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Re: Every regret your small TT?
I know it has been over a year since I made this post. I missed the later posts until just now. I had forgotten both my username and password. Our family has gone through quite a bit in the past year. We bought a truck in June, then Hurricane Harvey flooded our community (85% of my town flooded, and we were among them). We got out with the truck we bought to tow the trailer! (Our house and other vehicle flooded.) We put our search on hold for awhile to work on the house. We finally started looking again in December; we purchased in February. We bought a Jayco Jayflight 26bh (29' tongue to bumper), and we tow with a Ford F-150 w/ factory tow package. We have no slides on the trailer. It is a very tight fit during bad weather, but it is comfortable for sleeping. We all slept like logs on our shakedown trip during a thunderstorm. Looking forward to our trips we've planned this year. Thank you all for sharing your take on small vs. larger trailers. I'm sorry I took so long to reply.805Views0likes0CommentsLearning to tow
How did you learn to drive while towing? I know this seems like a basic question, and you've all probably done it so much that it's nothing. But I've been thinking about how it's done, and the only thing I have to compare it to would be my minivan that I drive daily, and the trucks I've driven in the past. I make wide turns when driving a truck. How do you turn when pulling a trailer? How do you stay in your lane without your trailer ending up in a ditch?7.6KViews0likes34CommentsRe: Every regret your small TT?
Thanks so much, everyone, for the replies. We are a family of 4. It is dh & myself (in our 40s & both educators) and our two children (grade schooler and toddler). We love to go different places. We have a minivan, and we love road trips. We've enjoyed various places in Texas (our home state), Colorado mountains, Grand Canyon, and Disney. We would like to visit the Smokey Mountains and also the Northeast. We went to an RV show recently. We liked the small ones, but noticed people (both sales and other shoppers) saying that people end up trading in the smaller ones for the larger ones. We considered buying a pop-up camper (we could tow it with our minivan and start using it now), but we decided we wouldn't really be happy with it long-term, so we are waiting until we can buy a truck. At that point, we will start seriously looking for the TT. We want to buy the appropriate truck/TV for the TT, so trying to plan it right. From what most posters here say, I think we will be happy with one of the bunkhouse models I've been looking at. But wanted to get more opinions. The poster that said getting a trailer that is short but with two axles made a great point; thank you.519Views0likes0CommentsEvery regret your small TT?
I've been reading quite a bit about choosing a travel trailer. We are rather intimidated by anything large, but so many posters say they regretted buying a smaller TT and ended up trading for a larger one. Does anyone not regret buying a small TT (under 25')? Does anyone wish they had purchased a small TT over a larger one?22KViews0likes82Comments
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