Snowbound
Jim
So I’m thinking about purchasing a travel trailer or toy hauler. Would like to hear from you guys and gals that are into the RV lifestyle.
It would be nice to have a toy hauler to bring along the dirt bikes or maybe a golf cart or sxs. Thinking a snowmobile trip would be nice too and having my hotel room with me but I’m afraid that having the toy storage really cuts into the living and sleeping space that I would want when doing the family camping weekend. Any thoughts on this? I could always get a sled deck that mounts on bed of pickup and just go with a travel trailer.
I really like the Forest River trailers. They seem to be well built and the layout is nice. But I found a Dutchman Denali 30’ for a good deal. Has a new roof, new tires, seems very well maintained and stored indoors. I think I just wanna start off with a used one and not break the bank until I know for sure this is something we will get into as a family. If it’s not a toy hauler, I wanna stay bumper pull so I can use my truck bed. If I decide to go all in on this I’ll probably go fifth wheel and toy hauler eventually.
So what can you tell me? Should I start out renting one to see if I like it? I just hate sleeping in other peoples bed and having kids I’d be a nervous wreck that they’ll break something. That Denali books for $18k and I can get it for $10. Think if I bought it and after a year I didn’t use it enough to justify it I could at least break even? We have a trip to the Smokey’s planned for October and I would like to have something like this rather than spending $1500 on a cabin for 5 days.
Any input is appreciated.
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It would be nice to have a toy hauler to bring along the dirt bikes or maybe a golf cart or sxs. Thinking a snowmobile trip would be nice too and having my hotel room with me but I’m afraid that having the toy storage really cuts into the living and sleeping space that I would want when doing the family camping weekend. Any thoughts on this? I could always get a sled deck that mounts on bed of pickup and just go with a travel trailer.
I really like the Forest River trailers. They seem to be well built and the layout is nice. But I found a Dutchman Denali 30’ for a good deal. Has a new roof, new tires, seems very well maintained and stored indoors. I think I just wanna start off with a used one and not break the bank until I know for sure this is something we will get into as a family. If it’s not a toy hauler, I wanna stay bumper pull so I can use my truck bed. If I decide to go all in on this I’ll probably go fifth wheel and toy hauler eventually.
So what can you tell me? Should I start out renting one to see if I like it? I just hate sleeping in other peoples bed and having kids I’d be a nervous wreck that they’ll break something. That Denali books for $18k and I can get it for $10. Think if I bought it and after a year I didn’t use it enough to justify it I could at least break even? We have a trip to the Smokey’s planned for October and I would like to have something like this rather than spending $1500 on a cabin for 5 days.
Any input is appreciated.
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