rich
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Hello All,
It has been a busy year and I haven't been very active around here. Lots has transpired including the purchase of a 2007 Tundra which handles my totally remodeled 89' fleet like a dream. However the PITA of getting the camper on and off and managing it at my house is getting to me along with a few other issues. With the height of the new truck it is hard to get in an out and hard for the dog, could get some scissor steps to fix that. I live on a hill which has made it dangerous and impossible to load and unload the camper safely at home so instead of paying storage fees I store the FWC on a flat bed trailer and tow it a few miles from the house to a flat parking lot, load it there, head home and park the trailer before heading out for the trip.
We have also found that when we take the camper deeper into the backcountry, due to our limited time lines we spend the bulk of our time driving or in the camper and not enjoying the outdoor activities and explorations that we love, so we have more often lately been using the camper as base camp in more of a front country or not so deep back country capacity to go launch our adventures.
This has all led me to the point of considering a travel trailer, blashphemy I know, but take heart I am not considering a 30ft living room on wheels. I am thinking of something in the 16ft range like a casita, scamp, MPG, livin lite or even an old air stream Bambi or globe trotter. The Livin Lite's have an off road package with higher clearance that you could take to a few deeper places and for anything more hard core we could just go old school in the back of the truck with the camper shell. What is really attracting me to this is the ease of hooking it up and going but more importantly the ease of dropping it at my destination as a base camp and still having mobility without having to break camp every day. A Big plus would be room for all of our toys on the truck like whitewater rafts, paddle boards, kayaks etc...
Now I know the general consensus here will be to keep the FWC but I'd like to hear from some people who have had both or gone form one to the other and maybe here some things I am not considering with the travel trailer option. Again these are under 3,000 lbs and in most cases under 2,000 lbs 16 foot trailers so fuel economy and wear and tear on the truck are not a huge concern to me.
Ok, thanks in advance for the advice!
Rich
It has been a busy year and I haven't been very active around here. Lots has transpired including the purchase of a 2007 Tundra which handles my totally remodeled 89' fleet like a dream. However the PITA of getting the camper on and off and managing it at my house is getting to me along with a few other issues. With the height of the new truck it is hard to get in an out and hard for the dog, could get some scissor steps to fix that. I live on a hill which has made it dangerous and impossible to load and unload the camper safely at home so instead of paying storage fees I store the FWC on a flat bed trailer and tow it a few miles from the house to a flat parking lot, load it there, head home and park the trailer before heading out for the trip.
We have also found that when we take the camper deeper into the backcountry, due to our limited time lines we spend the bulk of our time driving or in the camper and not enjoying the outdoor activities and explorations that we love, so we have more often lately been using the camper as base camp in more of a front country or not so deep back country capacity to go launch our adventures.
This has all led me to the point of considering a travel trailer, blashphemy I know, but take heart I am not considering a 30ft living room on wheels. I am thinking of something in the 16ft range like a casita, scamp, MPG, livin lite or even an old air stream Bambi or globe trotter. The Livin Lite's have an off road package with higher clearance that you could take to a few deeper places and for anything more hard core we could just go old school in the back of the truck with the camper shell. What is really attracting me to this is the ease of hooking it up and going but more importantly the ease of dropping it at my destination as a base camp and still having mobility without having to break camp every day. A Big plus would be room for all of our toys on the truck like whitewater rafts, paddle boards, kayaks etc...
Now I know the general consensus here will be to keep the FWC but I'd like to hear from some people who have had both or gone form one to the other and maybe here some things I am not considering with the travel trailer option. Again these are under 3,000 lbs and in most cases under 2,000 lbs 16 foot trailers so fuel economy and wear and tear on the truck are not a huge concern to me.
Ok, thanks in advance for the advice!
Rich