy beds trailers gave back some some of that lost storage space.

donn0128 wrote:
Never seen one with a "murphy bed". Lots of shorter trailers with jacknife sofas. Most of those the beds are horrible at best.

Jacknife beds are no where near as comfortable.

[GrandpaKip]

jerryjay11 wrote:

bobbbee wrote:
look to purchase a travel trailer with Murphy bed under 23 feet long. What brands to look at and which to stay away from.

Thanks in advance

Bob D

Gee! What size Murphy bed did you want anyway?:B

I was just gonna say that all Murphy Beds are under 23 feet, but you beat me to it.

[jerryjay11]

bobbbee wrote:
look to purchase a travel trailer with Murphy bed under 23 feet long. What brands to look at and which to stay away from.

Thanks in advance

Bob D

Gee! What size Murphy bed did you want anyway?:B

[handye9]

There's only a handful of large corporations who build travel trailers under several different names, sometimes on the same production line, with the same people. That is why you'll see multiple brand names with same floor plans. Flagstaff and Rockwood for example, the only difference between the two are decals, exterior color, and interior colors.

When it comes to the appliances, electronics, frames and undercarriage, there are even fewer companies building those, for everybody.

Over the years, I've owned five different brands. They all had issues here and there, only one went in for warranty work. If I had the tools to remove and replace a slide out, that one probably would not have gone in either. Seven years later, I still have it.

When these things get dragged down our bad roads, at 65+ MPH, things are going to come apart. Screws and plumbing fittings will come loose and caulking beads will crack, doesn't matter who put it together.

[Rover_Bill]

Passport Express

[theoldwizard1]

Atlee wrote:

That said, TT's with Murphy beds do have a couple of short comings that should be noted. 1) The inconvenience of having to flatten the sofa and then drop down the Murphy bed every time one wants to go to sleep. 2) In the old styles, not sure of the newer floor plans, the Murphy beds models lost most of the pass thru storage to the Murphy bed.

I would gladly spend the additional time to set up a Murphy bed in exchange for decent sofa and not having to look a bed that is likely going to just catch "stuff" all day long that will have to be moved before sleeping.

Newer Murphy beds trailers gave back some some of that lost storage space.

donn0128 wrote:
Never seen one with a "murphy bed". Lots of shorter trailers with jacknife sofas. Most of those the beds are horrible at best.

Jacknife beds are no where near as comfortable.

[Atlee]

A Murphy bed trailer will sleep just as well as a TT with a regular island queen.

That said, TT's with Murphy beds do have a couple of short comings that should be noted. 1) The inconvenience of having to flatten the sofa and then drop down the Murphy bed every time one wants to go to sleep. 2) In the old styles, not sure of the newer floor plans, the Murphy beds models lost most of the pass thru storage to the Murphy bed.

donn0128 wrote:
Never seen one with a "murphy bed". Lots of shorter trailers with jacknife sofas. Most of those the beds are horrible at best.

[Lwiddis]

I see only two Rockwoods under 23 feet, as OP specified, with a Murphy bed.

[SoundGuy]

bobbbee wrote:
look to purchase a travel trailer with Murphy bed under 23 feet long. What brands to look at and which to stay away from.

The Rockwood Mini Lite series probably offers more models than any with a Murphy bed. However, some find the sofa when converted to a bed less than ideal for comfort and you'd want to be aware that cargo storage is really limited compared to a trailer with a queen walk around bed and front pass through cargo compartment.

[neschultz]

Winnebago has a few. Here’s a link to their brochure. Winnebago TT.

The top left picture on the back cover is our rig.