What can I tow with my Honda Odyssey?

IdaD wrote:

jerem0621 wrote:

As you can tell I recommend a PUP... been to the "dark side" and as the previous responder noted... it takes NO MORE time to set up or tear down a PUP than a TT.

I very much disagree with this. When your TT is parked at home before your trip you don't need to put it up in order to pack it with food and camping gear or put it back down after it's ready to go. Just load up ahead of time and then hook to TV and drive away.

Then when you get to the campsite your wife and kids are free to get in the trailer immediately to start cooking dinner or get their toys out or whatever while you disconnect, drop the stabliizers, and etc. With a PUP none of those things can be done until the trailer has been opened up. If it's raining, they're waiting in the car. Big deal? Not really, but if you've got younger kids the stress level on the old man (me) can get a little high while they impatiently wait.

THen when you are packing up you can't really do anything to get the PUP ready for the road until the wife and kids are packed up and moved out of it. Whereas with a TT you are free to attached to the TV and prepare for the trip home while people are still inside brushing teeth, throwing fits and etc.

PUPs definitely involve more setup and putdown time, both at home and at the campsite.

Some very valid points.

I think we have about 10-15 minutes of contention here. The up and down of the top is not that big a deal, it take me longer to put the slide in on my model than to put the top up or down. The top and bunks are the least of my issues.

Confession time for me.

Issues I had with the TT.. It was 31 ft.

After the TT was backed in to a spot (not always able to use "Pull Through" sites where we live), leveled, unhitched... (Can't do any of this with people in the TT) I had to get all the "outside" stuff out of the camper and into the out.. Thats pretty much the same with the PUP.

Parking, leveling, unhitching, stabilizing.. Much easier with the PUP.

Now, my PUP has amenities that if my TT had would have been much quicker to set up.. I didn't have built in stabilizers like I do with the PUP. So that meant me on all fours under every corner putting the little independent jack stabilizers. I don't have to get on all fours for ANYTHING with the pup.

PUP has a built in shower, the TT didn't. So I had to set up a seperate hose for outside dishes washing. Thats already done with the PUP.

So, I amend my comments... Its MUCH faster for me to set up my PUP than my previous TT. Thanks for straightening me out.

Yes, PUPS have trade offs, so do TT's..

Funny experience I had..

My BIL wanted to go camping with us when we had the TT. They had a PUP... He got to the campground after I did.. I had backed in but not "set up" I was in a fury.. setting the chocks, stabilizers, unhitching...(Up and down goes the tongue jack for the 1200 lb WD bars), hooking up the water and the power etc etc etc.

My brother in law was set up, drinking a coke watching me finish by the time I got done.. LOL...

OP I wish you the best regardless of the decision you make.

Thanks!

Jeremiah