Camper trailer purchase advise.

[brownbmo]

My Wife and I have always been the hotel B&B travelers, we are now looking to buy a used pull behind camper for short vacations.
I have a Dodge Ram 1500 to pull with and we could use any advise on what to buy and not to buy from seasoned travelers. It will just be the two of us most of the time.
We’ve been looking at units 21’-25’ long made in the mid 2000s.
If you have anything you can pass along or direct me to a good source for info it would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Sharpsburg]

With a 1500, i would stick to trailers that have a dry weight of less than 6000. Ultra light trailers. After you add all your gear, gas, and people on the tow vehicle, you don’t want to have a trailer that weight too much more than that. I had 5200 dry weight (mallard m27) and it was comfortable pulling with a Yukon.

Edit: And if it’s just the two of you, don’t get a trailer with bunks in the back. Instead, get the rear living models that have rocking recliners and a table — since you don’t need the sleeping space.

Edit again: and plan to replace the mattress. The stock mattresses suck. There are comfy RV sized queen memory foam mattresses on amazon that don’t cost too much.

 

[Psilloh1]

My Wife and I have always been the hotel B&B travelers, we are now looking to buy a used pull behind camper for short vacations.
I have a Dodge Ram 1500 to pull with and we could use any advise on what to buy and not to buy from seasoned travelers. It will just be the two of us most of the time.
We’ve been looking at units 21’-25’ long made in the mid 2000s.
If you have anything you can pass along or direct me to a good source for info it would be appreciated.

Thanks!

How far do you plan to drive and for how long will your trips be?

 

[InTune]

Budget?

 

[benjamin]

anything over #3000 would over due it. Not sure where other member said #6000

 

[keith089]

dont by **** from Camping World

 

[brownbmo]

With a 1500, i would stick to trailers that have a dry weight of less than 6000. Ultra light trailers. After you add all your gear, gas, and people on the tow vehicle, you don’t want to have a trailer that weight too much more than that. I had 5200 dry weight (mallard m27) and it was comfortable pulling with a Yukon.

Edit: And if it’s just the two of you, don’t get a trailer with bunks in the back. Instead, get the rear living models that have rocking recliners and a table — since you don’t need the sleeping space.

Edit again: and plan to replace the mattress. The stock mattresses suck. There are comfy RV sized queen memory foam mattresses on amazon that don’t cost too much.

Thank you those are the kind of info I was hoping to hear.

 

[brownbmo]

Budget for this is $6k to maybe $7500.
We have plans to go up to New England, depending on how it goes it could be anywhere.
We are very active, so we will drop it and head out on our daily activities, not looming for a place to spend all day and night for any extended amount of time. Mainly this is to save money long term and not have to move hotels every couple days.

 

[Bonecollector]

@NWSharpshooter

 

[GAGunguy]

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