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Originally Posted by Ace
Ken, Care to share what you ended up purchasing, it certainly looks like you really did a lot of work finding the right fit when you bought.
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I did quite a bit of work; and I don't want to scare you but I also ended up wishing I had bought something else.
I bought a
Wolf Pup 16P. However what I really should have bought was a
Grey Wolf 17BH.
The one thing I would do is bring the whole family and have them spend 30 minutes inside the trailer; all together. See how the flow works. See how it works for the person on the sofa to make their way to the washroom while somebody is in the kitchen area making supper.
Now, when I say I should have bought the other trailer; it's not like I'm going to sell mine right away or anything. It does fit the bill, and in 5-10 years I may look at something better. The biggest consideration for me on this trailer is it fits in my driveway; so I don't have to pay ~ $500 per year for storage. I also really like having access to it at all times. For example after boxing day when I bought kitchen stuff on sale; the trailer stuff went right in.
A few minor things I would really look for in my next trailer though:
- bathroom sink outside the washroom. Somebody can bruish their teeth while another person uses the washroom.
- Dual kitchen sinks. Mostly for doing dishes.
- Bigger water tanks; especially grey water.
- Storage. It is handy to be able to keep things on hand; you can never have enough storage.
- Access to storage. My trailer does have pretty good storage for a small trailer, but if somebody is sleeping in the main bed you are SOL.
A few modifications I have done since getting my trailer:
- Added extra 12 volt/usb power jacks as we spend most of our time camping without power.
- Converted most of my lights to LED. They use 1/10 the power of regular lights, and IMHO seem to be about 75% as bright. (Good enough for camping.) I left one fixture in the kitchen with regular bulbs as sometimes you need that extra light.
- I will be upgrading the mattresses this spring. Going to Halstead in Deerfoot meadows; they do custom sizes.
- I installed a TV mount and extra clothes hangers in a few places.
- Extra shelves in the cupboards. (As I said- storage. Not only make sure everything will fit; but can you get that thing on the bottom without having to pull everything out.)
Hope what I've said here helps. Keep in mind you will have some information overload; so keep focused on the goal here- this is supposed to be a fun process.