Campers 101

[ruthabagah]

Yeah, I think I'm going to end up with a pop-up for now. I'm not in any rush so I can be picky and find one that has been well kept/maintained. I just can't afford to buy a truck, camper, etc at this point. I need to baby step my way into trailers. A lot of good information in here though. Thanks everyone! A pop up will be leaps and bounds better than tent camping and for how often I'll use it, I think it'll do the trick for now. Also let me get a feel for how I like dealing with a trailer (storage, maintenence) for a smaller investment cost.

A good in-between choice would be a hybrid camper: still light, but hard sided in the middle, with plenty of room inside. A 17ft should be around 3000lbs, a 19/20ft around 3600. Add food, water and beer, and you should be around 4000lbs.

I have owned 3 of them over the years (2 new, one used) and they are very easy to resell if times are tough or just want to change (high demand for hybrids), easy to maintain and tow.

Current setup