ritamdorsch
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My family of four is looking to buy a travel trailer for both a cross country trip next summer and frequent local camping. We've been researching and visiting lots and have a few remaining questions that I don't feel we can have answered at a dealer, so if any of you have strong feelings, please feel free to say. Your opinions are greatly appreciated!
Our situation: our ideal RV is about a 25 foot slightly used fiberglass TT with a bunkhouse for under 15k that we intend to keep for about 10 years. We are yet to find this. We've found some used aluminum ones around 10, some new aluminum ones around 14, some used fiberglass ones around 15, and some new fiberglass ones around 17 and we 'like' all of them.
1. New, Used, or Very used? We want to buy a 2-5 year old used one, but are having a hard time finding a deal good enough to justify it. Some 2018s are only 1k or so more than 2013s, 2015s, etc. We're a little hesitant about buying older than that because neither of us wants a 'project'.
2. Aluminum vs. Fiberglass, and how important is this?
3. Slides? Worth it or not? Prone to breaking or not? I'm ambivalent, my husband wants one.
4. Should we buy bigger or smaller than we think we'll need? Did you buy too much, too little, or just right? We're trying to decide on size vs. towing ability, which brings me to my next question?
5. For a half ton pickup, what weight should we absolutely be staying under? We're getting different info from dealers vs. RVers. Some say 70%, some 80%, some dealers seem to be underestimating gross weight.
Our situation: our ideal RV is about a 25 foot slightly used fiberglass TT with a bunkhouse for under 15k that we intend to keep for about 10 years. We are yet to find this. We've found some used aluminum ones around 10, some new aluminum ones around 14, some used fiberglass ones around 15, and some new fiberglass ones around 17 and we 'like' all of them.
1. New, Used, or Very used? We want to buy a 2-5 year old used one, but are having a hard time finding a deal good enough to justify it. Some 2018s are only 1k or so more than 2013s, 2015s, etc. We're a little hesitant about buying older than that because neither of us wants a 'project'.
2. Aluminum vs. Fiberglass, and how important is this?
3. Slides? Worth it or not? Prone to breaking or not? I'm ambivalent, my husband wants one.
4. Should we buy bigger or smaller than we think we'll need? Did you buy too much, too little, or just right? We're trying to decide on size vs. towing ability, which brings me to my next question?
5. For a half ton pickup, what weight should we absolutely be staying under? We're getting different info from dealers vs. RVers. Some say 70%, some 80%, some dealers seem to be underestimating gross weight.