[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

OK a little off topic but still on the RVing trend: i've been eyeing up tent trailers and does anybody have any pros and cons to these things? I read many pros but not too many people posts the cons.
And what brands are considered good? I've seen some used ones for sale such as Starcraft, Jayco, Fleetwood, Palomino, Rockwood. The used ones that I see are 2006-2007 are priced around 8000-9000.
If I plan to use it only 2-3 times per year, are they worth the money compared to renting them?

if you are camping they are awsom, if you are traviling not so much, I had it down to 15 min to set up (I hade a 2002 with electric matterices) but when we are traviling it would be 1 to 2 hours to get up, get the kids fed, cleen up and get on the road again. we upgraded to a 29.5 foot 2007 wave. one other option you could look at is a smaller light weight trailer. easier to store, move, ect and no set up. asided form the traveling issue the bigest problem I had with the tent trailer was keeping battery power in the fall when it is cold at night ands was running the furnace. you are heating a tent so the furnace runs over 50% of the time.

one thing you should do on any thing you buy is look at the electrical system. I upgraded my converter to a 3 stage electronic unit and built a custom rack to hold 4, 236 AH 6 volt batteries. in the winter with the furnace running 24/7 I am self suficient for 5 days, in the summer who knows.

Steve