| Toy Hauler Travel Trailers can be a small stepping | | | | slowly. |
| stone up from the Tent Trailer or a very luxurious | | | | Proper hitch set up is very important with Toy Hauler |
| move up-town. They are a good compromise when | | | | Trailers. Large trailers are subject to catching wind |
| considering price, size, and comfort; there by proving | | | | and can be sensitive to proper load distribution. A |
| to be one of the most popular Toy Haulers on the | | | | good hitch will make towing a pleasure for you. Seak |
| market today. Travel Trailers are towed via a | | | | the guidance of your RV dealer in setting up your |
| heavy-duty hitch at the rear of your tow vehicle. | | | | hitch. |
| A Toy Hauler Trailer is less expensive than the 5th | | | | When you move up from a smaller unit into a Travel |
| Wheel Trailer, starting around $15K. That's quite a | | | | Trailer, the comfort levels really start to rise. The |
| jump from the Jumping Jack Tent Trailer that has a | | | | kitchen is bigger, (although ours is kind of small), you |
| price tag around $5K. Don't let the low price fool you, | | | | can usually sleep up to 8 comfortably. There is |
| it's easy spend the better part of a years wages on | | | | actually a bathtub and shower! We love the large |
| one, if you choose. | | | | living room that is created after the toys are |
| Manufactures have responded to the SUV market by | | | | unloaded, and I'm kept entertained by a TV and |
| producing "lightweight and ultra-light" Toy Hauler | | | | Stereo System. Some models have a slide-out which |
| Trailers. Yet loaded with fuel, water, and the toys, | | | | provides more room to relax in. No need to worry |
| my 23 footer has a gross weight is near a whopping | | | | about having to get up and move to let someone |
| 10,000 pounds. My experience is that a rig can | | | | pass by. Some floor plans have the slide-out area |
| "comfortably" tow a little more than one half of its | | | | converting into dinettes while others slide the couch |
| rated towing capacity. Keep this in mind if you will be | | | | out for leg stretching. |
| towing in mountainous country. My Dodge diesel is | | | | What I really like about the Toy Hauler Trailer is the |
| rated at 16,000 pounds towing capacity. Which gives | | | | extra goodies, especially created for hauling toys. It |
| me a little power to spare in the mountains. | | | | has a fuel station that can hold upward to 30 gallons |
| Initially, our plan was to park our new trailer in the | | | | of gas and has its own electric fuel pump and nozzle |
| same space as our little motorhome, but when it | | | | for filling the toys. A 4000-watt Onan generator |
| arrived we found that it was much bigger than it | | | | powers my tools and keeps the lights burning bright |
| looked in the dealer's lot. We barely had enough | | | | while I'm working on the quads. During the day, the |
| room. With the help of my wife to guide me, we | | | | large checkerboard awning keeps the rays off my |
| managed, but quickly realized that we had a trailer | | | | bald head, and believe me; you've not experienced |
| with almost no-where to park it. The lesson we | | | | sunburn 'til you've burned the top of your dome. Man |
| learned was to be sure to measure your parking | | | | that hurts! |
| space before you buy. Keep in mind your | | | | Overall the Toy Hauler Travel Trailer gives you the |
| maneuvering room. The corner of our house is quite | | | | best bang for the buck and is quickly proving itself in |
| a bit closer than I remember. It's certainly a tight fit, | | | | the travel trailer market. |
| so I recruit the wife, and I back the trailer in ever so | | | | |