Yakcraz
Adventurist
Anyone else downsized or have multiple rigs for different situations?
When we bought our first camper, we were told it was a great starter rig & that we’d eventually want to upgrade. we’ve, just me & the wife, have found that to be sorta the opposite in our situation so far. We started off with a Forest River Wildwood 201bhxl.
It was a nice rig, but we quickly discovered a few things. It was a little much for my truck to be towing, fine going to FL but struggled some in the hills of TN. It was much more room than me & the wife needed, and kind of a real pain to set up, clean up, pack, & break down for just a weekend of camping.
We picked up this little rig. It had a leak on the galley piano hinge & some water damage from that. I repaired it & replaced the hinge with a hurricane hinge. It was perfect for weekend trips, but I was offered an amount that I couldn’t pass on at the time for it so I sold it off regrettably.
We decided to part ways with the bigger rig & picked up this one. A Salem 195bh, thinking it would bridge the gap. On the plus side my truck tows it well. It’s got plenty of room for me & the wife. We enjoy it for longer stays, like a week. But, it’s still a little much to deal with for an overnighter or weekend trip.
Gonna hang on to this rig but all that has led to me constructing my new weekend trailer. Anyone else be through this process or similar. Or did everyone upgrade? Curious to here your stories from tent to trailer or the opposite.
When we bought our first camper, we were told it was a great starter rig & that we’d eventually want to upgrade. we’ve, just me & the wife, have found that to be sorta the opposite in our situation so far. We started off with a Forest River Wildwood 201bhxl.
It was a nice rig, but we quickly discovered a few things. It was a little much for my truck to be towing, fine going to FL but struggled some in the hills of TN. It was much more room than me & the wife needed, and kind of a real pain to set up, clean up, pack, & break down for just a weekend of camping.
We picked up this little rig. It had a leak on the galley piano hinge & some water damage from that. I repaired it & replaced the hinge with a hurricane hinge. It was perfect for weekend trips, but I was offered an amount that I couldn’t pass on at the time for it so I sold it off regrettably.
We decided to part ways with the bigger rig & picked up this one. A Salem 195bh, thinking it would bridge the gap. On the plus side my truck tows it well. It’s got plenty of room for me & the wife. We enjoy it for longer stays, like a week. But, it’s still a little much to deal with for an overnighter or weekend trip.