Tent Trailers, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?

[509er]

I bought one of these, kind of middle of the road between a tent trailer and a hard sided.  If I want the room, I can fold out the tent with a queen sized bed.  If It is real cold or I don't want to use the tent portion, I can leave it folded up and it is fully hard sided.  It is light weight, about 2300 lbs dry, Small enough to still get into the woods/mountains and has every thing I need and then some. 

[MuleySniper]

My dad and I hunted out of one for years. It was great for two maybe three people. Positives were we could get it just about anywhere. We even swapped the springs over the axle to get it up a few more inches for better clearance. We could set it and take it down quick. Its really light. The drawbacks were bad weather. It sucked to have to put away wet. You need a big garage or carport to open it up in so it can dry out. No bathroom in ours which isn't too bad, easier to use the bush anyway. It had a pretty small fridge. Wind sucks too. Strong winds can actually move the trailer. I think each type of camping has its pros and cons, some people just have different needs. Hope that helps!
(we've since sold it and now camp in a 25' trailer or a wall tent)
MS

[Dustin07]

I bought one of these, kind of middle of the road between a tent trailer and a hard sided.  If I want the room, I can fold out the tent with a queen sized bed.  If It is real cold or I don't want to use the tent portion, I can leave it folded up and it is fully hard sided.  It is light weight, about 2300 lbs dry, Small enough to still get into the woods/mountains and has every thing I need and then some. 

that is definitely an interesting idea- can you give me more info on that type of unit, like make/model? After browsing the RV lots yesterday I realize i have a lot to learn still!

at 2300lbs, that's pretty nice... my jeep liberty can pull that. If I move to a full hardsided 20+FT RV it will have to be towed with the Cherokee or truck.

[509er]

Here is a link to the specs.  I have a 17 foot model.


http://www.trail-lite.com/PDFs/Trail-Lite-Crossover.pdf

[Rick]

How about a hard sided pop-up?

http://www.hilotrailer.com/

[JBar]

Be careful with your smaller tow rig they will work that engine pretty hard on even the smaller hills!

[Franz]

I have a few brand new roof top tents for sale on craigslist. Here's the link

http://hunting-washington.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=803
 
Pics of what they look like.

[Dustin07]

I feel like I am more confused now than when I started. 

[Blacklab]

Be careful with your smaller tow rig they will work that engine pretty hard on even the smaller hills!

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learned that towing a boat